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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now…
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IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systems
04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o…
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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
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CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has been officially accredited as an…
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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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TAFSSA: revolutionizing livestock feed storage – training farmers in silage and hay production in Bangladesh
16.08.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
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Farmers as part of the TAFSSA training, getting hand-on practice at making quality livestock fodder.…
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CGIAR’s Africa-based leaders meet in Ibadan, Nigeria, to discuss solutions to the region’s food security challenges
15.08.23In a historic first, Dr Simeon Ehui, IITA Director General (DG) and CGIAR Continental Director…
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Nigerian government to support IITA-CGIAR’s agriculture transformation agenda
15.08.23Following his assumption of office, IITA Director General and CGIAR Continental Director for Africa,…
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IITA’s new Director General to support NFWP-SU project to improve women’s livelihood
15.08.23As part of the strategies to position women as catalysts in the areas of technology…
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Beekeeping’s economic and conservation benefits showcased at Olokemeji training
15.08.23The recent focus on aspartame has created a global controversy around one of the industrial…
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Capacity development in plant virus diagnostics impacting the next generation of scientists
15.08.23As part of efforts to strengthen the capacities of young graduates, IITA–CGIAR Virology and Mole…
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Investigating and addressing low agricultural productivity for women
15.08.23Despite the growing recognition of the vital contribution of women to agricultural production in low…
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Leading the way to import substitution through rice value addition
15.08.23Nigeria is Africa’s leading rice producer and produces over 46 percent of West Africa’s harvest.…
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Enset farming in Ethiopia: explained by indigenous farmers
15.08.23-
Biodiversity
375 enset-farming households in 20 communities were interviewed to gain insight into multiple aspect…
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Fostering food security and climate resilience: accelerated breeding modernization to support hi-impact NARES in Nepal
14.08.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Accelerating breeding modernization to enhance genetic gains To address hunger, poverty, and climate…
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UN Stocktaking Moment stresses aquatic food systems for sustainable solutions
14.08.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As the climate crisis heats up, land-based food production is coming under increasing scrutiny. Not…
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CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator Entrepreneur Spotlight: Forest Africa Zambia Ltd: Redefining Fruit Processing for a Greener Future
14.08.23-
Food security
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Nutrition
Images: The Forest Africa Zambia team and products. Photo credit: Forest Africa Zambia Ltd. What…
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Climate-smart rice production approaches for sustainable agriculture
14.08.23-
Food security
Mechanized DSR offers multiple benefits that enable early rice harvesting, timely sowing of seeds, a…
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Aquaculture researchers train on aquatic animal health management technologies
11.08.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Aquaculture is the world's fastest-growing food production system and has been so for the past…
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Sustainable Cocoa Innovation Challenge for Colombia: Supporting innovation in the cocoa value chain for forest conservation and peacebuilding
11.08.23The CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform and Rockstart power this innovation challenge with the aim…
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Spelling out ACBs: Synergy of Scientific and Local Climate Knowledge in Agro-Climatic Bulletins in Vietnam
11.08.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Vietnam’s climate conditions have greatly affected the vulnerability of its local agriculture. In …
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Village Livestock Promoters get new dairy data app to support smallholder buffalo farmers in Nepal
11.08.23-
Big data
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In early 2023, Julie Ojango, a senior scientist in the Livestock Genetics program at the…
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CIMMYT releases 32 new elite maize lines
10.08.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
CIMMYT is pleased to announce the release of a set of 32 new CIMMYT maize…
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