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Why we show up at climate COPs: Bridging local reality with global ambition
04.11.25-
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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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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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FAO declaration supports sustainable aquatic food systems
22.02.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Over 190 countries made a formal commitment to sustainable and inclusive aquatic food systems at…
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Inland fisheries critical for nourishing young children in sub-Saharan Africa, study reveals
22.02.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Inland fisheries are critical to supplying children with the nutritious, diverse diets required for …
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An agri-food system innovation in Kenya? Will smallholders be the winners?
22.02.21Major food policy changes are underway in Kenya that could mean that sorghum and millets…
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Well-designed strategy drives pearl millet mainstreaming nutrition initiative
22.02.21A well-designed strategy currently being implemented to develop pearl millet lines that are both hig…
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How crop innovation is addressing the impact of the climate crisis in Africa
21.02.21In a just-published op-ed, Martin Kropff, Director General, International Maize and Wheat Improvemen…
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1.15 Million Children, 122,472 communities, 57 countries, 30 years: New dataset combines Demographic Health Surveys with geographic information systems
21.02.21-
Big data
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Nutrition
BY ZHE GUO, WAHID QUABILI, LIANGZHI YOU AND DEREK HEADEY Research on the linkages between…
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A4NH releases strategic briefs highlighting key program achievements, lessons learned
20.02.21-
Health
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Nutrition
Throughout its 11-year history, the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (…
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2021 Summit of the Americas: At a precarious moment, an opportunity for a bold regional agenda
19.02.21-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In the second half of this year, the United States will host the Summit of…
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Build trust, build lives…
19.02.21-
Health
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“Farmers thought we were coming to steal their money!” Microfinance specialist Lamine Sountoura …
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Rejuvenation in Bundelkhand: How an upland watershed got its groundwater back
19.02.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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The world of water management is replete with stories about traditional systems that break down,…
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Towards smart farming in Ethiopia: sharing experiences for successful adaptation of small-scale irrigation and value chain assessment
19.02.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Members of the Alliance’s Multifunctional Landscapes Team report on recent capacity-building exper…
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Remembering the life and legacy of Sanjaya Rajaram
18.02.21With great sorrow, we report the passing of Sanjaya Rajaram, former Wheat Program director and…
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Morocco’s Wheat Sector: Higher Productivity is Within Reach
18.02.21-
Biodiversity
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A recent study by ICARDA scientists analyzed Morocco’s wheat sector, a strategic crop that is…
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Achieving sustainable agricultural practices: From incentives to adoption and outcomes
17.02.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
The pressure to achieve global food security demands that we rethink current production systems and…
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Policy seminar: Rebuilding food and agricultural research institutions in a post-pandemic world
16.02.21-
Food security
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Health
BY HONOR DEARLOVE The COVID-19 pandemic presents new challenges to publicly-funded food and agricult…
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Young Africa Works-IITA commences multilocation training for 40,000 youth
16.02.21The Young Africa Works-IITA project commenced the first cohort of its training program in Lagos,…
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Banana breeding project successfully implements modern track and trace system
16.02.21Tagging products with barcodes for easy price retrieval in supermarkets is now a regular practice…
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CGIAR Becomes an Official IATI Publisher
16.02.21This month, CGIAR achieved a major milestone by publishing an initial set of grants data to…
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