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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
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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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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IITA builds capacity of Congolese nationals on sustainable seed systems and pest and disease diagnostics
17.10.22Within the framework of the ATAC and the Development of Commercial Agriculture projects, funded resp…
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AVISA project showcases improved crop varieties at Farmers’ Field Day
17.10.22Field days are farm events organized by producers and agricultural institutes to educate farmers on…
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Her+ initiative builds women’s agricultural resilience for climate change
17.10.22Women are key drivers of climate change solutions, but gender inequalities seem to stand in…
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IITA trains food processors to improve health and nutrition using provitamin A-rich plantain flour in Gabon
17.10.22Food processors in Libreville, Gabon, recently participated in a training on the use of provitamin…
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Adopting new cassava genotypes in gari production
12.10.22Cassava, a perennial woody shrub with an edible root, is one of IITA–CGIAR’s mandate crops and…
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IFAD commends IITA-led Zero Hunger Initiative’s mid-term successes
12.10.22The IITA-led Zero Hunger Initiative (ZHI), funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Devel…
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IITA gender team trains plant breeders on gender-responsive breeding
12.10.22As part of activities under the Accelerated Breeding (ABI) and Market Intelligence and Product Profi…
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Burkina Faso proposes partnership with IITA for youth and women’s engagement in agribusiness
12.10.22A delegation from the Embassy of Burkina Faso in Nigeria, led by the country’s Ambassador…
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LAPO to enhance its CSR through tree planting partnership with IITA
12.10.22Three delegates from LAPO Microfinance Bank Limited visited IITA–CGIAR on 22 September. Their go…
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Partnerships crucial for protecting plant health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
CGIAR research centers involved in the OneCGIAR Plant Health Initiative joined forces at the Interna…
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IITA improving maize genotyping workflow in developing countries
02.10.22With growing concerns around food and nutrition security globally due to the Ukraine−Russia war, t…
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GSN to reach wider audience with training opportunities
02.10.22During its virtual 2022 third quarter meeting on 16 September, the IITA Gender Science Network (GS…
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IITA hosts expert workshop on trade, innovation, and entrepreneurship for improved FNSSA
02.10.22Under the Long-term EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership for Food and Nutrition Security and S…
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Over 50 scientists and science communicators trained to communicate on genome editing
02.10.22The Alliance for Science (AFS), in conjunction with the Open Forum for Agricultural Biotechnology (O…
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SISCA analyzes results of inventory of cassava and maize seed sectors in DRC
02.10.22Stakeholders in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) organized a workshop to analyze the results…
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Cameroon seeks to strengthen ties with IITA in cassava production
23.09.22His Excellency Gabriel Mbairobe, Hon Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER) from t…
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IITA Forest Center expands its species conservation bank
23.09.22On 25 August, IITA Forest Center contributed to ecosystem restoration in a tree planting exercise…
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IITA trains science messengers to promote agricultural research
23.09.22In a virtual seminar organized by IITA–CGIAR on 12 September, Program Manager of Biotech and Gen…
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