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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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Cameroon’s “Bean Sharer”
28.10.20After learning about the benefits of improved bean varieties, one woman has singlehandedly taken up…
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Groundwater: Critical for our future
28.10.20-
Environmental health
Groundwater makes up one-third of all freshwater use for drinking water supply and half of…
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Reflections on resilience
27.10.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
“Most of us here were born and raised in this ward, helping our parents with…
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Behavior change communication in conflict zones: Program leads to improved breastfeeding and water treatment practices in Yemen
27.10.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
BY SIKANDRA KURDI AND SARAH EDWARDS In the world’s most dangerous conflict zones, a child…
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Young people in Niger explore different forms of agriculture for a better future
27.10.20Photo: Fruit tree nursery in the commune of Bande, Zinder, Niger. (B Traore, ICRISAT) nterprises…
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Shining a Brighter Light on Adoption and Diffusion of CGIAR-Related Innovations in Ethiopia
27.10.20Taking a Country-Level Approach to Documenting Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Ethiopia Shi…
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Can citizen science help to fill hydrology data gaps in Ethiopia?
27.10.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
IWMI conducted a qualitative study to investigate the possibilities of embedding a citizen science a…
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CIMMYT releases its first ever maize genetic resource lines
26.10.20The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is pleased to announce the release o…
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Fodder chopping machines lead to a thriving livestock feed enterprise in rural Niger
26.10.20Fodder chopping machines are proving to be a great help to livestock farmers in rural…
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COVID-19 crisis: An opportunity for long-delayed agricultural reforms in India
26.10.20-
Food security
BY S. MAHENDRA DEV India’s COVID-19 economic relief package includes a set of important agricultur…
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Optimizing food assistance programs: Improving household food security and diet quality in Burundi
26.10.20-
Health
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Nutrition
BY JEF L. LEROY, DEANNA K. OLNEY, MARIE RUEL, LILIA BLIZNASHKA AND TRACY BROWN Fourth…
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Beyond breeding: the potential of improved postharvest storage techniques for smallholder farmers
23.10.20-
Food security
In the early days of organizations like the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMY…
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Young people in Niger explore different forms of agriculture for a better future
23.10.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Over 150 rural youth in Niger joined an entrepreneur incubation program, participating in their firs…
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Fodder chopping machines lead to a thriving livestock feed enterprise in rural Niger
23.10.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Fodder chopping machines are proving to be a great help to livestock farmers in rural…
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Diet diversification program for tribal women and children to be scaled up in South India
23.10.20-
Health
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Nutrition
Enthused by positive nutritional outcomes among children and women in its first phase, activities of…
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Community-based training on milk hygiene improves knowledge, attitudes and practices of women pastoralists in Borana, Ethiopia
23.10.20-
Health
Milk and milk products are essential in the diets of the Borana pastoral community in…
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Survey: China’s small and medium-sized enterprises rebounded after the COVID-19 lockdown, but economic problems linger
22.10.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY XIAOBO ZHANG COVID-19 has made the issue of resilience of the world’s food supply…
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On World Food Day, India PM Modi Endorses Biofortification to Address Malnutrition
22.10.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a strong endorsement to staple crop biofortification a…
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