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CGIAR supports innovative new Brazil-led accelerator RAIZ
20.11.25Launched at UNFCCC COP30 in Belém, the RAIZ accelerator will unite governments and investors behind…
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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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Could bird flu be the next global pandemic?
24.02.22-
Health
An opinion piece by Klara Saville, head of global animal health at Brooke, and Delia…
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Two years on, resilience innovations help food supply chains overcome COVID-19 disruptions
23.02.22-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY THOMAS REARDON, JOHAN SWINNEN AND ROB VOS In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdow…
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IITA partners WUR to improve food systems
21.02.22Food systems refer to the organization of the production, processing, distribution, consumption of f…
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IITA Director for Eastern Africa, Leena Tripathi, joins the Advisory Board of Alliance for Science
21.02.22The IITA Director for Eastern Africa hub and Biotechnology Leader, Leena Tripathi, has been appoi…
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IITA Y-SWEP biogas technology: A sustainable energy solution and gateway to more research
21.02.22IITA has taken another step in implementing a circular economy within the Institute by launching tw…
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Special Envoy highlights DRC’s agriculture plan during visit to IITA Goodwill Ambassador and former Nigerian President
21.02.22During his extended visit to the IITA headquarters in Ibadan, Special Envoy to the Democratic Repu…
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2021 Dry Season Rice Farming: IITA-NIAA supports 200 rice farmers with inputs
21.02.22The USAID-funded Feed the Future Nigeria Integrated Agriculture Activity in Yola, Adamawa State, on …
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STEP holds Agri-competition to attract young students to agriculture
21.02.22The Innovative Youth in Agriculture (I-Youth) project, implemented by IITA in partnership with Maste…
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Top 10 gender research reads from 2021
18.02.22-
Gender equality
In our series of recommended reading lists, gender experts provide starting points for researchers, …
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CGIAR Mourns Barbara H. Wells, Leading Expert in Genetic Innovation, Agriculture, and Forestry Research
17.02.22In a distinguished career spanning more than 30 years, Dr. Wells helped improve the health…
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Towards more effective and resilient seed value chains for grain legumes and dryland cereals
17.02.22Background: a search for more effective and resilient seed value chains What does it take…
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Targeting a neglected threat to potato production in Africa
14.02.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
With an ability to produce more food per hectare than most crops, the potato has…
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Experts call for equitable food system transformation to tackle global health challenges of the 21st century
12.02.22-
Food security
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Health
Transformation of food systems is key to addressing malnutrition, non-communicable diseases, climate…
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How Gender Equality Can Transform Food Systems and Protect Us From Climate Change Disasters
11.02.22Enabling women to be equal partners with men in the development and use of agricultural…
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The year of the Tiger and a leap into action
11.02.22-
Big data
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Food security
The Lunar New Year began on Feb 1st, 2022, bringing billions of people into the…
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COVID-19 and rising global food prices: What’s really happening?
10.02.22-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY ROB VOS, JOSEPH GLAUBER, MANUEL HERNÁNDEZ AND DAVID LABORDE Food prices are skyrocketing around…
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CIP’s 50th Anniversary Celebrates Andean Agrobiodiversity
10.02.22Anniversaries are occasions to commemorate the past while looking to the future, to mark the…
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FAO State of Food and Agriculture Report 2021: Diversification is key to building resilient agrifood systems
10.02.22-
Environmental health
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Food security
BY SWATI MALHOTRA Over the last few years, global food systems have been disrupted by…
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