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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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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
09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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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150 Farmer Promoters trained and empowered with a digital tool for BXW surveillance and control in Rwanda
13.12.21“It was not easy to identify BXW symptoms on a banana plant. We confused it…
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IITA amongst $100,000 Growth Grant Finalist for the Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge
13.12.21The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) has announced IITA amongst the Growth Grand finalists …
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Research fellows call for partnership and research for agricultural transformation
13.12.21In line with IITA’s goal of transforming Africa’s Agriculture, the International Association of …
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IITA and Reeyor fabricate agricultural processing machines to improve food processing
13.12.21Reeyor Food and Beverage Processing Machines and Gelgoog Intelligent Technology Company Limited part…
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Food Systems Transformation Must Be Grounded in Healthy Soil
13.12.21-
Biodiversity
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Food security
A world without healthy soil is a world in which little grows. Yet, for those…
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See, understand and hear the women who deal with climate insecurity
10.12.21-
Gender equality
With Kenya in the grip of a drought resulting in 30% less water, women are…
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Five ways gender research can better support women: Messages from rural women
10.12.21-
Gender equality
This year’s Cultivating Equality: Advancing Gender Research in Agriculture and Food Systems confer…
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E-learning for systems thinking in food, land and water
10.12.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
A series of e-learning modules from Agro Landscapes aims to promote the systems thinking needed…
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IITA to collaborate with other organizations on wheat production
10.12.21His Excellency John Donnelly, the Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, proposed an area of colla…
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Forging partnerships with NASC to create a sustainable seed system in Northeast Nigeria
10.12.21Farmers need timely access to quality seed and other essential agricultural inputs to ensure optimal…
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ILRI showcases feed production technology as IITA delegates tour facilities
10.12.21An IITA delegation consisting of the Deputy Director General, Partnerships for Delivery, Kenton D…
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Delivering scalable, sustainable fall armyworm technology to TAAT beneficiaries
10.12.21Fall Armyworm (FAW) is a highly damaging pest to maize. However, in the past five…
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Call for applications: Open Doors Fellowship Program for early to mid-career women researchers in Africa
10.12.21A comprehensive and dynamic leadership fellowship to support careers of women researchers from acade…
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Minister lauds IITA’s research and capacity building of future researchers efforts in Tanzania and pledges support
10.12.21Tanzania’s Agriculture Minister, Hon. Prof Adolph Mkenda, has expressed his appreciation for the s…
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of late blight prevention in China
09.12.21Now in its seventh year, the AsiaBlight Network is committed to finding solutions to ward off an…
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Aspirations and women's empowerment: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
09.12.21-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY KATRINA KOSEC AND LUCIA CARRILLO Do ambitious women tend to be more empowered in…
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Digital phenotyping technologies set to take off across CGIAR
08.12.21-
Big data
New and more accessible digital phenotyping technologies and methods can help breeding programs coll…
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Voices, collaboration and complexity: Improving nutrition in the 21st century
07.12.21CGIAR-sponsored Nutrition for Growth side event grapples with challenges to provide nutritious diets…
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