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Four Essential Podcasts Featuring Dr. Ismahane Elouafi: Science, Systems, and the Future of Food
29.04.25In an era marked by mounting crises—climate extremes, deepening inequality, and growing food insec…
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The Road to Ending Malnutrition: How the Paris N4G Summit Sparked a Global Call to Action
17.04.25The Paris Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit brought global leaders and organizations together in a…
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Ismahane Elouafi on TIME100 list of the most influential people in the world
16.04.25CGIAR is delighted to announce that CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Ismahane Elouafi has been nam…
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Harvesting Collaboration for Food Security. CGIAR Science Week Closes.
14.04.2511th April, Nairobi, Kenya: After a remarkable week of science, innovation, and cementing of partner…
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MEDIA RELEASE | New CGIAR flagship report translates insights into impact for food systems in crisis
14.04.25Nairobi, Kenya, 14 April 2025 – With food systems under strain from climate change, conflict,…
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Science Week Opens: A Leap Forward in Science Collaboration for Food Security
08.04.257th April, Nairobi, Kenya: Science Week was launched today by Special Guest H.E. Musalia Mudavadi,…
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IITA Forest Center joins global 2023 Wetland Restoration Campaign
09.02.23Wetlands make up about 6% of the earth’s surface, but accommodate about 40% of all…
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Remote-sensing models to enhance Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV) surveillance in Africa
01.02.23The IITA–CGIAR team has published a method using drones and satellite imager-based remote sens…
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Bangladeshi High Commissioner to Nigeria seeks collaboration in digital agriculture and agribusiness
01.02.23The Bangladeshi High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Masudur Rahman, and his team paid a visit…
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One CGIAR launches in Tanzania, fanning expectations for 2023 and beyond
01.02.23IITA–CGIAR, as the One CGIAR Convener for Tanzania, in collaboration with the Tanzania Prime Minis…
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One CGIAR West and Central Africa in collaboration with CORAF hosts Updates and Consultative Workshop
09.01.23One CGIAR West and Central Africa, in collaboration with the West and Central African Council for…
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Stable and high-yielding farmer-preferred “Matooke” cooking banana hybrids registered
09.01.23Millions of people around the world depend on banana and plantain (Musa sp.) as vital food…
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IITA participates in the 2022 Feed Nigeria Summit
09.01.23Representatives from IITA–CGIAR recently participated at the just-concluded Feed Nigeria Summit …
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IITA partners with Inqaba Biotec and Redclay to mitigate climate crisis in new tree genome sequencing initiative
09.01.23As the world consistently commits to halting the downward trend of biodiversity loss through constan…
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Zero Hunger Project-trained fabricators now making money from hammer mills and cassava press
09.01.23To achieve sustained technology transfer, IITA–CGIAR, under the IFAD-funded Zero Hunger Initiativ…
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Bambara groundnut: Africa’s key to food and nutrition security
03.01.23Food and nutrition insecurity is a major challenge facing the global community. To fill the…
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IITA-VCDF OGSTEP to strengthen private sector-led agri-food value chains in Ijebu-Ode
03.01.23The Value Chain Development Firm (VCDF) of IITA–CGIAR hosted the Ogun State Economic Transformat…
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Reducing Postharvest loss project donates equipment to set up mycotoxin testing hubs in Nigeria
03.01.23In a ceremony held on 29 November at IITA-Abuja, IITA Associate Scientist Titilayo Falade and Act…
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IITA Zero Hunger Project empowers women and youth in nutrition and agripreneurship in Ogun State
03.01.23Fifteen extension Agents, food processors, and food entrepreneurs in Ogun State have been trained as…
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IITA showcases technologies in the first International Plantain Festival in South Cameroon
03.01.23The first International Plantain Festival, organized by the National Association for Actors of the P…
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IARSAF’s 25th symposium tackles changing climate conditions in the agriculture sector
03.01.23The International Association of Research Scholars and Fellows (IARSAF) recently held its 25th annu…
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IITA trains ministry officials on eradicating Banana bunchy top virus in Tanzania
03.01.23As part of efforts to curb the spread of the invasive Banana Bunchy Top disease…
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IITA embarks on project to boost vegetatively-propagated crop seed systems in Africa
03.01.23IITA–CGIAR is set to commence a five-year project—Program for Seed System Innovation for Vegeta…
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IITA signs MoU with OOK Group to facilitate project delivery
08.12.22Finding the right partner institution to implement a project is crucial. This will result in…
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