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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
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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
16.05.25-
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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Fourteen breeding seed orchards already established in Ethiopia
07.07.20-
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The Provision of Adequate Tree Seed Portfolio in Ethiopia project, led by World Agroforestry (ICRA…
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Field Notes: Nigeria’s fish processors call for government support to stay afloat during COVID-19 crisis
07.07.20-
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As Nigeria’s fish processors struggle to manage disruptions caused by COVID-19 lockdowns, they are…
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Field Notes: Call for government support as lockdown bites into fish processors’ profits in India
07.07.20-
Gender equality
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Lockdown restrictions in India have hit fish processors at the peak of their season and…
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New study examines effectiveness of grassroots dog vaccination campaigns against rabies in Kenya
06.07.20-
Health
World Zoonoses Day is commemorated on 6 July every year to mark the day in…
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COVID-19 and resilience innovations in food supply chains
06.07.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
By Thomas Reardon and Johan Swinnen Food supply disruptions in developing countries during the COVID…
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Africa is facing a food crisis due to COVID-19. These seeds could help prevent it.
06.07.20-
Food security
Photo: Pearl millet harvest from a field in Mali. Photo: Agathe Diama, ICRISAT "Seed demand…
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New highly productive sorghum varieties released
06.07.20Photo: Farmers like Elinati Mbewe from Dedza will see their sorghum productivity increase, as a…
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We have talented farmers!
06.07.20Photo: Oumar Koné took advantage of USAID funded training in microdosing to create his own…
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Artificial intelligence: A game-changer for agriculture in Africa
04.07.20CGIAR-IITA plant health scientist James Legg was a recent guest on Plantopia, a podcast series t…
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IITA releases 10-year strategy for managing invasive species in Africa
04.07.20Prevention, early detection and control make up the three-pronged approach that Africa is taking on…
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Facing COVID-19 in the highlands of Madagascar: How are the rural households and women coping?
03.07.20-
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Contributed by Gaudiose Mujawamariya, Rice Value Chain Expert and Gender Focal Point, and Irina Andr…
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New highly productive sorghum varieties released
03.07.20-
Biodiversity
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Three improved sorghum varieties with a yield potential of approximately 4 tons per hectare and…
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Secret to on-off fertility discovered in pigeonpea
03.07.20New study reveals how in some lines male sterility can be reversed to produce hybrids…
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Sacred forests and environmental protection among the Gedeo of Southern Ethiopia
03.07.20-
Biodiversity
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The Gedeo’s sacred forests are conserved for ritual purposes,’ said Yoseph Maru, first author of…
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Fostering a sustainable cassava seed system for Nigeria
03.07.20-
Food security
When the Building an economically Sustainable, Integrated Seed System for Cassava (BASICS) project w…
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Prepare food systems for a long-haul fight against COVID-19
02.07.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
By Maximo Torero The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the global economy hard, and in many…
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West Africa | 40 000 producers will benefit from a new European plant breeding project
02.07.20Photo: Groundnut producers from the Fatick region (Senegal) visiting demonstration plots of new vari…
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Annual Report 2019 launched
01.07.20The year 2019 showed us that while CIMMYT’s work may begin with seeds, our innovations…
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