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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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IRRI completes Excellence Through Stewardship global audit
26.04.23LOS BAÑOS, Laguna (24 April 2023) - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) recently compl…
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Global food system delegates join a One Health learning journey in Vietnam
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Nutrition, health & food security
A One Health approach for improved food safety, food security and sustainable food systems was…
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Twenty Years of Enriching Diets with Biofortification
25.04.23Over 86 million people in farming households are now eating biofortified foods. Biofortification is …
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IRRI deepens its partnership with the Government of India through ICAR
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Nutrition, health & food security
IRRI and ICAR have signed a five-year work plan, strengthening the 60-year relationship between Indi…
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What’s science got to do with it? Meet the first cohort from the CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator Program
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Nutrition, health & food security
The world is facing a growing challenge in feeding a growing population while also addressing…
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New tools shine a light on solar irrigation in Asia and Africa
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Food security
Solar irrigation holds huge promise for food security, income generation and climate resilience in S…
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How digital tools help tackle the most ravaging banana disease in Rwanda
25.04.23Patrice Muhimbabwenge no longer has to uproot his entire banana plantation to address the threat…
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Donor commends IITA’s contribution to improving agricultural transformation in Africa
25.04.23The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and IITA–CGIAR have a long-standing donor-partner relat…
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Enhancing better sustainable crop intensification through institutions in Uganda
25.04.23Formal and informal Ugandan institutions contribute collaboratively to upscale sustainable crop inte…
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IITA blazing the trail on partnerships for socio-economic development
25.04.23IITA-CGIAR, for its integrity in extensive research, expertise, and delivery of agricultural food so…
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Togo Ministry of Agriculture partners with IITA to achieve Zero Hunger in the country
25.04.23IITA–CGIAR, under the auspices of the IFAD-funded Zero Hunger Project, has signed an agreement wit…
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Leading the way with agricultural innovation across Africa
25.04.23Innovation in agriculture is critical to achieving sustainable growth and increased productivity. Th…
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Zero Hunger Project bridges nutrition gap in Nigeria with rice value chain ToT
25.04.23The IITA-led Zero Hunger Project took a significant step towards bridging Nigeria’s nutrition gap…
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Iron-enriched pearl millet varieties launched in northern Nigeria
25.04.23Two varieties of iron pearl millet are now available to smallholder farmers in northern Nigeria…
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IITA connects with experts to explore opportunities in agrifood systems
25.04.23IITA recently participated at the 8th Agrofood Fair held in Lagos State, Nigeria. The Agrofood Fair…
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IITA-CGIAR Bioscience strengthens graduates’ capacity to enhance a sustainable food system
25.04.23The study and application of biotechnology have become essential in everyday life. This new research…
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Field-based monitoring: USAID MELSA team visits IAA implementing states
25.04.23The USAID Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Social Accountability (MELSA) team has begun a field…
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IITA launches environment-friendly BBEST project in DRC
25.04.23IITA–CGIAR initiated a new project, IITA BBEST, to improve urban sanitation and address the probl…
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