News
Featured news
-
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…
Read more -
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…
Read more -
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…
Read more -
AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
Read more -
-
Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25<p>Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that signific…
Read more -
International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
Read more
Filters
-
Empowering farmers: Ireland’s partnership with IITA boosts cassava innovation and market access in Malawi
23.12.24The Embassy of Ireland in Malawi has stressed the need for strengthened collaboration to improve…
Read more -
Agricultural Emergency Response with Potato and Sweetpotato Technologies for Livelihood Restoration of Communities Affected by Conflict
23.12.24This blog was first published on IFPRI Ethiopia website. Armed conflicts and other concurrent crises…
Read more -
Agrobiodiversity Zones - Peru's flagship initiative at COP-16
22.12.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Authors: Marleni Ramirez, Sarah Jones, Natalia Estrada Carmona, Cristina Quintana and Elizabeth Fern…
Read more -
-
Building climate-resilient livelihoods for refugees and host communities in Jordan
22.12.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
The World Food Programme (WFP) has requested researchers from the CGIAR Research Initiative on Fragi…
Read more -
-
Farming for the Future: Optimizing Land Use with FarmDESIGN tool
22.12.24Smallholder farming systems in Ethiopia are highly heterogeneous, diverse, and dynamic. Low yield, l…
Read more -
From fields to forums, engagements with youths in Agroecology transition
21.12.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Authors: Meghajit Sharma Shijagurumayum, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Arunima Hak…
Read more -
-
Unlocking the potential of underutilized legumes: IITA-CGIAR and SUL lead strategic conference for sustainable agricultural innovation
21.12.24Adopting underutilized legumes is increasingly recognized as a vital strategy for addressing food se…
Read more -
Bridging science and regulation: Genome editing workshop advances agricultural innovation in Africa
21.12.24A major step toward the future of agricultural innovation unfolded as scientists, researchers, and r…
Read more -
Why regenerative agriculture is crucial for soil protection
20.12.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Agriculture sector in Rwanda, which employs about 62% and contributing 23% of GDP (MINAGRI 2022),…
Read more -
-
From the Agroecology Initiative to the Multifunctional Landscapes Program: A Partner Forum
20.12.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
When over 100 participants gathered in early December 2024 online to reflect on three years…
Read more -
-
HER+ Gender Equality Impact Story Book
20.12.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
-
Gender equality
-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
HER+ Gender Equality Impact Story Book The CGIAR Initiative on Gender Equality (HER+) is a…
Read more -
-
Promoting mechanized farming technologies in Mbire and Murewa through the Agroecology Fairs
20.12.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
As part of the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology, the Feed the Future Zimbabwe Mechanization and…
Read more -
-
MSc small grant scheme winners in Ethiopia and Viet Nam share results with SHiFT stakeholders
20.12.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
Making a research presentation is a rite of passage for any researcher. Recently, six master’s-lev…
Read more -
-
IITA trains partners in high-quality banana seed production
20.12.24Seed systems play an important role in food security and agricultural productivity. However, the sub…
Read more -
Enhancing the lives of rural women in Northern Nigeria
20.12.24As the world recently marked the International Day of Rural Women, I took some moments…
Read more -
Empowering youth through agribusiness parks in Uganda
20.12.24The ENABLE-TAAT project in Uganda is creating job opportunities for youth in the agricultural sect…
Read more -
Cultivating the future: IITA’s strategic journey in crop improvement
20.12.24The IITA Crop Improvement Team organized a retreat from 21 to 25 October to identify…
Read more -
IITA strengthens collaboration with Comoros Ministry of Agriculture
20.12.24In a significant step towards enhancing agricultural development in Comoros, IITA–CGIAR represen…
Read more