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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
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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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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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Breaking Ground: Rahel Assefa thrives off witnessing impact
26.11.20Rahel Assefa works as a project manager and as the regional program manager for CIMMYT’s…
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Success despite Covid: Hope from a Water Users Association in Central Myanmar
26.11.20-
Food security
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Health
The impact Covid-19 has had on farmers has been devastating. Harvest delays due to mobility…
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Landmark study generates genomic atlas for global wheat improvement
25.11.20In a landmark discovery for global wheat production, an international team led by the University…
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Press release: Landmark study generates genomic atlas for global wheat improvement
25.11.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada), November 25, 2020. In a landmark discovery for global wheat produc…
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2020 ReSAKSS Conference: Learning from past policy mistakes and achievements to transform African agrifood systems
25.11.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY TSITSI MAKOMBE Last in a series of blog posts on the release of the 2020…
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Progress and opportunities for CIMMYT spring wheat breeding
25.11.20Wheat scientists in the Accelerating Genetic Gains in Maize and Wheat for Improved Livelihoods (AGG)…
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Gross Margin Analysis – A tool for better farm management
25.11.20Photo: A training session for farmers in Niger (ICRISAT) In order to guide farmers in…
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“CIMMYT is at my heart”
24.11.20After a 37-year career, Hans-Joachim Braun is retiring from the International Maize and Wheat Improv…
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Here's how to embed continuous improvement in your work
23.11.20-
Food security
Crop breeding programs are setting an example for how to examine and improve their work – while…
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Why the G20 needs to focus on energizing food systems in Africa
23.11.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY CLAUDIA RINGLER AND WILLIAM BRENT Third in a series of posts on briefs by…
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40,000 young people in Nigeria to benefit from Young Africa Works-IITA project training program
23.11.20Lagos, Nigeria, November 23, 2020 – In May this year, the International Institute of Tropical…
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Study reveals potato’s potential for reducing anemia
23.11.20The potato is known to be a good source of energy, potassium and vitamins C…
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Policy seminar: The political economy of COVID-19 and impacts on food policies around the world
23.11.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY TIMOTHY KAROFF The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered a major shock to global health and…
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Charting the Path to Peace: Who Bears the Burden of Climate Variability in Indonesia?
23.11.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Written by Grazia Pacillo. Image credit: IRRI CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security explores the role of…
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Charting the Path to Peace: Who Bears the Burden of Climate Variability in Vietnam?
23.11.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
Written by Grazia Pacillo. Image credit: G. Smith (CIAT). CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security explores the…
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More abundant tree species unlikely to return after droughts
21.11.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Researchers around the world have found an alarming lack of natural replacement of dominant tree…
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Tanzania Agriculture PS acknowledges and lauds IITA research work
21.11.20The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Tanzania, has recognized the importance of r…
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The cost of improving nutritional outcomes through food aid programs: Is more and longer better?
20.11.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
BY JEF L. LEROY, JESSICA HECKERT, DEANNA K. OLNEY, SUSAN RICHTER, ELYSE IRUHIRIYE, MARIE T.…
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