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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
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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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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Nigerian government grants internet and community radio licenses to IITA
22.11.21The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved two radio licenses for IITA—an Internet radio licen…
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IITA-Tanzania hosts Member of Parliament
22.11.21A Special Seats Member of Parliament, Hon. Neema Lungangira, visited IITA at its Eastern Africa re…
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IITA Forest Center biodiversity watch: The African House Snake
22.11.21One of the vast benefits of the IITA forest reserve is the diversity of creatures the forest…
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Existing climate strategies ignore fisheries at our peril
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The most visible and tangible signs of climate change tend to be above water, from…
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A new publication in Nature Reports on a toolkit for improved chickpea varieties
21.11.21-
Food security
Nature Reports published an open-access paper on a big plant-genome sequencing study conducted by IC…
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COP26’s Huge Strides towards Climate-Friendly Agriculture
21.11.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
COP26, the 26th yearly round of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) climate negotiati…
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The big zoom-out: Monitoring river health at the global scale
20.11.21-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Traditional river health monitoring is carried out in situ, with habitats and species assessed at…
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World Toilet Day 2021: An interview with Olufunke Cofie
19.11.21-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Leadership and governance systems must provide an enabling environment for the scaling of improved s…
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Participatory approaches key to unlocking the benefits of aquatic foods
18.11.21-
Food security
Fish-based livelihoods are the backbone of Pacific island economies, offering a critical source of f…
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COP26 missed an opportunity to build peace through climate action
17.11.21Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets Dr Mohammad Shtayyeh, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authorit…
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Optimizing seasonal-spatial crop production to improve its economic-environmental performance in Bangladesh
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Environmental health
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Food security
BY MAN LI, ZHE GUO AND WEI ZHANG Excess nitrogen produced by agricultural activities, mainly…
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Do efforts to mitigate the climate crisis harm national and international security? What the experts say
17.11.21Commitments coming out of COP26 last week from global leaders mark a step change towards…
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Big Data and Agricultural Research: Results of Online Survey
16.11.21-
Big data
The digital revolution has changed the ways of working, accessing information, and connecting with e…
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Bean Business Innovation Platforms
15.11.21For reduced market barriers, diversified enterprise and livelihood opportunities, and increased avai…
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What is the cost of the food we waste and how can we change behaviours to address this growing challenge?
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Environmental health
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Food security
During COP26, when climate change is high on the agenda, and political leadership scrutinized for…
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Panel data takes partnership and patience: first field visit of the Uganda National Panel Survey
15.11.21-
Big data
Even the best-laid plans have had to be revisited, revised, postponed, or cancelled as a…
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CGIAR: A Vital Knowledge and Science Partner for Climate Action
15.11.21Over the past two weeks, Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change…
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Largest plant genome sequencing effort yields a pan-genome for chickpea, sets it up for a breeding revolution
15.11.21An international team of researchers from 41 organizations has assembled chickpea’s (chana) pan-ge…
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