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Four Essential Podcasts Featuring Dr. Ismahane Elouafi: Science, Systems, and the Future of Food
29.04.25In an era marked by mounting crises—climate extremes, deepening inequality, and growing food insec…
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The Road to Ending Malnutrition: How the Paris N4G Summit Sparked a Global Call to Action
17.04.25The Paris Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit brought global leaders and organizations together in a…
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Ismahane Elouafi on TIME100 list of the most influential people in the world
16.04.25CGIAR is delighted to announce that CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Ismahane Elouafi has been nam…
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Harvesting Collaboration for Food Security. CGIAR Science Week Closes.
14.04.2511th April, Nairobi, Kenya: After a remarkable week of science, innovation, and cementing of partner…
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MEDIA RELEASE | New CGIAR flagship report translates insights into impact for food systems in crisis
14.04.25Nairobi, Kenya, 14 April 2025 – With food systems under strain from climate change, conflict,…
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Science Week Opens: A Leap Forward in Science Collaboration for Food Security
08.04.257th April, Nairobi, Kenya: Science Week was launched today by Special Guest H.E. Musalia Mudavadi,…
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SAA to extend partnership with IITA to other hubs across Africa
07.06.22Representatives from the Japan and Kano office of Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) visited IITA…
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Annual CocoaSoils Week highlights achievements toward sustainable cocoa production in Africa
07.06.22Researchers, civil society organizations, and private and public sector stakeholders from Cameroon, …
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Study finds diverse microbial communities across agroecologies enhance plantain productivity
07.06.22Plantain (Musa spp.) is a staple food crop and a key source of income supporting the…
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IITA and partners engages fabricators in Oyo State
07.06.22IITA, in partnership with the Innovation Lab for Policy Leadership in Agriculture and Food Securit…
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Halleluya Farm Estate to scale-up crop production through IITA’s expertise
07.06.22On 24 May, the Halleluya Techno-based Agro Farm Estate team visited IITA. The team, which launched…
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Genome editing: New breeding tool with potential to sustain agriculture in Africa
07.06.22Climate change affects the environment extensively in socioeconomic and related sectors, including a…
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IITA and partners launch Postharvest Reduction Project
07.06.22IITA recently launched a project on reducing postharvest losses across the Vitamin A cassava (VAC) …
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IITA and Ogun State Ministry of Agriculture, Nigeria, to co-develop a digital agriculture platform
07.06.22IITA and the Ogun Ministry of Agriculture met recently to discuss a #digital agriculture project t…
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Gender research activities in IITA contribute to African rural development
07.06.22IITA seeks to carry out cutting-edge gender research in agriculture. During a seminar on 13 May,…
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IITA and DG Sanginga receive excellence awards from Circularity Africa
07.06.22The Interconnections for Making Africa Great Empowered and Sustainable (IMAGES) Initiative, in col…
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Partnerships: IITA visits NIHORT to strengthen collaboration
07.06.22As part of IITA’s activities in ensuring good collaboration with partners, Kenton Dashiell, IITA…
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IITA Forest Center wins AFR100 grant to plant trees
07.06.22The TerraFund for AFR100 has awarded the IITA Forest Center another grant to reforest 300 hectare…
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Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) in Ghana: Disclosure Notice for Labor Management Procedures
07.06.22Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) is a project being implemented in…
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Bees: An active source of food and livelihood for man
30.05.22Bees are one of the most hard-working creatures on earth. Bees do so much for…
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Banana improvement project meets to celebrate the first new cooking Banana varieties in Tanzania
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Arusha, Tanzania, 23 May 2022. After a two-year lockdown, an international team of banana researche…
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STIHL and C.WOERMANN partner with IITA to enhance smallholder farmers’ productivity through agricultural mechanization
20.05.22STIHL, a company specializing in agricultural equipment production for smallholder farmers, is worki…
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Cuso and IITA to address climate change in Nigeria
20.05.22Danny Pelletier, Key Program Officer for Cuso International, visited IITA headquarters, with Jame…
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IITA-supported project reduces COVID-19 impact on smallholder farmers in Tanzania
09.05.22IITA, in collaboration with the Alliance Bioversity International – CIAT, launched a project in p…
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