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IITA scientist joins advisory panel of Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development

IITA’s Director for Eastern Africa Hub and leader for Biotechnology research, Leena Tripathi, has…

CGIAR System Board Appoints Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda as a Voting Board Member

The CGIAR System Board has appointed Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda as a voting Board member.…

Evaluation Syntheses for One CGIAR: Taking Stock of a Decade of Investment in Agricultural Research

International Livestock Research Institute scientists support Kenyan government to identify SARS-CoV-2 variants

In the Nairobi laboratories of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the organizati…

Climate Security in the Sahel: Interview with PhD researcher Alexandra Krendelsberger for Women’s History Month

Written by Nina de Ayala Parker Photo credit: United Nations Chad Climate-exacerbated conflict in t…

How Vietnamese farmers increase their profits from cultivating peanuts

Farmers in My Loi Climate-Smart Village in Vietnam can generate more profits from peanut cultivatio…

Investment in maize for Africa pays off

Between 1995-2015, nearly 60% of all maize varieties released in 18 African countries were CGIAR-rel…

Climate security in the Mekong Delta: Interview with PhD researcher Dung Phuong Le for Womens History Month

Written by Nina de Ayala Parker  Photo credit: Marco Verch Snaking through six countries in…

Modern food security necessitates global citizenship

The United Kingdom’s reliance on fruits and vegetables from climate-vulnerable tropical countries …

Bioversity-CIAT Alliance joins Colombian network to monitor the evolution of COVID-19 virus

The underlying technology used to track the evolution of plant viruses can help track human…

Nairobi is rapidly losing its green spaces: this could open the door to more diseases

A research study led by the International Livestock Research Institute explored the impact of a…

Peter Hotez at ILRI on vaccines and misinformation

Peter Jay Hotez, an American pediatrician and leading international vaccine advocate, spoke out agai…

Building Forward Better: Experts Echo the Call for Food System Transformation  

The post Building Forward Better: Experts Echo the Call for Food System Transformation   appeared…

Policy seminar: Food systems lessons from COVID-19

As COVID-19 continues to affect people around the world, an understanding of the scope of…

Unlocking the potential of bean production and marketing for improved nutrition and income in Kenya

On the undulating landscape of Omobirona village, Nyansiongo Ward, Nyamira County, in Kenya, is a…

Farmers reaping big benefits from climate information services in Rwanda

With a per capita consumption of more than 150g per person per day, beans are…

Upscaling Climate Smart and Nutrition Sensitive Beans and Finger Millet in Uganda

In East Africa, climate change and variability has increasingly aggravated the challenges associated…

Building seed business hubs around women and youth in Tanzania

Working with private seed companies, ICRISAT is helping integrate more women and youth into seed…