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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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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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…
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Leading IITA conservationist boosts urban ecology research in Africa
25.11.22Urbanization converts natural areas into built environments, and scientists are keenly investigating…
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IITA and partners organize SISCA baseline study restitution workshop in Cameroon
25.11.22From 8 to 10 November, IITA–CGIAR organized a workshop to validate the results of the diagnostic…
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Smallholder Farmers Need Immediate, Actionable Solutions Now Says CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy Initiative (EiA) at COP 27
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Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, November 17, 2022 – The CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy Initiative (EiA) h…
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IITA signs a $3.3 million agreement with Gabon to support the cassava and plantain seed system
14.11.22On 7 November, IITA signed an agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food in Gabon to…
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EiA SAA-Use Case Nigeria Project holds workshop to modernize agronomy to benefit farmers
14.11.22The Excellence in Agronomy SAA-Use case Nigeria project held a workshop between 24 and 26…
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IITA Abuja Station chief awarded distinguished IAFoST fellowship
14.11.22The Head of IITA Abuja Station and BASICS Project Manager, Professor Lateef Sanni, has been induct…
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SAPZ initiative launches in Nigeria with significant IITA participation
14.11.22Representatives of IITA–CGIAR from Ibadan and Abuja participated in the launch of the Special Ag…
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Dr Sanginga appointed President of the Exchange Commission of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria
08.11.22IITA Director General Dr Nteranya Sanginga has been appointed as interim Chairman of the Democratic…
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Agricultural commercialization improves farmers’ welfare
08.11.22Food insecurity, child malnutrition, and rural poverty remain key issues that sub-Saharan Africa con…
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IITA celebrates rural women’s contribution to cassava seed system in Tanzania
08.11.22Women are at the forefront of development in all sectors of society, and within the…
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APDC’s project delivery boosted by IITA capacity development contribution
08.11.22Collaboration across institutions has become standard, leading to geometric success in many organiza…
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IITA scientist receives prestigious award for food safety professionals
08.11.22The prestigious International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) has awarded IITA–CGIAR Scie…
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CGIAR Genebank Initiative to prioritize farmer-preferred collections
04.11.22During its annual general meeting in IITA, Ibadan, from 11 to 15 October, the CGIAR Genebank…
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New WIRES initiatives to advance women’s careers in science and research
04.11.22The CGIAR Women in Research and Science (WIRES) employee-led resource group recently had a virtua…
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IITA boosts TARI seed multiplication efficiency by providing a generator
04.11.22IITA Tanzania recently provided a power generator to the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (…
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IITA joins the world to keep the planet green at Green IITA Week
04.11.22With the world doing everything to save people and the planet from human activities contributing…
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Government of Ghana launches landmark Aflatoxin Policy calling for Aflasafe adoption to mitigate food and feed contamination
27.10.22Ghana is on the path to overcoming issues related to aflatoxin contamination in food and…
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UK FCDO seeks strengthened research partnerships during visit to IITA Headquarters
27.10.22A delegation from the United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) recently pai…
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