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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
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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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Professor Martyn Jeggo hands over leadership of ILRI’s board to Andrew Peters
12.05.25For the first time ever, the Kapiti Research Station and Wildlife Conservancy hosted the Internati…
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None Shall Pass: How Germplasm Health Units Prevent the Spread of Pests and Diseases
10.05.25The Germplasm Health Units are CGIAR’s first line of defence against the cross-border spread of…
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A new hub for Climate Security in the MENA region
09.05.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As climate threats rise, CGIAR launched the MENA Climate Security Hub in Cairo, led by…
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The Palm Tree’s Silent Struggle and Why It Matters
08.05.25May 12 marks the International Day of Plant Health, a timely reminder that plants are…
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An open letter to scientists: What policymakers need from you
08.05.25CGIAR’s new Insight to Impact Policy Champions Network recently met to deliberate on what needs…
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How Climate-Resilient Short-Duration Cold-Tolerant Rice is Securing Farmers’ Livelihood in Haor Region of Bangladesh
08.05.25by Nusrat Jahan, Muhiuddin Faruquee, and Mohammad Rafiqul Islam The Haor wetlands in northeastern Ba…
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What to expect from Breeding for Tomorrow
08.05.25-
Nutrition, health & food security
CGIAR launches a new Science Program to develop and deliver climate-resilient, market-preferred, and…
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Collaborative action research at the heart of climate-resilient and sustainable agriculture
08.05.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Science, innovation and local knowledge unite to transform agriculture in Latin America and the Cari…
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Applying the Women’s Empowerment Metric in National Statistical Systems (WEMNS) to build gender equity
07.05.25By Emily Myers, Jessica Heckert, Hazel Malapit, Agnes Quisumbing, Flor Paz, Chiara Brunelli, an…
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UPLB, KOICA, and IRRI Celebrate Completion of Main Structure of Advanced Genomics Research Center (AGRC)
07.05.25LOS BAÑOS, Philippines (22 April 2025) – The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB),…
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Tanzanian farmers spotlight climate-resilient beans at Hanang Field Day
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Farmers in Hanang, Tanzania, explored climate-resilient bean varieties during a field day hosted by …
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Scaling Zinc-Biofortified Rice to Fight Against Stunting in Indonesia
07.05.25By Untung Susanto1, Hasil Sembiring2, Russell Reinke2, and B.P. Mallikarjuna Swamy2 1National Resear…
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New U.S. tariff policies: What’s at stake for sub-Saharan Africa?
06.05.25By Valeria Piñeiro, Juan Pablo Gianatiempo, Fousseini Traoré, and Joseph Glauber May 6, 2025 T…
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The world is nowhere near the goal of zero hunger by 2030 amid uncertain global development financing. What now?
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Food security
By James Allen IV May 5, 2025 In the wake of a series of recent crises…
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Nigeria’s first multiple-stress resilient maize hybrid combining tolerance to fall armyworm and drought, with resistance to Striga hermonthica
05.05.25In collaboration with Nigeria’s Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), the International Insti…
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Bayelsa State Governor visits IITA, express commitment to youth and agricultural development
05.05.25IITA–CGIAR welcomed Bayelsa State’s Executive Governor, His Excellency Douye Diri, to its hea…
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Strengthening Rwanda’s seed traceability and certification processes: IITA and partners build seed inspectors’ capacities
05.05.25Delegates from Côte d’Ivoire’s Council of Coffee and Cocoa (CCC) and the Centre National de …
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IITA and Bread for the World explore strategic partnership to tackle global food insecurity and malnutrition
05.05.25Esq. Abiola Afolayan, the Bread for the World Director Policy and Research Institute, embarked on…
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