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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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Smart Integration of New Technology and Traditional Knowledge for a Sustainable Agricultural Future
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How AgriSat’s groundbreaking remote sensing tools can contribute to more productive and cost-effic…
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Leading with vision: Meet the Breeding Resources Initiative leads
15.02.23How can we ensure crop breeding programs best varieties, faster, and more efficiently? CGIAR’s Br…
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El BID y el CGIAR dialogan sobre la importancia de fortalecer los sistemas agroalimentarios en América Latina y el Caribe
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Nutrition, health & food security
Dirección Regional para América Latina y el Caribe del CGIAR, en colaboración con el Centro…
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The IDB and CGIAR discuss the importance of strengthening agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Nutrition, health & food security
CGIAR's Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, in collaboration with the International…
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Incoming Director General inspired and energized after first visit to IITA headquarters
14.02.23Incoming IITA–CGIAR Director General, Dr Simeon Ehui, has expressed his satisfaction with the st…
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IITA Goodwill Ambassador hosts incoming Director General, reaffirms commitment to African food security
14.02.23IITA Goodwill Ambassador and former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has reaffirmed his…
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Pathology and Mycotoxin/Aflasafe Unit continues outstanding record with multiple BoT awards
14.02.23Since the establishment of the IITA BoT Awards in 2012, the Pathology and Mycotoxin/Aflasafe Unit…
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IITA-supported youth agripreneurs receive World Bank grants in DRC
14.02.23Eight youth agripreneurs from the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),…
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New project to provide finance and market opportunities to youth agripreneurs
14.02.23IITA–CGIAR, through its partnership with the Dutch government, will link 10,000 youth in Nigeria t…
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Transforming the future of water at ground-breaking conference
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Transformative Futures for Water Security (TFWS) initiative is raising the ambition for w…
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IRRI and ACB: Igniting partnerships for ASEAN agrobiodiversity
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Biodiversity
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Food security
IRRI’s Director Jean Balié and Deputy Director General for Strategy, Engagement and Impact, Joann…
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Youth are at the center of transforming the future of water – hear what they have to say
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Youth
It is essential that young people working in water and science are ‘co-guardians’ of the…
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Can communities of policy practice spur food systems innovation?
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Nutrition, health & food security
By Charlie Pye Smith and Joyce Maru We need to make our food systems more productive…
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Changing consumer attitudes with late-blight-resistant GM potatoes
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
A new study finds that consumers who have seen genetically modified (GM) potatoes growing in…
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Reinvigorating food production in Nepal: strengthening the irrigation–agriculture nexus
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Environmental health & biodiversity
By Manju Adhikari, Nirman Shrestha, Krishna Kumar Mishra, Sunil Kumar Singh and Santosh Nepal Nepal…
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Tapping irrigation potential: exploring challenges and solutions in Western Nepal
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Environmental health & biodiversity
By Pabitra Gurung, Nirman Shrestha, Dinesh Bhatta, Kapil Gnawali, Bala Ram Upadhyaya and Santosh Nep…
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Interview with Purnima Menon
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Food security
Purnima Menon is CGIAR Senior Director for Food and Nutrition Policy and an IFPRI Senior Research…
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Growing stronger with every season
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Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
The United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science (IDWGIS) is observed annually…
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