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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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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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Minister of Communication, Innovation, and Digital Economy explores strategic partnership opportunities with IITA in agriculture
19.05.25As an institute committed to partnerships with both government and the private sector, IITA–CGIAR…
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Long-lasting biocontrol products empower Africans in the fight against aflatoxins
19.05.25Food safety and security threats from aflatoxins have hampered the health and livelihoods of many…
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Nigeria’s first multiple-stress resilient maize hybrid combining tolerance to fall armyworm and drought, with resistance to Striga hermonthica
05.05.25In collaboration with Nigeria’s Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), the International Insti…
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Bayelsa State Governor visits IITA, express commitment to youth and agricultural development
05.05.25IITA–CGIAR welcomed Bayelsa State’s Executive Governor, His Excellency Douye Diri, to its hea…
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Strengthening Rwanda’s seed traceability and certification processes: IITA and partners build seed inspectors’ capacities
05.05.25Delegates from Côte d’Ivoire’s Council of Coffee and Cocoa (CCC) and the Centre National de …
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IITA and Bread for the World explore strategic partnership to tackle global food insecurity and malnutrition
05.05.25Esq. Abiola Afolayan, the Bread for the World Director Policy and Research Institute, embarked on…
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CGIAR and AARIEIs launch strategic partnership framework to drive agricultural transformation in Africa
05.05.25At a pivotal side event titled “Strengthening CGIAR Engagement with African Agricultural Researc…
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Advancing bio-fortification for global nutrition – A collaborative dialogue
05.05.25Poor-quality diets remain the leading cause of malnutrition and non-communicable diseases globally. …
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Research and partnership key to agricultural transformation: Highlights from CGIAR Science Week side event
05.05.25During the first Side Event at the recent CGIAR Science Week held in Nairobi, Kenya, thought leade…
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Côte d’Ivoire delegates seek strategic collaboration with IITA to bolster coffee and cocoa research
28.04.25Delegates from Côte d’Ivoire’s Council of Coffee and Cocoa (CCC) and the Centre National de …
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Wiley recognizes IITA’s reviewed article on banana improvement as a top-cited study
28.04.25A review paper on the genetic improvement of bananas has been selected as one of…
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IITA-CGIAR and the U.S. Consulate to deepen agricultural collaboration and investment opportunities
23.04.25IITA–CGIAR warmly welcomed a high-level delegation from the United States Consulate-General in …
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Belgian high-level delegation explores IITA research platforms in Kenya
23.04.25A high-level Belgian delegation, led by CGIAR Executive Managing Director (EMD) Dr Ismahane Elouaf…
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Unlocking the future of crop improvement: IITA champions genome editing for African agriculture
16.04.25In transforming African agriculture, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is t…
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Former Nigerian President calls for scaled-up research partnerships at CGIAR Science Week in Nairobi
16.04.25The session, moderated by IITA Director General and CGIAR Regional Director for Continental Africa…
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Unlocking the future of hybrid maize seed production: Rwandan seed companies visit IITA maize breeding research and Nigerian seed companies
16.04.25A group of production managers from Rwandan seed companies recently embarked on a transformative jou…
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IITA and NARO release NARITA 17: A Matooke banana variety, in Uganda
07.04.25In Uganda, approximately 75% of farmers cultivate ‘Matooke’ and other banana varieties, covering…
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Rwanda’s Envoy to Nigeria engages IITA on strategic agricultural collaboration
07.04.25In a move to deepen collaboration in agricultural research and innovation, the High Commissioner of…
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