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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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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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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Empowering women in livestock: addressing gender barriers in Uganda’s pig sector
06.03.25-
Gender equality
Livestock is a key sector in Uganda, contributing approximately 4.3% of the country’s gross domest…
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Women and girls are at the heart of fostering better agrifood systems for all
06.03.25-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Gender equality has never been more important. Thirty years after the Beijing Declaration, a landmar…
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Nature-Positive Solutions: Transforming Agrifood Systems for Resilience and Sustainability
05.03.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
A series of studies reveals the concerning extent of food insecurity, soil erosion and productivity…
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The Guardians of Diversity: The Work of Carolina Sansaloni
05.03.25Carolina Sansaloni, Curator of the Wheat Collection at the Germplasm Bank and a specialist in…
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Rethinking growth monitoring and promotion in low- and middle-income countries
05.03.25By Jef L. Leroy, Rebecca Brander, Edward A. Frongillo, Leila M. Larson, Marie Ruel, and Rasmi Avul…
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Insights from the Global South: Shaping Climate Research Through CGIAR’s Mobility Academy
05.03.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Climate change is becoming a driver of internal migration in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the World…
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Kenyan bean farmers embrace beneficial insects and fruit trees to combat climate change
05.03.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
In response to growing climate change effects, smallholder bean farmers in Kenya's Bomet and Homabay…
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Impact of proposed U.S. tariffs on agricultural trade flows in the Western Hemisphere
04.03.25By Joseph Glauber, Valeria Piñeiro, and Juan Pablo Gianatiempo March 4, 2025 With new U.S. tarif…
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IITA and the Government of Sierra Leone strengthen agricultural partnership during presidential visit
04.03.25Ibadan, 3 March 2025 – The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is hosting His …
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What is needed to successfully implement Colombia’s first public policy for sustainable cattle farming?
04.03.25-
Nutrition, health & food security
In recent years, the Colombian cattle sector has faced significant challenges in transforming its tr…
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Vice President Kashim Shettima visits IITA to strengthen collaboration for Nigeria’s agricultural transformation
03.03.25In a landmark move to strengthen partnerships with key stakeholders, contribute to policy design, an…
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Strengthening partnerships for a greener future: Nigerian Breweries Corporate Affairs Director visits Olokemeji Reforestation Project
03.03.25IITA Forest Center had the distinct pleasure of welcoming Sade Morgan, Nigerian Breweries Plc Cor…
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IITA DG explores opportunities for scaling agricultural technologies in Oyo State
03.03.25Agriculture holds the key to unlocking economic prosperity in Nigeria, and partnerships that drive i…
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Vice President of Nigeria visits IITA to strengthen agricultural transformation under the ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’
03.03.25As part of efforts to strengthen agricultural transformation in Nigeria, the Vice President of the…
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IITA launches DG’s Talk Webinar Series with inaugural discussion on global agricultural productivity
03.03.25IITA-CGIAR launched a new knowledge-sharing platform, DG’s Talk, a webinar series designed to st…
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Study reveals Africa will reach 1.5°C climate change threshold by 2040 even under low emission scenarios
28.02.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
New research highlighted in CABI Reviews suggests that all five subregions of Africa will breach…
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The Silent Struggle: Women in Agriculture Bearing the Weight of Every Task
28.02.25-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
In Sub-Saharan Africa, women have a triple role – community, reproductive and household chores. Wi…
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Senegal's climate commitments put agriculture and forestry in the spotlight
28.02.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, in collaboration with Tree Aid, played a key…
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