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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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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IITA Forest Center nurturing secondary school students to become environment advocates
26.06.23Every 5 June, World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated to sensitize and propose practical actions…
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IITA and partners announce first Fusarium wilt-resistant Mchare cooking banana in Tanzania
26.06.23To address the threat of Fusarium Wilt (FW) to banana production in Tanzania, IITA–CGIAR and c…
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CGIAR, IFDC, and APNI agree to complement institutional interests
19.06.23With the increasing interest in developing and delivering Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM…
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Integrated plant health management: A pathway to food security
19.06.23Numerous challenges across the African continent threaten the race to achieve food security. Top on…
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IITA nutrition team reveals ways to address unhealthy diets with HQCF
19.06.23Over time, the fast-paced eating pattern adopted by the world’s population has resulted in unhealt…
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IITA, NASC sign MoU on seed development in Northeast Nigeria
19.06.23IITA–CGIAR and Nigeria’s National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) have signed a Memorandum of …
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Agripreneurs emerge in Benue State after Zero Hunger value-addition training
19.06.23A group of women and youth in Benue State are using the knowledge gained on…
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Researchers to enhance breeding programs through proper costing technique
14.06.23Over the years, breeders have faced the challenge of either undervaluing or overvaluing breeding pro…
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Rare white-faced whistling duck spotted in IITA’s forest reserve
14.06.23The IITA Forest Center is renowned for utilizing forest resources for conservation, research, edu…
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Increased varietal identification capacity among extension officers to boost zero hunger achievement in Benue
14.06.23Varietal identification is a precursor to scaling improved cassava seed to smallholder farmers throu…
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EiA: Scaling climate-resilient and resource efficient farming systems in Africa
14.06.23The CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy (EiA) initiative, working to synchronize partner organizations 
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Enhanced rice harvesting technologies to boost zero hunger goal achievement
05.06.23In a bid to promote technological advancements in the agricultural sector and improve rice harvestin…
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Unprecedented stopover of national symbol, Uhuru torch, highlights IITA’s accomplishments in Tanzania
05.06.23IITAÂ Tanzania management team was privileged to host the national Uhuru torch for the first time…
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New project to increase production and consumption of orange-fleshed sweet potato among smallholder farmers in Benue and Oyo states
05.06.23To facilitate agricultural solutions to overcome malnutrition, IITA–CGIAR, through funding from …
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Enhancing yam breeding through market intelligence and collaborative initiatives
05.06.23During a 3-day inaugural meeting organized recently by the CGIAR Market Intelligence Initiative Wo…
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Senior USAID officials witness AID-I GLR progress in Rwanda
05.06.23It has only been six months since the USAID-funded project—Great Lakes Accelerated Innovation Deli…
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Increased youth participation in agribusiness, a catalyst for economic growth
30.05.23Youth engagement in agriculture has increased in priority on the development agenda, as there is…
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Nigeria Library Association seeks to strengthen collaboration with IITA Knowledge Center
30.05.23Members of the Oyo State Chapter of the Nigeria Library Association (NLA)—the national union of…
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