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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
WorldFish19.09.25Dr. 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
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)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
Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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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
CGIAR29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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Ukama Ustawi Annual Report 2023: Cultivating partnerships to scale inclusive agricultural innovations in East and Southern Africa
CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa15.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
The year 2023 marked another significant period for the CGIAR Regional Integrated Initiative on Dive…
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Kenya puts peace and security at the center of climate plans and platforms, adopting CGIAR research recommendations
CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience14.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Written by Marianne Gadeberg Longstanding engagement with Kenya’s ministries of environment and ag…
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CLRRI and IRRI identify 12 potential salinity-tolerant rice lines for the Cuu Long Delta
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)13.05.24-
Adaptation
CLRRI and IRRI identified 12 potential salinity-tolerant rice lines for cultivation in Vietnam’s C…
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Building a climate-smarter Tanzania
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)13.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
In a climate change scenario, a team of researchers and scholars from SUA, UCPH, IRRI,…
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Enhancing Indigenous Peoples’ participation in climate policy processes
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)13.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Indigenous Peoples have been portrayed as highly vulnerable to climate change while at the same…
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Empowering East African Farmers with Weather and Climate Information Services: ECREA's Climate-Smart Strategies for Resilient Agriculture in the Bean Value Chain
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)09.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The project responds to the urgent need for co-designed Weather and Climate Information Services (WC…
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5 takeaways for navigating the waters of agricultural innovation: Charting a course for responsible scaling
CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems08.05.24-
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Social inclusion
By Hanna Ewell To advance CGIAR's efforts to transform food systems in a responsible…
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WEBINAR: Urban Food Systems Community of Practice
CGIAR Initiative on Resilient Cities08.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Expanding the Boundaries of Urban Systems Research: Insights from a Global Spatial Delineatio…
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La Alianza y KoLFACI se unen para contribuir con los esfuerzos de Latinoamérica para mediciones de GEI
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)08.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Centroamérica y el Caribe son regiones altamente vulnerables al cambio climático, a pesar de su…
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Priorities for the Tanzania Seed Sector Development Strategy for improved food production and trade
CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa07.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
As agriculture in Africa is yet to recover from the repercussions of climate change, the…
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Kenyan lab upgrades pave way for faster delivery of roots, tubers and bananas in East Africa
CGIAR Initiative on Breeding Resources06.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
At KEPHIS Plant Quarantine and Biosecurity Station in Muguga, Kenya, CGIAR is developing a germplasm…
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A new germplasm exchange facility in Kenya is set to boost East Africa food security via roots, tubers and bananas
CGIAR Initiative on Breeding Resources06.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
In Muguga, on the outskirts of Nairobi in Kenya, stands a group of greenhouses, nestled…
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Local stakeholders drive solutions: workshop tackles water management challenges in Bangladesh
CGIAR Initiative on Asian Mega-Deltas06.05.24-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Khulna, Bangladesh (April 24, 2024) –To address the complexities surrounding water management in t…
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What does it take to scale an agricultural innovation? Loraine Ronchi talks with Agnes Kalibata
CGIAR06.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Getting science innovations out of the labs and into the hands of millions of smallholder…
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Technical staff at African research stations gain crucial trialling and nursery skills, improving continent-wide crop breeding data
CGIAR Initiative on Breeding Resources06.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Ensuring top-notch equipment reaches breeding research stations worldwide is vital, but equally cruc…
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KALRO and IRRI organize Farmers’ Field Day at Siaya County, sharing improved rice varieties and training farmers on climate-smart agronomy
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)06.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
KALRO and IRRI jointly held a Farmers’ Field Day at Siaya County, Kenya where they…
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Breeding rice for salinity tolerance and salt-affected soils in Africa: A review
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)06.05.24-
Adaptation
Soil salinity is one of the most severe and common abiotic stresses affecting Africa’s rice…
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Avert, avoid, minimize: CGIAR research well-positioned to inform loss and damage negotiations in critical year
CGIAR Climate Impact Platform03.05.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Given the glacial progress of climate action to date, it is now clear that even…
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