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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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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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AOAD & CGIAR: From Malabo to Sharm El-Sheikh
09.11.22Convened by the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) and CGIAR, under the patronage…
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Bridging the information gap
09.11.22In Central Africa, scientists and journalists team up to improve coverage of forests and climate…
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Opinion: Can governance reforms like Brazil’s get us to net-zero?
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Mitigation
By Loui Louis Verchot and Augusto Castro-Nuñez One narrative present among climate change …
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A community of practice to make cities green, resilient and inclusive
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The Urban Food Systems Community of Practice is a collaboration of the CGIAR Resilient Cities…
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Dr Sanginga appointed President of the Exchange Commission of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria
08.11.22IITA Director General Dr Nteranya Sanginga has been appointed as interim Chairman of the Democratic…
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Agricultural commercialization improves farmers’ welfare
08.11.22Food insecurity, child malnutrition, and rural poverty remain key issues that sub-Saharan Africa con…
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IITA celebrates rural women’s contribution to cassava seed system in Tanzania
08.11.22Women are at the forefront of development in all sectors of society, and within the…
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APDC’s project delivery boosted by IITA capacity development contribution
08.11.22Collaboration across institutions has become standard, leading to geometric success in many organiza…
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IITA scientist receives prestigious award for food safety professionals
08.11.22The prestigious International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) has awarded IITA–CGIAR Scie…
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Zambia officials promote sustainable maize cropping practices for small-scale farmers
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Environmental health & biodiversity
For the first time in Zambia, a special Ministry of Agriculture committee has endorsed innovative…
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Potential of underutilized crops to introduce the nutritional diversity and achieve zero hunger
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Nutrition, health & food security
Most underutilized crops are meagrely cultivated in hunger-prone regions and have the potential to a…
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Asian Mega-Deltas Initiative builds learning alliance to address climate change issues in the Mekong Delta
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
To form a learning alliance that has an interest to address climate-related issues in the…
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From Seeds to School Plates: Nourishing Children in India
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Youth
A new project partnership between the Happel Foundation and HarvestPlus is increasing the nutritiona…
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Accelerating adoption of climate-smart agriculture: Reaching women farmers in Uganda with video extension
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Gender equality
Women play a vital role in agricultural production in low-income countries, but often lack the…
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COP 27 leaders urged to kick-start restoration of soil ecosystems
07.11.22The loss of intact forests in Central African countries has skyrocketed since 2000, reaching an…
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Inseparable in Indonesia: Forests, finance and development planning
06.11.22Journey towards meeting NDCs In a statement at COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, Indonesia’s Preside…
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COP27 can help the world achieve blue prosperity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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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
The transition to a green economy may be fundamental to the survival of people and…
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The Pakistan floods, COP27, and prospects for recovery and climate justice
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The death and destruction from the catastrophic flooding in Pakistan over the summer has reignited…
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