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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food SystemsÂ
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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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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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Improving productivity and efficiency along the agricultural value chain in Kano State
24.06.22IITAÂ and partners organized a seed fair from 10 to 18 May at Kano Agricultural and…
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Nigerian Conservation Foundation donates seedlings to reforest burnt IITA Forest section
24.06.22A forest fire, probably from neighboring garbage and weed burning, burned down a section of…
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IITA to collaborate with Arise IIP to create sustainable value chains
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On 14 June, Dr Adeola Odedina, Commissioner for the Ministry of Agriculture, Ogun State, Nigeria,…
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New CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Intensification of Mixed Farming Systems Launched
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Nutrition, health & food security
This global research and development effort will help increase the productivity of mixed farming sys…
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CGIAR launches initiative to transform West and Central Africa’s agrifood systems
21.06.22Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – 21 June 2022 – A new Regional Integrated Initiative in West…
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Aflasafe wins Best Innovative Research Project at 2022 World BioProtection Awards
21.06.22The IITA-developed aflatoxin biocontrol technology, Aflasafe, has won the Best Innovative Research…
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Kibaha District Commissioner lauds IITA for its agricultural digital tools
21.06.22IITAÂ Tanzania, researchers, farmers, and agricultural stakeholders in Coastal and Dar es Salaam reg…
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Fabricators laud IITA for Zero Hunger Project
21.06.22Some beneficiaries of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-funded Zero Hunger …
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IITA and partners look forward to a better CocoaSoils program
21.06.22IITA and partners organized an annual CocoaSoils forum themed “Looking back and moving forward: O…
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Agriculture Permanent Secretary lauds IITA’s commitment to Tanzania’s agricultural development
21.06.22Tanzania’s Ministry of Agriculture Permanent Secretary, Hon. Andrew Massawe applauded IITA’s ac…
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Belgian Royal Couple visit IITA-DRC
15.06.22Their Majesties, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium, with the representatives of the Belgia…
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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
07.06.22IITAÂ recently launched a project on reducing postharvest losses across the Vitamin A cassava (VAC) …
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