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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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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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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Positive feedback as IITA-led Zero Hunger Project team visit demonstration plots and cassava processing center in Kwande and Gwer East LGAs of Benue
09.09.22“I am very happy because I know my harvest will be plenty this year. You…
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Researchers reveal agribusiness programs as a solution to poverty among youth in Nigeria
09.09.22In developing countries, youth unemployment has received increasing attention in policy dialogue. …
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Stakeholders validate Zero Hunger project baseline study report for Benue and Ebonyi states
09.09.22Lead farmers and extension agents in Nigeria’s Benue (cassava farmers) and Ebonyi (rice farmers) s…
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Interview with former President Obasanjo: Importance of research & innovation
09.09.22How do you plan to mobilize African heads of state and development partners in transforming…
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Increased private sector participation bodes well for agricultural transformation in DRC
09.09.22Within the IITA–CGIAR technical assistance framework in implementing the ATA-DRC program under t…
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ATA-DRC creating wealth and food security in DRC—Obasanjo
09.09.22Before the end of his mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), former Nigerian…
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Security issues in DRC may impact agric sector results
09.09.22During his recent visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), IITA’s Goodwill Ambassador, for…
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African Development Bank approves phase II of TAAT programme
31.08.22The African Development Bank has approved the commencement of phase two of the Technologies for A…
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TAAT records transformational breakthroughs in African agriculture as Phase I ends
31.08.22Stakeholders in African agriculture have hailed the string of remarkable achievements recorded by it…
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IITA Goodwill Ambassador Olusegun Obasanjo discusses agricultural transformation and security with DRC President Félix Tshisekedi
31.08.22Former Nigerian President and IITA–CGIAR Goodwill Ambassador, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, recently …
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Orphan legumes: Key to food security in Africa
31.08.22Africa’s growing population, expected to reach 2.5 billion by 2050, is taking its toll on…
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STEP targets Rwandan expansion
31.08.22In line with its founding objectives, the Start Them Early Program (STEP) has continued to create …
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Malinyi District Commissioner applauds IITA for empowering youth in agribusiness in Tanzania
31.08.22Malinyi District Commissioner Mathayo Maselle has praised IITA for providing youth with opportunit…
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Researchers address challenges facing Zambia’s aquaculture value chain
31.08.22As the global population increases, leading to more consumption of animal protein, aquaculture is ke…
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IITA wins second place at the national farmers’ exhibitions award in Tanzania
26.08.22IITA came second in the Institute of Agricultural Research exhibitions awards during the 2022 Natio…
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Africa House and IITA training highlights potential in agro-commodities export
26.08.22Following the recently signed MoU between IITA and Africa House, both parties conducted a one-day …
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Drabo Forest Reserve: A haven for birds and biodiversity conservation
26.08.22The Drabo Forest Reserve (DFR), one of the remaining patches of secondary rainforests in Benin…
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TAAT wins National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Award
20.08.22America’s largest organization of journalists and media professionals of colour has named the Afr…
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