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Brazil's Cop30 summit has high hopes for the planet - but will it signal a green future?
12.11.25CGIAR Executive Managing Director Ismahane Elouafi explains in an article in The National ahead of…
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New CGIAR Evidence Sets Out Blueprint for a Low-Carbon, Regenerative and Equitable Food System Transition at COP30
10.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
As countries prepare to gather in Belém for COP30, CGIAR today launched seven new evidence-based…
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Why we show up at climate COPs: Bridging local reality with global ambition
04.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
By Ma. Eliza J. Villarino, Rhys Bucknall-Williams, Laura Cramer, and Chiara Colombo Every yea…
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Bridging knowledge systems: Indigenous practices for sustainable foodways
21.10.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Indigenous peoples’ food systems have existed for millennia: far longer than the industrialised fo…
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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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IITA and CIP provide Eastern DRC relief efforts with RTB planting materials
16.08.23-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Access to quality planting materials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of…
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Discovering hope: Potato and sweetpotato technology transforming lives in drought and conflict-affected Ethiopia
16.08.23The post Discovering hope: Potato and sweetpotato technology transforming lives in drought and confl…
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Training for veterinary officers in Vietnam strengthens skills to improve food safety research in pork value chains
16.08.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
Twelve veterinary officers from five provinces in Vietnam were trained in Salmonella isolation metho…
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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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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
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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