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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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Environmental health
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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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Guidelines for genetic purity testing in high oleic groundnut variety seed production
11.01.22The national release of high oleic groundnut varieties Girnar 4 (ICGV 15083) and Girnar 5…
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2021 was the year of collaboration in breeding informatics
10.01.22-
Gender equality
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc6RfglCQkI[/embed] In March 2021, a new network of specialis…
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Hands-on training in genomic tools for crop research organized in Mali
10.01.22To train the next generation of researchers in the use of genomic tools for enhancing…
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Showcasing improved varieties and hybrids performance to seed growers for better nutrition, climate resilience and livelihoods in Mali
10.01.22An open field day at our research station in Samanko, Mali, introduced local private seed…
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Africa RISING: Technology parks herald a new beginning in Mali’s farms
10.01.22The Africa RISING project draws to a close in June 2022 On 11 and 12…
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“Disease nursery” trials established in disease hotspots to test soybean varieties for resistance
10.01.22Soybean diseases such as soybean rust, red leaf blotch (RLB), and frogeye leaf spot (FELS)…
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IITA scientist wins best poster award for gender presentation
10.01.22Devis Mwakanyamale, an IITA Research Associate in the Institute’s Dar es Salaam station, receive…
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IHC visits IITA: Promotes Indian culture
10.01.22The Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Benin, Chad, and Economic Community of West African States…
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Northeastern Nigerian farmers maximizing crop residues with the Stover Crusher
10.01.22To assist smallholder, mixed-crop and livestock farmers in processing crop residues, USAID, through …
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AKILIMO Integration kicks off in Ghana
10.01.22The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) visited Ghana to integrate AKILIMO in the country. …
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Market-driven Varietal Testing and Positioning in Seed Chain
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A transformative approach under IRRI’s Product Development and Varietal Replacement Strategy Swati…
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CGIAR and IRRI ramp up Seed Equal Initiative in South Asia with rice seed workshops for India, Bangladesh, and Nepal
09.01.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The new CGIAR Initiative Seed Equal- Delivering Genetic Gains to Farmers Fields is accelerating its…
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CORIGAP-IRRI expands knowledge sharing to Thailand
09.01.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Experts from the Chainat Rice Research Center (CRRC) and the IRRI-CORIGAP Project conducted a joint…
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IRRI Director General’s visit in Burundi underlines the need to foster collaboration between IRRI and Burundi
09.01.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
To strengthen the partnership between the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Burundi, …
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IRRI leads capacity activities for CGIAR Seed Equal for rice in Africa
09.01.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Scientists from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), in collaboration with the CGIAR Se…
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Climate Smart Agriculture in South Asia: Promoting sustainable and resilient agriculture intensification through regional cooperation
06.01.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
BY ANISHA MOHAN South Asia is one of the regions of the world most vulnerable…
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Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed appointed WorldFish’s new Interim Director General
05.01.22The WorldFish Board of Trustees is pleased to announce Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed as WorldFish’s…
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A tribute to the late Dr. Ferew Lemma
04.01.22-
Nutrition
BY LAWRENCE HADDAD, TON HAVERKORT AND NAMUKOLO COVIC Over the holiday period the nutrition community…
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