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Why we show up at climate COPs: Bridging local reality with global ambition
04.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
By Ma. Eliza J. Villarino, Rhys Bucknall-Williams, Laura Cramer, and Chiara Colombo Every yea…
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Bridging knowledge systems: Indigenous practices for sustainable foodways
21.10.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Indigenous peoples’ food systems have existed for millennia: far longer than the industrialised fo…
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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
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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ICRISAT among 11 global ‘Hubs’ to accelerate the use of natural genetic diversity to advance crop improvement
20.10.20Using chickpea as the case species, one of the proposed 11 hubs of DivSeek International…
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Youth or Young mothers? the paradox of transitions in the rural women’s lives
20.10.202020 is a unique year. We have spent most of it ‘surprised’ by the turn…
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CGIAR focus on gene editing crops for a food and income secure future
20.10.20“The vision of CGIAR breeding is to have world-class breeding programs to have CGIAR-and National…
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Resilient rural women of the drylands
20.10.20Long before COVID constraints crept in, ‘resilience’ was and is the operative word for agri-food…
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Indian PM Narendra Modi dedicates two ‘healthy oil’ groundnut varieties on World Food Day
20.10.20-
Food security
Two groundnut varieties with high oleic acid content, developed by ICRISAT together with the Indian…
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Climate-smart innovations can boost aquatic food systems productivity in Bangladesh, says climate change expert
20.10.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Climate-smart innovations are urgently needed to help poor and vulnerable aquatic food system actors…
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AgriFoodTrust platform gains momentum in quest for more inclusive, transparent agriculture
19.10.20-
Big data
The AgriFoodTrust platform is gaining traction in its quest to bring inclusive and usable trust an…
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New AGG project aims to accelerate genetic gains in maize and wheat
19.10.20By Joshua Masinde CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB) is contributing its science-backed support to …
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Celebrating Open Access Week 2020 with a focus on ILRI’s open access research on animal and human health
19.10.20-
Health
International Open Access Week is an opportunity to raise awareness about open access publishing of…
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Field Notes: Boosting small-scale aquaculture productivity in inland Myanmar
19.10.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Myanmar is one of the largest fish producers in the world. The country ranks among…
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Bethany Smith – Emerging Scientist Series
19.10.20-
Big data
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Bethany Smith is a junior researcher working remotely from Australia for the WorldFish Myanmar team.…
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How alternative views on food systems lead to different food policies
19.10.20-
Food security
The authors detail their recent study of differences and similarities among more than 30 recent…
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Developing digital tools to optimize water use in agriculture
18.10.20Agriculture accounts for about 70% of global freshwater use, and as the population grows, so…
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An app to help potato farmers reduce agrochemical use
18.10.20More than 170 years after it provoked the Great Famine of Ireland, late blight disease…
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Big data drives solutions to global challenges
18.10.20While CGIAR scientists have long used big data in their research for development, the COVID-19…
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The impact of COVID-19 on the food system in Nairobi
18.10.20-
Food security
There have been far reaching effects on Nairobi’s economy following the COVID-19 crisis, with the…
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Resource-poor women farmers benefit by forming collectives
18.10.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
Collectives enhance productivity and improve livelihoods Poor and landless farmers can sustainably i…
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The rural woman – a powerful force that can drive global progress
17.10.20IITA joins the rest of the world to spotlight the people who feed the world—women.…
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