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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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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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
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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ILRI’s Jimmy Smith and Hung Nguyen recognized for their contributions to Vietnam’s agricultural and rural development
08.08.22-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
The Government of Vietnam has recognized Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestoc…
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IRRI Bangladesh and Seed Certification Agency train private seed companies to help boost domestic supply of quality rice seed
07.08.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A training program organized by International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Banglade…
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ATA-DRC registers quick wins in three months of start-up
06.08.22After only three months of implementing the Agenda for the Transformation of Agriculture in the…
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IITA collaborates with Waste Museum in Cycle Waste Management Memoranda
06.08.22On 22 July, IITA–CGIAR signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the first Waste Museum in…
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SWEAN concludes empowerment program for women in agriculture
06.08.22The Support to Women Entrepreneurs in the Agrifood Sector in Nigeria (SWEAN) held its official…
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IITA Bioscience Center prepares university students for better science careers
06.08.22Research has shown that many university students in the science field across Africa lack practical…
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Ivan Buddenhagen, former IITA Director of Cereal Improvement Program, passes on
06.08.22With a deep sense of loss, IITA announces the demise of the former Director of Cereal Improvement…
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Tricot: A better method for on-farm crop testing
06.08.22The NextGen Cassava Breeding project, the IITA Cassava Breeding Unit, and Sahel Consulting organ…
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YEASA organize stakeholders’ roadmap workshop for youth investment in agribusiness
06.08.22As part of efforts to create profitable partnerships and support beneficiaries of the YEASA project…
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Funding opportunities: CGIAR Global Director of Innovative Finance and Resource Mobilization meets the IITA team
06.08.22CGIAR Global Director for Innovative Finance and Resource Mobilization, Andre Zandstra, visited th…
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Tapping into the cowpea value chain in Zambia
05.08.22For a country with a population of over 19 million, the existing gaps in Zambia’s…
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State Secretary of the Ministry of International Development for Norway visits the BSF project
05.08.22The State Secretary of the Ministry of International Development for Norway, Bjorg Sandkjaer, paid a…
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IITA and partners commended for EU-AU project by donors
05.08.22IITA and other Long-term EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership for Food and Nutrition Security …
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Researchers assess impact of COVID-19 pandemic in DRC for intervention purposes
05.08.22At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, cases and deaths were concentrated in large urban…
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IITA modernizing farm operations in partnership with Bayer
05.08.22With an overall mission to assure food security in Africa, IITA constantly seeks agricultural solu…
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IAA prioritizes smallholder farmers with climate-smart and GAP training
05.08.22Since 19 July 2019, the USAID-funded Feed the Future Nigeria Integrated Agriculture Activity’s (IA…
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Two new One Health projects are launched to improve human health
05.08.22-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
On 3 August 2022, a workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam kicked off two new research projects—the…
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AfricaRice scientist wins 21st Century Hope Prize of Japan’s Niigata International Food Award
04.08.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Dr Kazuki Saito, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Agronomist, has been named the 21st Century Hope…
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