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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
14.05.25<p>Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that signific…
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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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IITA takes the lead in the Soy Agronomy Center of Excellence
10.02.25On 21 January, IITA officially assumed leadership of the Soy Agronomy Center of Excellence, marki…
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Advisory services boost bean farming in Malawi
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Nutrition, health & food security
For Malawian farmers Monica Levison and Liden Mbengo, the 2023-24 cropping season posed new challeng…
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The Alliance Champions Planet-Friendly School Meals at the 24th Global Child Nutrition Forum
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Nutrition, health & food security
The Global Child Nutrition Forum (GCNF) is the world’s largest and longest-running forum dedicated…
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IRRI receives Cross of Friendship medal from Lao PDR
07.02.25Through the Cross of Friendship medal, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic acknowledges IRRI’s …
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NARES and IRRI advance market-driven varieties and accelerate adoption of new rice varieties in Africa
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Food security
A photo-op of participants at the 2024 NARES-IRRI Joint Advancement Meeting, with over 90 participan…
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María del Campo: The Image of Colombian Cacao at the International Theobroma for Peace Congress
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Nutrition, health & food security
In the midst of cacao plantations, the figure of a woman stands out with a…
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From Family Farming to Facing Africa’s Malnutrition: The Journey of Christine Chege
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Nutrition, health & food security
Christine Chege is an agri-nutrition and food systems expert at the Alliance of Bioversity Internati…
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Uganda’s Yellow Star to launch nutritious bean-based flour to tackle malnutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
Malnutrition in Uganda is not just a statistic—it’s a pressing crisis that impacts millions. Acc…
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World Wetland Day: IRRI’s role in preserving Bangladesh’s Haor wetland ecosystem
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Environmental health
by Rehana Noor In the Haor wetlands of Bangladesh, rice is a key source of…
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Delivering for Nutrition in South Asia 2024 Conference: Connecting the dots across systems
04.02.25By Julie Ghostlaw, Esha Sarswat, Shreya Chakraborty, Neha Kumar, Swetha Manohar, and Samuel Sco…
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Bean breeders unite to cultivate solutions for Africa’s bean production
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Nutrition, health & food security
In Johannesburg, South Africa, from November 11 to 15, 2024, bean breeders from 31 countries…
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Preserving Tradition, Enhancing Livelihoods: Stories of two farmers from Rajasthan
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Nutrition, health & food security
In the heart of the Indian state of Rajasthan, two farmers - Devaram from Jeoli…
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IITA Director General visits Uganda station
03.02.25IITA Director General and CGIAR Regional Director for Continental Africa, Dr Simeon Ehui, recently v…
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French Ambassador to Nigeria visits IITA, reinforces commitment to agricultural innovation
03.02.25The French Ambassador to Nigeria, H.E. Marc Fonbaustier, on a courtesy visit to IITA headquarters …
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Empowering smallholder farmers through digital innovations: Lessons from the ICT4BXW Project
03.02.25One critical observation stands out in the evolving landscape of agricultural development especially…
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Research insight on the impact of climate change on household food security in Nigeria’s semi-arid zones
03.02.25Kicking off the IITA Knowledge Café series for 2025, Shakiru Quadri, the IITA Technical Advisor f…
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IITA-CGIAR and Aletheia University to strengthen agricultural innovation in a new economic era
03.02.25On 22 January, the IITA–CGIAR Deputy Director General Partnerships for Delivery (P4D), Dr Kento…
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NATURE+ mobilizes new value chains for neglected crops in 5 countries: Report
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Research and community-driven interventions by NATURE+ and partners mobilized new value chain activi…
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