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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food SystemsÂ
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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IITA’s strategic role highlighted during new agricultural season launch
11.09.22The official launch of the 2022 ̶2023 agricultural season A in South Kivu took place…
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IFAD Country Director seeks stronger ties with IITA
11.09.22A five-member delegation from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), led by the…
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Agric Commissioner reiterates government’s commitment to ensuring zero hunger in Benue State
11.09.22Benue State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr Kester Kyenge, has applauded theÂ…
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Stakeholders discuss solutions to aflatoxin scourge on Nigeria’s export market
09.09.22The Reducing Post-harvest loss across Vitamin A Maize and Cassava Value Chain project of IITA–CGI…
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IITA to partner with NIHORT to improve livelihoods through horticulture
09.09.22IITAÂ collaborates with private and government institutions to ensure sustainable agricultural devel…
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Positive feedback as IITA-led Zero Hunger Project team visit demonstration plots and cassava processing center in Kwande and Gwer East LGAs of Benue
09.09.22“I am very happy because I know my harvest will be plenty this year. You…
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Researchers reveal agribusiness programs as a solution to poverty among youth in Nigeria
09.09.22In developing countries, youth unemployment has received increasing attention in policy dialogue. …
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Stakeholders validate Zero Hunger project baseline study report for Benue and Ebonyi states
09.09.22Lead farmers and extension agents in Nigeria’s Benue (cassava farmers) and Ebonyi (rice farmers) s…
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Interview with former President Obasanjo: Importance of research & innovation
09.09.22How do you plan to mobilize African heads of state and development partners in transforming…
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Increased private sector participation bodes well for agricultural transformation in DRC
09.09.22Within the IITA–CGIAR technical assistance framework in implementing the ATA-DRC program under t…
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ATA-DRC creating wealth and food security in DRC—Obasanjo
09.09.22Before the end of his mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), former Nigerian…
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Security issues in DRC may impact agric sector results
09.09.22During his recent visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), IITA’s Goodwill Ambassador, for…
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Winner of BGRI Gene Stewardship Award announced
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Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Julio Huerta, wheat pathologist and recipient of the BGRI Gene Stewardship Award 2022, giving a…
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Public-private-partnership tilapia hatcheries grow from two to four, increasing access to fingerlings in Timor-Leste
09.09.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Two new public-private-partnership (PPP) model hatcheries are being established in Timor-Leste—one…
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How to monitor peatlands holistically… and practically
09.09.22Researchers share standardized criteria and indicators for tracking peatland restoration How can we …
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Singh recognized for wheat crop improvement
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Ravi Singh delivers a lecture during the 61st All India Wheat and Barley Research Workers’…
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Greenhouse upgrades at BWMRI for wheat blast research
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Biodiversity
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Md. Sayedul Islam inaugurated the greenhouse complex along with Golam Faruq and Md. Benojir Alam.…
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Recent progress and future priorities for greenhouse gas emissions from livestock in Africa
07.09.22-
Mitigation
By Michael Graham Ruminant livestock are essential for livelihoods of millions of people in…
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