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Over USD 142 million pledged at COP30 to advance CGIAR’s mission of a food-secure future
15.11.25COP30 Delegates at the Embrapa/Gates Foundation Innovation Showcase The United Kingdom, Belgium, Den…
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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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Join Ismahane Elouafi at the CNN Global Perspectives - Soil to Scale event
05.11.25Join Ismahane Elouafi discussing pathways to resileint food systems in Africa at the CNN Soil…
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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
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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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Inside the global effort to defend rice from major diseases
18.08.25-
Food security
By Van Schepler-Luu & Myrtel Anne Valenzuela Rice diseases such as bacterial blight and blast…
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Hunting the witch: a scientific expedition in French Guiana
16.08.25-
Nutrition, health & food security
In 2024, three researchers from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT arrived in French…
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Financing a low-emission food system in Colombia: A Q&A with our experts
16.08.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
In Colombia, deforestation, largely driven by the agriculture, forestry and other land use sector ac…
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A research agenda to accelerate action on nutrition-sensitive food systems
15.08.25By Inge Brouwer, Deanna Olney, Purnima Menon, and Julie Ghostlaw August 15, 2025 A nutrition-sen…
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Fertile ground for innovation: When science, business, and farmers unite
15.08.25What do a group of rice farmers, a family-run forage business, and a research hub…
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What the Global South can teach the world about food security
14.08.25Oluwadara Alegbeleye, Adama Ndour, Girma T. Kassie As climate change dismantles the systems that are…
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Empowering Policy through CGE Modelling: A Trainer of Trainers workshop
14.08.25Authors: Shadrack Mwatu and Juneweenex Mbuthia In July and August 2025, the Kenya Institute for…
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Why Women, Peace and Security Plans in the Mediterranean Must Confront Climate Risks
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) National Action Plans are a powerful but underused tool for…
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Can Young Innovators Save Farming in the Middle East?
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Youth
Young people across the MENA region are leading a quiet revolution in agriculture, driving innovatio…
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IITA joins Oyo State, AfDB, and stakeholders to launch southwest Nigeria’s first special agro-industrial processing zone
14.08.25In a bold move to accelerate agricultural transformation in Nigeria, IITA Director General and CG…
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Nigerian women farmers: From subsistence to thriving agribusiness
14.08.25Mariam Abass and Rukayya Muhammad were subsistence farmers in northern Nigeria, producing just enoug…
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IITA project lead receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of Greenwich
14.08.25Over the years, Professor Sanni has served in various leadership roles at IITA, significantly contri…
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A youth agripreneur’s journey from Benin to the global market
14.08.25Rose-Marie Mingninou, a determined agricultural sciences’ graduate, was never destined for a tradi…
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Africa's smallholder farmers face collapse if we do not act on climate change
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
By John Choptiany Climate change is here. It is real. African smallholder farmers - the…
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Strengthening bean pathology collaboration to combat diseases and pests in Africa
14.08.25In recent years, the team has worked to align and leverage its collective expertise towards…
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Driving policy coherence and strengthening institutions to advance socio-ecological gains
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Biodiversity
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Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Thriving Landscapes, Vibrant Futures Blog 3 of 4 Achieving socio-ecological gains at the landscape l…
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Ugandan breeders take the lead in crop innovation through new grant-based model
13.08.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
By Godfrey Asea, Senior Principal Research Scientist, National Agricultural Research Organisation (N…
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How breeding networks are fostering the development of better crop varieties in East Africa
13.08.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
By Dr. Eliud K. Kireger, Director General and Dr. Benjamin Kivuva, Assistant Director, Crop Improvem…
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