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Why we show up at climate COPs: Bridging local reality with global ambition
04.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
By Ma. Eliza J. Villarino, Rhys Bucknall-Williams, Laura Cramer, and Chiara Colombo Every yea…
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Bridging knowledge systems: Indigenous practices for sustainable foodways
21.10.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Indigenous peoples’ food systems have existed for millennia: far longer than the industrialised fo…
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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
09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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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
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Financing Sustainable Development Goal 2 and the end of hunger
27.05.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY EUGENIO DÍAZ-BONILLA Food systems must function well in order to achieve the Sustainable Develop…
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IITA partners in launch of Tanzania’s national cassava strategy
27.05.21A large delegation from IITA joined other cassava stakeholders in the official launch of the Nati…
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Food systems dialogue promotes aquatic foods for transformative solutions
26.05.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
To transform food systems in support of safe, sustainable and nutritious diets for all, aquatic…
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How big companies can help to end hunger
26.05.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY LAWRENCE HADDAD AND CARIN SMALLER The number of people who go to bed hungry…
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Improving Ethiopian Malt Barley in Ethiopia for Better Livelihoods and Economy
26.05.21-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A new malt barley handbook published by ICARDA aims at solving challenges surrounding malt barley…
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Mapping the way to lower nitrous oxide emissions
26.05.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Like many issues besetting contemporary agri-food systems, the question of nitrogen use appears to y…
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Devra Jarvis: thoughts and thanks after 25 years with the Alliance
26.05.21-
Biodiversity
This spring, Dr. Devra Jarvis retired as a Principal Scientist and Team Leader for Agrobiodiversity…
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A view from above
25.05.21-
Big data
Scientists at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) have been harnessing the…
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Survey: COVID-19’s varied impacts on fresh fruit and vegetable supply chains in Senegal
25.05.21-
Food security
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Health
BY ANNA FABRY,KAAT VAN HOYWEGHEN, HENDRIK FEYAERTS,IDRISSA WADE AND MIET MAERTENS There has been muc…
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G7 foreign and development ministers meeting spotlights CGIAR
25.05.21-
Food security
G7 foreign and development ministers named CGIAR as an example of a multilateral research institutio…
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New research published studying plants' diversity in arid and desert rangelands in Tunisia
25.05.21-
Biodiversity
Newly publish research explains how after an exceptional wet season in Tunisia in 2017/18, ICARDA…
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Innovative Food Systems Solutions portal launch: Healthy diets for all on a healthy planet
25.05.21-
Food security
Explore and contribute to the IFSS portal and connect to the global community working to…
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Buying into new seed
24.05.21-
Food security
The goal of the out-of-stock study is to improve an understanding of how farmers make…
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Biofortified sweetpotato making nutritious inroads in Zimbabwe
24.05.21Micronutrient malnutrition is a major public health problem in Zimbabwe: One in four children betw…
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Gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems: Consensus and gaps in the literature
24.05.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY JEMIMAH NJUKI, HAZEL MALAPIT, SARAH EISSLER AND JESSICA WALLACH A large volume of research…
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“Father of Hybrid Rice” Yuan Longping’s Legacy: An agricultural innovation that helps feed the world
24.05.21Rice is a staple food and provides 20% of the daily calorie needs of more…
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After COVID-19: Where next for Climate Resilient Agricultural Development in the Global South?
24.05.21Nafees Meah and Sheetal Sharma Global food production is required to increase between 50–70% by…
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Agriculture and biodiversity conservation: five critical factors for success
22.05.21-
Biodiversity
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Food security
The United Nations International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May reminds us that "When…
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