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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
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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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New study of global One Health Networks highlights inequity in resource allocation
21.02.23-
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Nutrition, health & food security
A new research paper published in The Lancet (Feb 2023) has examined the global distribution…
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Updates from Breeding Resources: 2023
20.02.23-
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
CGIAR Breeding Resource Initiative (led and managed by Genetic Innovation’s Breeding Research Serv…
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Ministry of Forestry commits to reforesting more degraded lands in southwestern Nigeria
20.02.23Following IITA Forest Center’s impactful contributions to forest restoration in Africa, the Ogun …
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IITA Digital Delivery Working Group delivers progress report to Ogun State Commissioner
20.02.23The IITA Digital Delivery Working team led by virologist and Head of the Germplasm Health…
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Study highlights environmental and seasonal effects on maize hybrids
20.02.23Maize is a staple cereal across Africa that is also consumed globally. Rich in protein,…
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Wild relatives add significant agronomic improvement and disease resistance to lentils
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Biodiversity
In the face of declining biodiversity, it is necessary to widen the genetic base of…
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Protecting livelihoods through sustainable utilization of the Kafue river basin
18.02.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Traditional leaders in Zambia, such as chiefs, have historically been the proponents of natural reso…
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A deceptively simple hack boosts wheat yields in Bihar
17.02.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As a warming planet desiccates crops around the world, threatening livelihoods and nutrition, farmer…
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IITA and partners train African scientists on CRISPR technology to adapt to climate change impacts in agriculture
17.02.23To help reduce food insecurity and malnutrition aggravated by climate change, the International Inst…
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Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed named WorldFish Director General and CGIAR Senior Director of Aquatic Foods
16.02.23Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed formally assumes the WorldFish Director General and CGIAR Senior Director …
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Government of Zimbabwe recognizes CIMMYT for beneficial collaborations
16.02.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
The best results in combating pests and diseases exacerbated by climate change and protecting agricu…
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“Fine Flavor” Chocolate Standards can offer a sweet deal for Smallholder Farmers
16.02.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Cacao (the key ingredient of chocolate, also known as cocoa) is essential to the livelihoods…
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Smart Integration of New Technology and Traditional Knowledge for a Sustainable Agricultural Future
16.02.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
How AgriSat’s groundbreaking remote sensing tools can contribute to more productive and cost-effic…
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Leading with vision: Meet the Breeding Resources Initiative leads
15.02.23How can we ensure crop breeding programs best varieties, faster, and more efficiently? CGIAR’s Br…
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El BID y el CGIAR dialogan sobre la importancia de fortalecer los sistemas agroalimentarios en América Latina y el Caribe
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Nutrition, health & food security
Dirección Regional para América Latina y el Caribe del CGIAR, en colaboración con el Centro…
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The IDB and CGIAR discuss the importance of strengthening agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean
15.02.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
CGIAR's Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, in collaboration with the International…
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Incoming Director General inspired and energized after first visit to IITA headquarters
14.02.23Incoming IITA–CGIAR Director General, Dr Simeon Ehui, has expressed his satisfaction with the st…
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IITA Goodwill Ambassador hosts incoming Director General, reaffirms commitment to African food security
14.02.23IITA Goodwill Ambassador and former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has reaffirmed his…
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