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Four Essential Podcasts Featuring Dr. Ismahane Elouafi: Science, Systems, and the Future of Food
29.04.25In an era marked by mounting crises—climate extremes, deepening inequality, and growing food insec…
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The Road to Ending Malnutrition: How the Paris N4G Summit Sparked a Global Call to Action
17.04.25The Paris Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit brought global leaders and organizations together in a…
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Ismahane Elouafi on TIME100 list of the most influential people in the world
16.04.25CGIAR is delighted to announce that CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Ismahane Elouafi has been nam…
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Harvesting Collaboration for Food Security. CGIAR Science Week Closes.
14.04.2511th April, Nairobi, Kenya: After a remarkable week of science, innovation, and cementing of partner…
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MEDIA RELEASE | New CGIAR flagship report translates insights into impact for food systems in crisis
14.04.25Nairobi, Kenya, 14 April 2025 – With food systems under strain from climate change, conflict,…
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Science Week Opens: A Leap Forward in Science Collaboration for Food Security
08.04.257th April, Nairobi, Kenya: Science Week was launched today by Special Guest H.E. Musalia Mudavadi,…
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IITA gender team trains plant breeders on gender-responsive breeding
12.10.22As part of activities under the Accelerated Breeding (ABI) and Market Intelligence and Product Profi…
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Burkina Faso proposes partnership with IITA for youth and women’s engagement in agribusiness
12.10.22A delegation from the Embassy of Burkina Faso in Nigeria, led by the country’s Ambassador…
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LAPO to enhance its CSR through tree planting partnership with IITA
12.10.22Three delegates from LAPO Microfinance Bank Limited visited IITA–CGIAR on 22 September. Their go…
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Partnerships crucial for protecting plant health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
CGIAR research centers involved in the OneCGIAR Plant Health Initiative joined forces at the Interna…
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IITA improving maize genotyping workflow in developing countries
02.10.22With growing concerns around food and nutrition security globally due to the Ukraine−Russia war, t…
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GSN to reach wider audience with training opportunities
02.10.22During its virtual 2022 third quarter meeting on 16 September, the IITA Gender Science Network (GS…
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IITA hosts expert workshop on trade, innovation, and entrepreneurship for improved FNSSA
02.10.22Under the Long-term EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership for Food and Nutrition Security and S…
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Over 50 scientists and science communicators trained to communicate on genome editing
02.10.22The Alliance for Science (AFS), in conjunction with the Open Forum for Agricultural Biotechnology (O…
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SISCA analyzes results of inventory of cassava and maize seed sectors in DRC
02.10.22Stakeholders in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) organized a workshop to analyze the results…
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Cameroon seeks to strengthen ties with IITA in cassava production
23.09.22His Excellency Gabriel Mbairobe, Hon Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER) from t…
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IITA Forest Center expands its species conservation bank
23.09.22On 25 August, IITA Forest Center contributed to ecosystem restoration in a tree planting exercise…
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IITA trains science messengers to promote agricultural research
23.09.22In a virtual seminar organized by IITA–CGIAR on 12 September, Program Manager of Biotech and Gen…
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NAGGW team to collaborate with IITA on mandate crops
23.09.22The Executive Director, National Agency for the Great Green Walls (NAGGW), Dr Yusuf Bukar, visited …
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Bunchy top disease emerges as new threat to East African bananas
23.09.22Africa’s leading banana production region is threatened by the invasive spread of the banana bunc…
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Tanzanian high school students request agricultural training from IITA
23.09.22“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn…
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IITA’s research intervention transforming Rwandan agriculture
23.09.22IITA–CGIAR in Rwanda contributes to agriculture technology through innovation generation in its…
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Muhogo Bora project validates socially inclusive model for selecting cassava seed entrepreneurs in Tanzania
23.09.22Twenty-nine farmers, extension agents, food processors, and food entrepreneurs participated in a tra…
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PICAGL-supported NABANA cassava variety at the heart of the Luhwindja agricultural fair
23.09.22The IITA–CGIAR Projet Intégré des Grand Lacs (PICAGL) participated in the agricultural fair or…
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