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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
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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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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Big data
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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Enhancing yam plantlet production through innovative training
03.01.24Ziblila Sayibu, a dedicated Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) team member, has recently…
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Exploring partnerships to enhance agricultural production
03.01.24The recent visit of Hidetsugu Hirata, Deputy General Manager, MITSUI & Co. Ltd, Tokyo, and…
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Sierra Leone Ministry of Finance commits to collaboration with IITA on economic revolution
19.12.23In a recent meeting with the Sierra Leone Minister of Finance, Honorable Sheku Ahmed Fantamadi…
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Collaborative effort targets yam viruses as CSIR-CRI and IITA PROSSIVA join forces in Nigeria
19.12.23In a pioneering move aimed at bolstering Nigeria’s agricultural landscape, the Council for Scient…
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IITA Director General signs MoU with Sierra Leone Minister of Agriculture
19.12.23In a recent high-profile event in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, IITA Director General and C…
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BCfRFSP’s climate-smart agriculture practices to alleviate BBTV
18.12.23The Building Capacity for Resilient Food Security Program (BCfRFSP) has emerged as a transformative …
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Farmer cooperatives essential to grassroots seed delivery
18.12.23The IITA–PROSSIVA project, a key player in promoting seed delivery to rural communities, launche…
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Crucial multilateral partnership to drive climate resilience in Nigerian agriculture
18.12.23Delegates from the World Bank and the Federal Government of Nigeria driving the Agro-Climatic Resili…
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International “Fascination of Plants Day”– a global celebration of plants for May 2024!
18.12.23The European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO) jointly with over 60 National Coordinators across the…
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Sierra Leone Ministry of Agriculture to partner with IITA on agriculture transformation agenda
18.12.23To strengthen food systems on the continent, CGIAR Regional Director for Africa and IITA Directo…
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The Nigerian Government explores collaborations to address agricultural challenges
18.12.23Following the recent exhibition of innovations from CGIAR centers and partners and the Youth proje…
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Nigerian farmers inspired by transformation potential of orange-fleshed sweet potato varieties
18.12.23In October 2023, IITA–CGIAR, under the Strengthening Nutrition in Priority Staples (SNIPS) projec…
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Celebrating biodiversity at Nigerian Bird Festival 2023
18.12.23The IITA Forest is an internationally acclaimed Key Biodiversity and Important Bird Area. The Forest…
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CGIAR System Transformation Initiatives join forces at the intersection of gender and climate for inclusive and resilient agrifood systems
15.12.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Amidst increasing evidence of climate change's impact on women and recognizing its pivotal role in…
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Conservationists learn tree management and propagation practices from IITA Forest Center
04.12.23IITA-CGIAR conducted a Tree Management and Propagation workshop for conservationists from Crescend…
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Monitoring the bird species of southwest Nigeria
04.12.23Nigeria is an ornithologically diverse country with various species of birds. According to the Afric…
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Propelling agricultural innovations through collaboration: IITA-PROSSIVA milestones and prospects reviewed
04.12.23At their recent annual work planning meeting in Lagos, Nigeria, the IITA–CGIAR PROSSIVA project …
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Researchers re-strategize to incorporate impact culture in research planning and delivery at WPW 2023
04.12.23IITA–CGIAR researchers have resolved to adopt an impact culture in which research and its deliver…
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