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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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Bridging knowledge systems: Indigenous practices for sustainable foodways
21.10.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Indigenous peoples’ food systems have existed for millennia: far longer than the industrialised fo…
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An expert discussion on putting gender at the heart of climate security
21.01.22Giulia Caroli, Carolina Sarzana and Alice Taylor Climate change and related security risks, such…
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The links between food-related trade and fiscal policies and obesity rates in low- and middle-income countries
21.01.22-
Health
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Nutrition
BY KIBROM ABAY, HOSAM IBRAHIM, CLEMENS BREISINGER AND ALI ABDELHADI Global overweight and obesity ra…
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Potatoes in rice paddies?
20.01.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Sustainable intensification yields multiple benefits in China With approximately 19% of the global p…
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Honda to work with IITA in developing African agriculture
20.01.22The Honda Team from Ogun State visited IITA Headquarters on 8 December to strengthen the partnersh…
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Evaluation Case Study: CGIAR Ontologies Community Of Practice
20.01.22-
Big data
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Environmental health
Evaluations offer a chance for reflection, as well as an opportunity for improvement. They unravel…
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Impact stories attracting more agricultural investment from DR Congo and donors in 2022 – IITA DG
20.01.22“Telling the stories of the impact agricultural research is making in Africa can only generate…
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Are energy transitions a risk or opportunity for climate security? What the experts say
20.01.22Alice Taylor and Stefan Boessner The global energy system is at the centre of two…
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IITA DG Nteranya Sanginga becomes Yoruba Chief
20.01.22IITA Director General Dr Nteranya Sanginga was conferred with the chieftaincy title of Aare Afur…
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Tanzanian Minister pledges support for IITA’s research and capacity building efforts
20.01.22Tanzania’s Agriculture Minister, Hon. Prof Adolph Mkenda, has expressed his appreciation for the s…
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AKILIMO goes to prison
20.01.22The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) recently organized sensitization training in a corr…
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IITA joins with Tanzania’s Ministry of Agriculture to organize starch stakeholders’ meeting to expand cassava commercialization
20.01.22As part of efforts to realize the national cassava commercialization strategy, IITA, through the BES…
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Minister lauds five-year program in Northern Tanzania for which IITA provided technical support
20.01.22The Tanzania Minister of Agriculture, Hon Prof Adolph Mkenda, has praised the efforts and impacts…
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SEFAN/SWEAN project stakeholders hold roundtable in Abuja
20.01.22A two-day round table of stakeholders in Agriculture Technical Vocational Education and Training (AT…
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STEP Agri-Competition: IITA encourages participation of younger generation in agriculture
20.01.22To attract, retain, and change the perception of young people about agriculture, the Start Them Ear…
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IITA Tree Heritage Park accredited by ARBNET
20.01.22The IITA Tree Heritage Park (THP), located within the campus of the International Institute of…
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NEMEDUSSA Consortium Advancing Nematology Education in Sub-Sahara Africa
20.01.22To develop the research and educational capacity in Sub-Sahara Africa in the field of nematology,…
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BASICS-II and AGRA to collaborate in scaling cassava seed systems in Nigeria
20.01.22The Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, phase 2 (BASICS-II) project…
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Climate migration and social transformation: embracing complexity
20.01.22-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
Unpredictable rainfall patterns, droughts and floods linked to climate change are increasingly drivi…
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