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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
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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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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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
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
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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Climate change major threat to food and income security in fish-dependent countries, study finds
16.09.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Billions of people in low- and middle-income countries could face heightened food, nutrition and eco…
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The deforestation risk of making livestock systems greener
16.09.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Substantial international investment is greening livestock farms with trees and shrubs to make them …
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Agrobiodiversity Innovation Challenge: Call for innovative solutions in the agri-food tech space
16.09.21-
Biodiversity
As part of the 2nd International Agrobiodiversity Congress, November 15–18, we are thrilled to a…
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Climate-smart agriculture practices influence weed density and diversity in cereal-based agri-food systems of western Indo-Gangetic plains
16.09.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA)-based management practices are evolving as a viable and sustainable …
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Nutrition scientist Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted awarded the 2021 Arrell Global Food Innovation Award
15.09.21-
Nutrition
CGIAR scientist at WorldFish honored for her nutrition-centered research innovation in fish and aqua…
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CGIAR Researchers and Centers Recognized With Four International Food Prizes
15.09.21CGIAR researchers and Research Centers have been recognized this year by some of the world's…
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Examining the gendered impacts of cash transfers on migration in Mali
15.09.21-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY MELISSA HIDROBO,VALERIE MUELLER,SHALINI ROY AND MICHAEL WANG Migration is a crucial element for e…
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Coconut tree cloning breakthrough will help propagation and preservation
15.09.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Coconut trees grow slowly and are difficult to clone. Scientists at KU Leuven and the…
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UNFSS solution cluster puts aquatic foods at the center of food systems transformation
15.09.21-
Nutrition
Aquatic foods are the cornerstone of diets, livelihoods and cultures of many poor and vulnerable…
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Guyana’s farming future in the climate crisis: much can be done
15.09.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
In our second of a two-part series on the challenges facing farmers in Guyana, we…
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Experts discuss strategies to improve food safety in traditional markets in Asia Pacific
13.09.21-
Health
On 1–2 September 2021, the World Health Organization regional office for Southeast Asia and the…
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Free webinar series fuels Africa’s aquaculture sector
11.09.21WorldFish partners with leading African aquaculture magazine to produce a free webinar series to edu…
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Roots, tubers and bananas: vital to the One CGIAR portfolio!
10.09.21-
Food security
Roots, tubers and bananas are the foundation of food security for millions of people across…
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DG receives prestigious award for championing youth in agriculture programs
09.09.21The Association of Deans of Agriculture in Nigeria Universities (ADAN) has honored IITA Director G…
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IITA GHU staff awarded Crop Trust’s outstanding Genebank Team (GHU Category) 2021
09.09.21Crop Trust and the CGIAR Genebank Platform have recognized four staff from the IITA Germplasm He…
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NARITA hybrids cross borders for farmers’ evaluation in Kenya
09.09.21In improving banana production in East Africa countries, researchers are multiplying and testing for…
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Assistant Director, President’s Office, praises IITA research in Tanzania
09.09.21The Assistant Director for Technical Cooperation at the President’s Office, Public Service Managem…
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IITA kicks off project to transform livelihoods and conservation
09.09.21IITA has commenced a 3-year participatory research project to identify transformative approaches to…
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