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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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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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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Preventing and protecting against wheat blast
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Every year, the spores of the wheat blast fungus lie in wait on farms in…
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Interns shape the future of aquaculture in Zambia
10.08.21Aquaculture internship programs help youth to gain experience and fill in industry gaps for win-win…
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Scaling up wastewater aquaculture through public-private partnerships
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Throughout history, pond-based aquaculture has been an important source of food and income for many…
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Aquatic foods science and innovation highlighted at Food System Summit
09.08.21Panelists discuss innovative solutions to problems faced by aquatic food systems around the world in…
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Can you help shape the future of plant disease detection?
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are increasingly being applied across a diver…
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A feminist approach to natural resource management
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Gender equality
Historically, natural resources such as land, water and forests have been managed as economic resour…
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Research centers call for innovation and stronger partnerships to scale up Africa’s food systems
06.08.21Science, research, and innovation are essential to accelerate the transformation to healthier, more …
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IITA and partner Touton Ltd. consult coffee farmers on diversification strategies
06.08.21The IITA Uganda Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Team conducted focus group discussions with more th…
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Mechanical legume planter reduces drudgery for female farmers in Mozambique
06.08.21Mechanization has been recognized as an essential factor in agriculture development efforts to save …
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Building and innovating for food system transformation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
Inclusive responses to global challenges in CIP’s Annual Report 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic push…
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Hope for Tanzanian banana farmers with the official release of new “matooke” hybrids
06.08.21Tanzania has officially released four new, improved hybrids of the important staple cooking banana, …
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New crop-livestock technologies to mitigate conflict between crop and livestock farmers in DRC
06.08.21More than 20 farmers from Katogota and Kamanyola in the Ruzizi plain of South Kivu…
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IITA Forest Center prepares trainers for Olokemeji School Conservation Clubs
06.08.21As the Olokemeji reforestation project swings into full gear, the IITA Forest Center held its fir…
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YIIFSWA II hands over project outputs to GoSeed for post-project sustainability
06.08.21The Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa Phase II (YIIFSWA II) project has…
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A life-changing experience with I-Youth – Series 1
06.08.21The Innovative Youth in Agriculture (I-Youth) project has completed year 1 activities across vario…
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IITA and partners organize seed fair in Kano and Jigawa
06.08.21From 10 to 15 June, IITA and partners organized a joint seed fair in the northern Nigerian…
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How the Food Action Alliance designs and selects Flagships that take a food systems approach
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Food security
By: Dylan Anderson-Berens The Food Action Alliance (FAA), a global food systems initiative implemen…
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Transforming The Agricultural Research Agenda With Aquatic Foods
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Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Aquatic foods are not just good foods, they are superfoods with the power to nourish…
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