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Over USD 142 million pledged at COP30 to advance CGIAR’s mission of a food-secure future
15.11.25COP30 Delegates at the Embrapa/Gates Foundation Innovation Showcase The United Kingdom, Belgium, Den…
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Brazil's Cop30 summit has high hopes for the planet - but will it signal a green future?
12.11.25CGIAR Executive Managing Director Ismahane Elouafi explains in an article in The National ahead of…
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New CGIAR Evidence Sets Out Blueprint for a Low-Carbon, Regenerative and Equitable Food System Transition at COP30
10.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
As countries prepare to gather in Belém for COP30, CGIAR today launched seven new evidence-based…
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Join Ismahane Elouafi at the CNN Global Perspectives - Soil to Scale event
05.11.25Join Ismahane Elouafi discussing pathways to resileint food systems in Africa at the CNN Soil…
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Why we show up at climate COPs: Bridging local reality with global ambition
04.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
By Ma. Eliza J. Villarino, Rhys Bucknall-Williams, Laura Cramer, and Chiara Colombo Every yea…
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Bridging knowledge systems: Indigenous practices for sustainable foodways
21.10.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Indigenous peoples’ food systems have existed for millennia: far longer than the industrialised fo…
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IITA and partners launch EBS-Maize Platform to modernize breeding programs
05.05.22A significant agricultural transformation is underway for maize breeders across the globe to overcom…
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GSN to boost visibility of IITA gender-focused activities
05.05.22Following the launch of a new gender research webinar series by the IITA Gender Science Network …
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IITA commences public-private partnership in Central Africa seed sector with IFAD support
05.05.22From 14 to 15 April in Kinshasa, IITA launched the Strengthening the Supply of Improved Seeds an…
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ILRI scientist Delia Grace wins 2022 Arrell Global Food Innovation Award for research innovation
05.05.22-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
We congratulate Delia Grace, professor of food safety systems at the Natural Resources Institute and…
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Risk-based and One Health approaches for improved food safety in Africa
04.05.22-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
The rapid evolution of global food safety systems in response to population growth, urbanization, cl…
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Towards unified accountability and joint learning: A new Evaluation Framework and Policy for One CGIAR
04.05.22With an estimated annual research portfolio of more than USD 900 million, CGIAR aims to…
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African breeding and operations teams boost expertise and map out improvements
04.05.22Breeders and breeding operations staff across Africa are amping up their skills and solving shared…
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Inspired by “enemy of world hunger” Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, national and global institutions and research centers strengthen their commitment to food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Representatives of the Government of Mexico, the Embassy of India, the National Agricultural Council…
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The impact of the Ukraine crisis on the global vegetable oil market
03.05.22-
Food security
The war in Ukraine has pushed prices of agricultural products to historically high levels, and…
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Appropriate technology, revisited
29.04.22-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health & biodiversity
For decades, farmers in the American corn belt have been battling a persistent and elusive…
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Gender and variety trait preferences in Uganda, Tanzania, and Mozambique
27.04.22-
Gender equality
To ensure better adoption of vitamin-A rich sweetpotato, it is paramount to develop varieties that…
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens food security in Malawi. How can the country respond?
27.04.22-
Food security
Food insecurity is endemic in Malawi, affecting up to 38% of the population every year in the…
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Experts highlight benefits of improved cassava varieties ahead of 2022 planting season
27.04.22Experts from the Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASIC…
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AUC commends IITA’s research activities
27.04.22His Excellency, Prof. Mohammed Belhocine, the Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology, and I…
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35 learn about gene editing and its communication
27.04.22Scientists and communication specialists from various Kenyan organizations participated in a four-da…
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Muhogo Bora Project trains local agricultural officers on management and gender integration in the Tanzanian cassava seed system
27.04.22IITA and Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), through the Muhogo Bora (Better Cassa…
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Building a fish house for life and livelihoods
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Nutrition, health & food security
Fish traders come from all over southern Africa to gather at the port in Luangwa,…
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Changes to CGIAR's Executive Management Team
26.04.22Friday, March 18, was Kundhavi Kadiresan’s last day working with CGIAR. For and on behalf…
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