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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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IITA-Rwanda releases a digital application in the fight against bacterial wilt disease in bananas
17.10.19IITA-Rwanda, together with partners, has launched a digital Application which will serve more than 5…
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New study reveals biodiversity benefits crop production
17.10.19Over the past two decades, approximately 20 percent of the Earth's cultivated surfaces have become…
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Matching local knowledge with science to promote regreening
16.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Training farmers in tree-nursery establishment and management is a critical, nature-based solution t…
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Our food systems are in crisis, and it's not just from climate change
16.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
While global leaders gathered in New York City last month to discuss the climate crisis,…
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The cereals imperative of future food systems
15.10.19-
Environmental health
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Health
Pioneering research on our three most important cereal grains — maize, rice, and wheat —…
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Time to double down on the triple win of disaster risk reduction
15.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
It seems like every week the world faces a brand new disaster. Floods, cyclones, drought…
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Global Report on Food Crises mid-year update tracks world’s food insecurity hotspots
15.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
For the past three years, the number of people around the world in urgent need…
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Launch of CRP-GLDC Newsletter “Gender Research in the Drylands”
15.10.19-
Gender equality
On Rural Women’s Day, 15 October 2019, CRP-GLDC launches its newsletter “Gender Research in the…
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CGIAR centers push recommendations for CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Nutrition and Diets
15.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Placing the Global South front and center Among the critical conversations had at the recently…
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The cereals imperative of future food systems
15.10.19-
Food security
The world urgently needs a transformation of the global food system, leading to healthier diets…
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Why the world needs to put forests on the global agenda
15.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Climate change has reached a tipping point, becoming a climate crisis that is having a…
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Cassava and Climate Change: Boosting the IQ of a Naturally Climate-Smart Crop
15.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Cassava is hardy root crop consumed by millions of people across Africa—but largely ignored by…
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International Day of Rural Women 2019
15.10.19-
Gender equality
CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research is pleased to mark the International Day of Rural…
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International Day of Rural Women
15.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
The International Day of Rural Women (IDRW) celebrates the vital role that rural women play…
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International Day of Rural Women 2019: Measuring what matters for gender equality
14.10.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
So far, 99 organizations have used the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), an innova…
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Study sheds new light on roles of women and men on RTB farms
14.10.19-
Gender equality
Results from a household survey of farmers in Rwanda and Burundi challenge our stereotypes about…
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Rural women are the missing link in ecosystem restoration programs
14.10.19Women and girls are often excluded from efforts to restore planetary ecosystems. This despite the…
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Puting fish ‘back on the plate’ in nutrition debate An interview with Eddie Allison, WorldFish Honorary Fellow
14.10.19Research published recently in Nature showed that, in many developing countries, local fish species …
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