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CGIAR supports innovative new Brazil-led accelerator RAIZ
20.11.25Launched at UNFCCC COP30 in Belém, the RAIZ accelerator will unite governments and investors behind…
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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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The National (UAE): 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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Auto DraftScientists identify markers associated with resistance to the banana weevil borer
25.12.21Scientists at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and their collaborative par…
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IFPRI book: Improving African agricultural value chains to boost production
23.12.21-
Food security
BY SWATI MALHOTRA, Â ALAN DE BRAUW, Â ERWIN BULTE ANDÂ EVGENIYA ANISIMOVA The agricultural productiv…
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‘Seed funding’: How more billionaires can help end world hunger
23.12.21A  recent Twitter conversation between the UN’s David Beasley and Tesla’s Elon Musk has shown…
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Launching the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022
23.12.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Integral to food and nutrition security around the world, artisanal fisheries and aquaculture are …
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CGIAR Research Program for Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH) ends with a splash
22.12.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The CGIAR Research Program on Fisheries Agri-Food Systems (FISH) came to a successful conclusion aft…
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Using drones to select drought-tolerant sweetpotatoes
21.12.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Droughts have long posed a threat to farmers in southern Africa, and models predict they w…
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The UN must get climate-smart for peace and security
21.12.21Photo credit: U.S. Department of State Grazia Pacillo, CGIAR Climate Security FOCUS Senior Economist…
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Cash transfers and women’s decision-making in Egypt: Still a man’s world
21.12.21-
Gender equality
BY HODA EL-ENBABY, Â DANIEL O. GILLIGAN, Â NAUREEN KARACHIWALLA, Â YUMNA KASSIM ANDÂ SIKANDRA KURDI …
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DR Congo and donors to invest more in agriculture in 2022 – IITA DG
21.12.21“Telling the stories of the impact agricultural research is making in Africa can only generate…
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UN Deputy Secretary-General visits IITA in Ibadan, Nigeria
21.12.21The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Hajia Amina J. Mohammed, visited IITA headquarters in Ibadan as par…
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Interventions for women’s empowerment and repercussions for family welfare: Evidence from Uganda
21.12.21-
Gender equality
BY KATE AMBLER, KELLY JONES AND MICHAEL O'SULLIVAN Empowering women is a goal of many development …
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How can climate science support peace and security in the Middle East and North Africa? What the experts say
21.12.21Tanaya Dutta Gupta, Alice Taylor, Grazia Pacillo, Peter Laderach With impacts of climate change incr…
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Making peanuts safe
21.12.21Aflatoxin in peanuts remains an unsolved problem for people with a small food budget, and…
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Harnessing the potential of rural youth for sustainability of agriculture: Insight from Northern Nigeria
21.12.21Active involvement of youth in all agri-food value chains is necessary for the sustainability of…
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Identity marker nuances in adoption of tandem technologies: Beer, barley, livestock, and milk: who adopts agricultural innovations in rural Rajasthan?
21.12.21Learnings emanating from the Green Revolution in India indicate that the ability of development inte…
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Revising aquaculture curriculums to support youth in Zambia
20.12.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
While Zambia’s aquaculture sector is growing considerably, which is largely contributed to the…
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Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 side event discusses the role of informal markets within future food systems
20.12.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
The Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 took place on 7–8 December 2021. Ahead of the…
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Researchers map Ethiopia’s irrigated areas at a previously unavailable resolution
20.12.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Remote sensing data enables IWMI researchers to identify irrigated areas at a resolution of 30…
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