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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-
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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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Cameroon learns potato lessons from Kenya
31.03.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Potato is an important food and nutritional security crop in sub-Saharan Africa. However, a quick…
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WorldFish pilots last-mile feed business models to boost aquaculture in Zambia
31.03.22-
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Smallholder fish farmers in Zambia face a myriad of challenges, but one of their biggest…
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Thought-provoking discussion at the ICARDA fireside chat for MENA Climate Week
30.03.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Today during MENA Climate Week held in Dubai, ICARDA carried out an engaging and thought-provoking…
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The Russia-Ukraine war is exacerbating international food price volatility
30.03.22-
Food security
The IFPRI Food Security Portal’s Excessive Food Price Variability Early Warning System is showin…
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Open Call for Disruptive Agri-Tech Solutions to Support Morocco’s Generation Green 2020-2030 Strategy
30.03.22-
Food security
CGIAR Accelerate Impact Platform, IMPACT Lab, World Bank and Trust Fund Digital Development Partne…
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CGIAR to Launch Advisory Panel and Consultations to Boost Partner Engagement
29.03.22New initiative follows calls for greater engagement with key partners in reforms aimed at helping…
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Inspiring Stories: Daw Lae Lae Soe
29.03.22-
Gender equality
Like many women involved in fisheries, Daw Lae Lae Soe faces a world of gender…
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On-Farm Trials Thrive with Support from Farmer Groups
28.03.22-
Gender equality
For the past three years, the International Potato Center’s (CIP) SweetGAINS program in Africa has…
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New CGIAR Initiative to Catalyze Resilient Agrifood Systems in East and Southern Africa
28.03.22The new Ukama Ustawi Initiative will help millions of vulnerable smallholders in 12 countries transi…
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Madagascar government to collaborate with IITA for agricultural solutions after natural disaster
28.03.22Delegates from the Government of Madagascar, headed by Mrs Fanjaniaina Raharinomena, the Secretary G…
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BASICS-II brings together public-private stakeholders to promote sustainable cassava seed delivery in Tanzania
28.03.22The project Building Economically Sustainable Seed Systems for Cassava, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) organi…
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GSN launches webinar series to promote gender research and its impact
28.03.22The IITA Gender Science Network (GSN) has organized a webinar series to enhance gender research an…
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Research shows material from banana waste can help fight destructive potato cyst nematodes
28.03.22With potato production in East Africa under increasing threat from the invasive and highly destructi…
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West Africa crop breeders boost expertise via IITA and EiB collaboration
28.03.22IITA, in collaboration with CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB), delivered two professional workshop…
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IITA and BASICS-II team hold crucial meeting with Tanzanian Minister on agricultural transformation
28.03.22Tanzanian Minister of Agriculture, Honorable Hussein Mohamed Bashe, wants IITA to support the East…
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IFAD-funded Zero Hunger Project makes progress in achieving its objective in Nigeria
28.03.22As part of efforts to realize IITA’s Zero Hunger initiative (ZHI) partnership with FGN/IFAD-VCDP …
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Zero Hunger Project installs model wet hammer mill in Benue State
28.03.22The IITA-led Zero Hunger Project’s partnership with FGN/IFAD-VCDP is already yielding commendable…
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens to further exacerbate the food insecurity emergency in Yemen
23.03.22-
Food security
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has roiled agricultural markets, particularly wheat, which has seen pri…
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