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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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A New Regional Initiative for Sustainable Agricultural Development, Resilience, and Competitiveness in Latin America and the Caribbean
27.06.22AgriLAC Resiliente is a CGIAR Regional Initiative that seeks to improve the livelihoods of producers…
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Technological Innovation for Soil Carbon Sequestration: an invitation from CGIAR scientists and Pluton Bio
27.06.22On the heels of a recent event with soil-sensing startup Stenon, the Accelerate for Impact Platfor…
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Renewing partnerships with Malaysian universities
27.06.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
WorldFish has had strong partnerships with the universities in Malaysia since moving its headquarter…
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Egyptian Stakeholder Consultation on CGIAR’s Integrated Desert Farming Innovation Platform
26.06.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Egyptian partners and stakeholders will join CGIAR and ICARDA in Cairo, Egypt on the 28th…
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IITA-led Zero Hunger Project partners IFAD-VCDP to empower women processors in Ogun State
24.06.22Through funding from the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), IITA has empowered…
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Improving productivity and efficiency along the agricultural value chain in Kano State
24.06.22IITA and partners organized a seed fair from 10 to 18 May at Kano Agricultural and…
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Nigerian Conservation Foundation donates seedlings to reforest burnt IITA Forest section
24.06.22A forest fire, probably from neighboring garbage and weed burning, burned down a section of…
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Making cash transfers more effective in reducing intimate partner violence
24.06.22Making cash transfers more effective in reducing intimate partner violence Jun 24, 2022 by Shalini…
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IITA to collaborate with Arise IIP to create sustainable value chains
24.06.22-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On 14 June, Dr Adeola Odedina, Commissioner for the Ministry of Agriculture, Ogun State, Nigeria,…
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EiA2030 CWANA - Regional Program Kick-off Meeting
23.06.22Cairo, June 27th, 2022: A day-long workshop will take place to introduce the CGIAR Excellence in…
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New research initiative to address challenges facing Ethiopia’s dairy, poultry and small ruminants’ sectors launched
23.06.22-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
Livestock production is an important sub-sector within Ethiopia’s economy in terms of its contribu…
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It is time to invest in the future of Afghanistan’s wheat system
22.06.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
A wheat field of Bamyan (Photo credit: Nigel Poole, SOAS University of London) The UN…
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Egypt-Sudan Inception Workshop of CGIAR F2R-CWANA Initiative
22.06.22Cairo, Egypt – June 2022: This week sees significant advances in agricultural research-for-develop…
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Partnering with Bank Asia to provide loans to small-scale aquatic food producers in Bangladesh
22.06.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Al-Amin is a successful aquatic food producer from Rajshahi who produces fingerlings – juvenile fi…
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Managing seeds and agricultural losses in the wake of extreme climate events: Lessons from Nepal
21.06.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As climate change-induced disasters surge around the world, it is the people of the least…
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New CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Intensification of Mixed Farming Systems Launched
21.06.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
This global research and development effort will help increase the productivity of mixed farming sys…
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CGIAR launches initiative to transform West and Central Africa’s agrifood systems
21.06.22Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – 21 June 2022 – A new Regional Integrated Initiative in West…
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Aflasafe wins Best Innovative Research Project at 2022 World BioProtection Awards
21.06.22The IITA-developed aflatoxin biocontrol technology, Aflasafe, has won the Best Innovative Research…
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