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Policy seminar: Leveraging Kenya’s new Bottom-Up Economic Plan for food system transformation
21.12.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Kenya’s new government has developed an ambitious Bottom-Up Economic Plan to tackle complex dome…
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Birds eye view of CGIAR’s Innovation Packages and Scaling Readiness (IPSR)
16.12.22Climate, political and economic crises are putting millions at risk of poverty and hunger. We…
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CGIAR Wins International Recognition for Progress in Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
15.12.22Paris, France, December 15, 2022 – CGIAR took top prize in the “Diversity and Inclusion” ca…
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Can we Still End Hunger by 2030? CGIAR and the Economist Discuss What it Will Take
13.12.22The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, to end hunger by 2030, has become…
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25th Meeting of the System Board & Retreat – A Communique
12.12.22The CGIAR System Board meeting and retreat, held on December 8-9, 2022, in Nairobi, was…
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Unleashing Africa’s Agricultural Potential is Key to Food Security
30.11.22-
Food security
Africa is in a race against time on food security and the stakes could not…
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ILRI says farewell to Director General Jimmy Smith
10.01.23-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Every director general knows, at the time they are appointed, exactly when they're supposed to…
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One CGIAR West and Central Africa in collaboration with CORAF hosts Updates and Consultative Workshop
09.01.23One CGIAR West and Central Africa, in collaboration with the West and Central African Council for…
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Stable and high-yielding farmer-preferred “Matooke” cooking banana hybrids registered
09.01.23Millions of people around the world depend on banana and plantain (Musa sp.) as vital food…
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IITA participates in the 2022 Feed Nigeria Summit
09.01.23Representatives from IITA–CGIAR recently participated at the just-concluded Feed Nigeria Summit …
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IITA partners with Inqaba Biotec and Redclay to mitigate climate crisis in new tree genome sequencing initiative
09.01.23As the world consistently commits to halting the downward trend of biodiversity loss through constan…
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Zero Hunger Project-trained fabricators now making money from hammer mills and cassava press
09.01.23To achieve sustained technology transfer, IITA–CGIAR, under the IFAD-funded Zero Hunger Initiativ…
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Modeling the Incomati river basin to enhance transboundary benefit sharing
09.01.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
By Naga Velpuri, Mikiyas Etichia, Jonathan Lautze and Edward Mswane Shared by Eswatini, Mozambique a…
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Addressing gender inequalities through forum theater
09.01.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
In Northwest Bangladesh, WorldFish has been improving livelihoods of rural communities, particularly…
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Policy seminar: The harmful environment impacts of agricultural subsidies and prospects for reform
06.01.23-
Food security
Globally, agricultural support is high—totaling about $600 billion annually—and continues to inc…
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Ukama Ustawi holds dialogue to set policy priorities for climate-resilient agriculture in Zambia
06.01.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Government ministries, researchers, NGOs, businesses, and others come together to debate policy prio…
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Five ways CGIAR accelerated crop breeding in 2022
05.01.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
CGIAR has a rich history of crop breeding results, but modern challenges abound. Too many…
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Initiative Leaders across CGIAR complete Inclusive Leadership Training Program
05.01.23Understanding unconscious bias, inclusive communication, and managing diverse teams were some of the…
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Rethinking Food Markets Initiative: Stakeholders Workshop in Nigeria
03.01.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
By Omobolanle Onilogbo The CGIAR Initiative on 'Rethinking Food Markets1 led by the International Fo…
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Bambara groundnut: Africa’s key to food and nutrition security
03.01.23Food and nutrition insecurity is a major challenge facing the global community. To fill the…
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IITA-VCDF OGSTEP to strengthen private sector-led agri-food value chains in Ijebu-Ode
03.01.23The Value Chain Development Firm (VCDF) of IITA–CGIAR hosted the Ogun State Economic Transformat…
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Reducing Postharvest loss project donates equipment to set up mycotoxin testing hubs in Nigeria
03.01.23In a ceremony held on 29 November at IITA-Abuja, IITA Associate Scientist Titilayo Falade and Act…
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IITA Zero Hunger Project empowers women and youth in nutrition and agripreneurship in Ogun State
03.01.23Fifteen extension Agents, food processors, and food entrepreneurs in Ogun State have been trained as…
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IITA showcases technologies in the first International Plantain Festival in South Cameroon
03.01.23The first International Plantain Festival, organized by the National Association for Actors of the P…
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