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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
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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CGIAR System Board Names High-Level Advisory Panel Members to Guide Leadership in Strengthening Engagement with Partners
21.07.22CGIAR’s System Board has appointed an independent external high-level Advisory Panel to guide lea…
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CGIAR and partners advocate gender-responsive climate actions at Bonn Conference side event
21.07.22The CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform, Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF), and Women Environment …
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RUNRES supports circular economy entrepreneur turning cassava waste into livestock feed
21.07.22Cassava, a major staple crop in Rwanda, is an essential source of calories and income…
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Stakeholders prepare for TAAT 2 after a successful first phase
21.07.22The Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT), a project sponsored by the Africa…
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IITA to provide advisory services to agricultural start-up company, Ohunalumani Limited
21.07.22The head of Ohunalumani Limited, Akintunde Boboye, and his team visited IITA on 9 June, seeking p…
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Improving Rural Nutrition Security with Nigeria’s Women in Agriculture Program
21.07.22-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
In Nigeria, women play key roles in food and nutrition security through their contributions to…
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CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform and Impact Lab host the AgriTech4Morocco Innovation Challenge Bootcamp in the Prime Agriculture Region of Morocco
21.07.22-
Big data
On 23-25 May, the CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform (A4IP) and local accelerator, Impact Lab…
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CGIAR and Partners Renew Collaboration for the Benefit of Millions in Bangladesh
21.07.22July 20, 2022, Dhaka, Bangladesh – CGIAR, in collaboration with the Government of the People’s…
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Melisa chatbot - the 'oracle' for Colombian farmers
21.07.22-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT…
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How to shockproof staples in a looming global food crisis
20.07.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Empty shelfs in a Swiss grocery store. Photo Boris Dunand/Unsplash The conflict in Ukraine has…
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Ecological farming a boon for staple crop farmers in Africa, new study finds
20.07.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Elufe Chipande, a farmer at Songani in Zomba District, Malawi, is intercropping maize (background) a…
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Effectively Using the Concept of Comparative Advantage Within CGIAR
20.07.22For over a half-century, CGIAR and its partners have delivered high-impact science and innovation …
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LAUNCHED! - F2R-CWANA Offers the World a Head Start in Climate Adaptation
20.07.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The Initiative capitalizes on climate-smart innovation, biodiversity, and natural resources from a d…
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New study explores gendered barriers and opportunities in Kenya’s informal dairy sector
20.07.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Informal milk trading in peri-urban Nairobi plays a key role in supporting both livelihoods and…
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Farmers’ participatory evaluation of alternate wetting and drying irrigation method on greenhouse gas emission, water productivity, and paddy yield in Bangladesh
20.07.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Due to Bangladesh’s frequent water shortages, sufficient water to irrigate rice fields is increasi…
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Standard for Vitamin A-Enriched Grains Completes Set to Enable Biofortified Products Trade
19.07.22The British Standards Institution (BSI) has published a Publicly Available Standard (PAS) for vitami…
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FAO and CGIAR work to further science and innovation in agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean
19.07.22Santiago, Chile – To further mainstream science and innovation in the agrifood systems of Latin A…
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Essential actions to mitigate the food crisis, stabilize supply and transition to greater agrifood system resilience
18.07.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Wheat at a CIMMYT field trial. (Photo: H. Hernandez Lira/CIMMYT) As the Russia-Ukraine war continues…
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