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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now…
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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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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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For year round micronutrients, ten species of fruit trees are better than just a few
29.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Health
A ‘diversity fair’ is not an everyday event, so this one to showcase agrobiodiversity in…
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Addressing food safety questions along the value chain
27.11.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Foodborne disease is a significant threat to global health, and food safety is a growing…
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Research: Cash transfers significantly decrease violence against women in polygamous households in Mali
22.11.19-
Gender equality
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Health
The new paper investigates the impacts of Mali's national cash transfer program (Jigisémèjiri) on …
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More vaccination, not antibiotics, needed for Kenyan livestock—Straight talk by Sidai Chair Christie Peacock
21.11.19-
Food security
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Health
The following interview of Christie Peacock was conducted at the February 2019 launch of the…
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Celebrating World Antibiotic Resistance Week 2019 with highlights of ILRI research on antimicrobial resistance
18.11.19-
Health
To commemorate World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2019 (18–24 November), we highlight recent research…
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Policy seminar: What made Malawi’s community childcare centers successful platforms for an agriculture and nutrition program
13.11.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Community-based early childhood development centers have long provided affordable, quality care for …
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New study identifies factors affecting spread of brucellosis in humans and livestock in northeastern Kenya
11.11.19-
Health
Brucellosis is an important zoonotic disease that affects wildlife and livestock. A study carried ou…
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#OneHealthDay is this Sunday: Join ILRI in collaborative work for healthier people, animals and lands
03.11.19-
Food security
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Health
A Fulani boy in Niger herds his family’s animals (photo credit:ILRI/Stevie Mann) Written by Ekta…
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Celebrating One Health Day 2019 with a focus on ILRI’s One Health research
03.11.19-
Health
One Health Day is a global campaign marked annually on 3 November to bring attention…
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Poor in Africa south of the Sahara face rising disproportionate risks from extreme weather
30.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
Weather shocks driven by climate change pose huge and still uncertain risks to the world’s…
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Food systems transformation: Uneven data, gaps hinder cross-country learning and comparison
29.10.19-
Health
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Nutrition
A common set of food system indicators used across countries and over time would allow…
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Towards sustainable food system transformation in the Global South
29.10.19-
Health
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Nutrition
At a side event during the October 2019 Committee on World Food Security meeting in…
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Voices from the field: Supporting healthy food environments in India
29.10.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Rates of overweight and obesity are rising at an alarming rate in India, especially among…
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Celebrating Open Access Week 2019 with a focus on ILRI’s open access research on animal and human health
21.10.19-
Health
Open Access Week is celebrated globally every year during the last complete week of October. To…
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The cereals imperative of future food systems
15.10.19-
Environmental health
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Health
Pioneering research on our three most important cereal grains — maize, rice, and wheat —…
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Tribal women farmers train to be ‘nutrition entrepreneurs’ to contribute to healthier community diets
11.10.19-
Gender equality
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Health
The hands that farm the fields and cook the family meals are now taking on…
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Addressing food safety questions along the value chain
07.10.19-
Health
From consumers working back through production, a research new paper, Food safety in low and…
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Voices from the field: Fighting aflatoxin in Nigeria
04.10.19-
Health
Aflatoxin cause health and economic problems for farmers across Africa. IITA scientist Adebowale Aka…
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