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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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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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Potatofied innovations: Developing entrepreneurial skills among farmers in Assam
04.05.20-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
There is, perhaps, no vegetable in the world as versatile as the potato. And farmers…
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Access to improved varieties and warrantage services helps malian farmers save for children’s schooling
04.05.20Farmer Timothée Goita has built a house in Yorosso town to facilitate accommodation for his…
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Fixing the global food system after coronavirus
04.05.20-
Food security
Op-Ed from the Chair of the CGIAR WLE-supported Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensificat…
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Garlic—A potent (if pungent) ‘Gas X’ methane reducer for cows?
02.05.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Dairy cow in Embu, Kwnya (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). Cattle produce more methane than many…
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New protein study reveals power of millet-legume blends for enhancing human health
01.05.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Two billion people around the world are suffering from protein and micronutrient deficiencies. The r…
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Access to improved varieties and warrantage services helps Malian farmers save for children’s schooling
01.05.20-
Gender equality
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Health
Double yields from improved varieties, access to storage facilities and timely credit through the wa…
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Stronger local food value chains can leave Eastern and Southern Africa more resilient post COVID-19
01.05.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
COVID-19 has seized the drylands of Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), home to some of…
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Impact of COVID-19 on women working in the domestic sector in Hyderabad
01.05.20-
Food security
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Health
The recently extended lockdown in India, now in force until 3 May, is a necessary…
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Is a pandemic the time to think about genebanks?
01.05.20-
Food security
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Health
Perhaps you think that the middle of a global pandemic is not an appropriate time…
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Integrating displaced communities into food systems
01.05.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY ROB VOS AND JULIA WILSON Global hunger has been on the rise for the past…
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Ethiopian wheat farmers adopt quality seed and a vision for a more profitable future
30.04.20-
Food security
High-yielding, disease-resistant wheat varieties used by Ethiopian wheat farmers between 2015 and 20…
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Noted plant health researcher to lead ICRISAT as Director General
30.04.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
Dr Jacqueline d’Arros Hughes, a well-known plant health expert and leader in international agricul…
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Leveraging digital tools for adaptive food systems in India during the COVID-19 lockdown
30.04.20-
Big data
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Food security
Despite many exemptions from lockdown, the agricultural sector in India has experienced major disrup…
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How trees and water fuel sustainable communities
30.04.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
This podcast will take you into the underground river hidden beneath the karst ecosystem and…
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Maize project supports partners in COVID-19 response
30.04.20The long wait for registration As the world continues the fight to overcome the COVID-19…
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Human activities are the no. 1 contributors to globalizing plant pests
30.04.20-
Health
If there is anything the deadly COVID-19 pandemic has taught us, it is that diseases…
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In the best possible taste
29.04.20-
Food security
The pursuit for higher and more stable yields, alongside better stress tolerance, has dominated maiz…
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Flexible farming preserves potato diversity… for now
29.04.20-
Biodiversity
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Food security
A detailed survey of mountain communities in Peru has revealed that farmers are adjusting to…
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