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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
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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 SystemsÂ
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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Researchers in East Africa add the Enterprise Breeding System to their work tools
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Kate Dreher, Data Manager at CIMMYT, presents to scientists, technicians, data management and suppor…
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Ushering in a shared prosperity through aquatic food systems
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Aquatic food systems have transformative potential for sustainable development. They offer diverse s…
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SAA to extend partnership with IITA to other hubs across Africa
07.06.22Representatives from the Japan and Kano office of Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) visited IITA…
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ILRI marks World Food Safety Day 2022 with a focus on food safety research for better health
07.06.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
To commemorate this year’s World Food Safety Day (7 June) under the theme Safer food,…
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Annual CocoaSoils Week highlights achievements toward sustainable cocoa production in Africa
07.06.22Researchers, civil society organizations, and private and public sector stakeholders from Cameroon, …
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Study finds diverse microbial communities across agroecologies enhance plantain productivity
07.06.22Plantain (Musa spp.) is a staple food crop and a key source of income supporting the…
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IITA and partners engages fabricators in Oyo State
07.06.22IITA, in partnership with the Innovation Lab for Policy Leadership in Agriculture and Food Securit…
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Halleluya Farm Estate to scale-up crop production through IITA’s expertise
07.06.22On 24 May, the Halleluya Techno-based Agro Farm Estate team visited IITA. The team, which launched…
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Genome editing: New breeding tool with potential to sustain agriculture in Africa
07.06.22Climate change affects the environment extensively in socioeconomic and related sectors, including a…
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IITA and partners launch Postharvest Reduction Project
07.06.22IITAÂ recently launched a project on reducing postharvest losses across the Vitamin A cassava (VAC) …
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IITA and Ogun State Ministry of Agriculture, Nigeria, to co-develop a digital agriculture platform
07.06.22IITA and the Ogun Ministry of Agriculture met recently to discuss a #digital agriculture project t…
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Gender research activities in IITA contribute to African rural development
07.06.22IITAÂ seeks to carry out cutting-edge gender research in agriculture. During a seminar on 13 May,…
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Newly-identified rice varieties could deliver genetic gain and farm productivity in India
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Researchers in India have identified new rice varieties that could adapt to specific requirements of…
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IITA and DG Sanginga receive excellence awards from Circularity Africa
07.06.22The Interconnections for Making Africa Great Empowered and Sustainable (IMAGES) Initiative, in col…
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Partnerships: IITA visits NIHORT to strengthen collaboration
07.06.22As part of IITA’s activities in ensuring good collaboration with partners, Kenton Dashiell, IITA…
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Fostering the adoption of sustainable rice straw innovations in Vietnam through private sector engagement
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Loc Troi Agricultural Research Institute si…
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IITA Forest Center wins AFR100 grant to plant trees
07.06.22The TerraFund for AFR100 has awarded the IITA Forest Center another grant to reforest 300 hectare…
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Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) in Ghana: Disclosure Notice for Labor Management Procedures
07.06.22Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) is a project being implemented in…
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