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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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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
16.05.25-
Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Reducing air pollution in China’s urban areas can improve local housing markets
03.12.20-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY MANUEL HERNANDEZ AND FRANCESCA EDRALIN China’s air pollution is among the worst in the…
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Protecting Soil, Protecting People
03.12.20Just a handful of soil contains the hundreds of thousands of microbes, bacteria and fungi…
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Use of scientific evidence for greater partnerships and better policies
02.12.20Discussion sessions with Nigerian Agriculture Minister “Concrete outcomes of research are indispen…
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Waves of disease, waves of poverty: New evidence on the economic impacts of COVID-19 in Myanmar
01.12.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY DEREK HEADEY, THAN ZAW OO, KRISTI MAHRT, XINSHEN DIAO, SOPHIE GOUDET AND ISABEL LAMBRECHT…
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How to defuse the human waste time bomb in low-income countries
01.12.20-
Environmental health
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Health
"If the world is to achieve the UN’s goal of providing adequate sanitation and ending…
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Generic catchphrase or global commitment: What is women’s empowerment?
01.12.20-
Gender equality
Empowering all women and girls is among the global goals guiding international development efforts t…
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Gender dynamics in seed systems development: Emerging research of critical importance
30.11.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
New PIM Synthesis Brief provides analysis of current issues and an outlook for future research…
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2020 CAER-IFPRI Annual Conference: Boosting China's urban-rural integrated development
30.11.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
By Donghe Li China’s rapid economic growth has been driven by urbanization, and vice versa.…
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Voices from the Field: Young women farmers anchor CGIAR session at Cultivate Africa
30.11.20-
Gender equality
Women must be included to successfully build inclusive and sustainable food systems in Africa. Yet,…
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Banana seed system innovations – assessing decision-making roles to increase their take-up
30.11.20-
Food security
Innovations in seed systems can have a powerful impact on crop production, particularly in…
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History meets hydrology in a South Indian district's perilous water gap
30.11.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
Kolar district, in India's southern state of Karnataka, has been known for centuries as a…
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Why Bibliometrics Matter for Assessing Quality of Science
27.11.20As the CGIAR Research Program 2020 Reviews reach their halfway point, Paolo Sarfatti (CAS Senior…
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Newly launched millet food finder shows a revolution is underway
27.11.20-
Food security
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Health
Millets have sometimes been hailed as the next quinoa but researchers collating a global database…
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Use of scientific evidence for greater partnerships and better policies
27.11.20-
Environmental health
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Health
Surveys on agricultural technology adoption in Nigeria carried out in 2019-2020 revealed gains made …
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Matching seed to farmer
27.11.20-
Food security
Since the earliest days of global wheat breeding at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement…
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Money-making machines
27.11.20-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A new small-mechanization pilot initiative launched in July is equipping farmers with the business a…
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Molecular breeding speeds development of better seeds
27.11.20-
Food security
To adequately confront rapidly changing plant pests and diseases and safeguard food security for a…
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WorldFish joins united effort to boost climate-smart food systems in Malawi
27.11.20-
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
In Malawi, land and aquatic food systems engage 80 percent of the population playing a…
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