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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
WorldFish19.09.25Dr. 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
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)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
Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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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
CGIAR29.05.25Photo 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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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Inclusive business models: making aquaculture value chains work for the poor
WorldFish18.02.20It is not always clear whether new trends in commercial growth in aquaculture are inclusive…
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Press Release: Project makes water from the sun for climate smart farming
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)18.02.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
World’s largest user of groundwater for agriculture looks to solar for a more sustainable future.…
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Harnessing the sweetpotato’s potential
International Potato Center (CIP)17.02.20Sweetpotatoes can be grown on marginal land with few inputs, and orange-fleshed varieties can make…
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Second Biennial Review report highlights urgent need to accelerate progress toward achieving Malabo Declaration goals by 2025
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)17.02.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
In the 2014 Malabo Declaration, African leaders pledged to conduct a continent-wide Biennial Review…
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Spraying locust swarm is ineffective – IITA entomologist
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)17.02.20-
Food security
As Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya battle huge swarms of desert locusts, great efforts are underway…
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Planting trees or growing them. Do the words matter for restoring land?
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)17.02.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Every year, millions of dollars are spent on attempting to restore landscapes to health by…
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International Women’s Day 2020
CGIAR GENDER Platform17.02.20-
Gender equality
“ I am Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights” For IWD 2020, the CGIAR GENDER…
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A tool for all seasons: A ‘lean’ household survey system for ‘minimal effort, maximum information’ comes of age
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)14.02.20-
Big data
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Food security
Key indicator groups (modules) generated by all RHoMIS applications (Fig. 1 from: The Rural Househol…
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Feeding the future: Millet and sorghum grains make big gains in Mali
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)14.02.20-
Health
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Nutrition
USAID delegation visited Mali to see impacts from projects undertaken by three CGIAR institutions A…
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Launch of the Seed Revolving Fund, Youth Engagement and Gender Inclusion Initiative in Tanzania
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)14.02.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A Seed Revolving Fund initiative for sorghum and groundnut value chains has been launched in…
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Breeding for Better Gender Equity
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)13.02.20-
Gender equality
A pilot study to validate tools that will help breeders to pay more attention to…
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Cavies are not rats! They’re a source of protein and income – study
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)13.02.20New research by scientists from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Wagen…
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Regional congress marks the end of the FoodSTART+ journey
International Potato Center (CIP)13.02.20Roots and tubers (RTCs) are notably versatile crops with various uses in the agriculture and…
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This humble fly could change the way we deal with food waste
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)13.02.20Published as a WLE/IWMI Op-Ed in Globe Post A black soldier fly buzzes over a pile of food wast…
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How China can address threats to food and nutrition security from the coronavirus outbreak
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)12.02.20-
Food security
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Health
The current novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) outbreak originated from a seafood and wild foo…
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IITA partners with Cornell University and University of Ghana to train on Genome editing
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)12.02.20“History must not repeat itself” is the mantra behind the thinking and actions of development…
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Projects funded by Germany make a difference to people, trees, ecology
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)12.02.20-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
Grants from BMZ enrich and push boundaries at World Agroforestry (ICRAF) Each year, seeking ‘innov…
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Policy seminar: Can trade ensure food security and access to diverse and sustainable nutrition?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)11.02.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
The global trade conflicts of the past couple of years have created uncertainty for agriculture,…
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