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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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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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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Q+A: Etienne Vignola-Gagné, Science-Metrix, and Enrico Bonaiuti, CGIAR, on the QoR4D Frame of Reference Workshop
24.05.23Enrico Bonaiuti is Research Team Leader for Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning at CGIAR’s Intern…
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Prioritizing climate action for policy inclusion: Insights from a consultative multi stakeholder workshop in Kenya
24.05.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The workshop provided key insights, emphasizing the crucial link between the agricultural sector, cl…
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The benefits of climate-resilient organic methods: A farmer’s success story
24.05.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Harishankar has been using organic farming practices for the past 15 years and his farm…
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Accelerating delivery of stress-tolerant, nutritious seed in Eastern and Southern Africa
23.05.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Accelerated delivery with a difference is underway in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia to ensure access…
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Developing a Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems
23.05.23-
Gender equality
by Jessica Heckert, Agnes Quisumbing, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Greg Seymour, Hazel Malapit, Florencia Paz,…
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Making good on Dakar 2 Commitments
23.05.23-
Food security
CGIAR's System Board Chair, Professor Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, represented CGIAR at the African Dev…
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Urban agriculture during economic crisis: Lessons from Cuba, Sri Lanka and Ukraine
23.05.23-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
How low-cost measures can help to reduce an urban food crisis. Economic crises take different…
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Crop Trust leadership visits CIMMYT
22.05.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
With many stresses facing agricultural food systems, including climate change, disease epidemics, gr…
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SCIENCE + NEGLECTED CROPS = BETTER BIODIVERSITY
22.05.23-
Biodiversity
Neglected crops can improve soil health, reduce water usage, provide a nutritious food source, a…
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CGIAR officially launches Portfolio of Research Initiatives in Zambia
22.05.23The CGIAR Portfolio of Research Initiatives was launched in Zambia on 26 April at a high-level eve…
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IITA continues supporting the PADECAS Project in Central Africa Republic
22.05.23IITA–CGIAR has been providing support to the Agricultural Value Chain Development Project in the …
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CGIAR explores IITA’s best practices for system-wide adoption
22.05.23The CGIAR Global Director of Business Operations and Finance, Marion Barriskell, and Senior Directo…
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Breeders deliberate on soybean product advancement to meet market demand
22.05.23As part of efforts to combat malnutrition in Africa, IITA-CGIAR has embraced the breeding and adopt…
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New partnership to reduce post-harvest loss and boost food security in Nigeria
22.05.23On 3 May, IITA-CGIAR signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Nigerian Stored Products Research…
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Mother of Grains: what millet teaches us about biodiversity
22.05.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Hardy, nutritious crops like millets were once commonplace on farms and plates. Research shows that…
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Fragility, Conflict, and Migration: A new CGIAR Initiative for a fragile world
22.05.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
The Fragility, Conflict, and Migration (FCM) Initiative is the newest addition in the CGIAR research…
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Digital Support for Women Beekeeper Entrepreneurs
20.05.23-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The AID-CSB project, launched in 2021, is an innovative digital initiative in Ethiopia and Uzbekis…
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Golden eggs: The potential of potato in mulch
19.05.23Potato in mulch is currently being promoted and refined by CIP in India and Bangladesh.…
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