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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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Ghanaian farmers can now control Aflatoxin, earn big
14.10.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A study has identified the best non-toxic strains that can limit aflatoxin contamination in laborato…
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Fish and aquatic foods for healthier people and a sustainable planet
14.10.19A message from WorldFish's Director General for World Food Day and International Days of Rural…
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Making sense of fuzzy data: new approach promises clear insights for tackling disease outbreaks in farmed fish
13.10.19A quick, cost-effective, Cloud-based solution to one of the biggest challenges to fish farming could…
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International Day of Disaster Reduction
13.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
We have to accept that in many cases we cannot stop floods or droughts, but…
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How air pollution is holding down wheat yields in India
11.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Since the start of the Green Revolution in the mid-1960s, India has tripled its wheat…
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Tribal women farmers train to be ‘nutrition entrepreneurs’ to contribute to healthier community diets
11.10.19-
Gender equality
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Health
The hands that farm the fields and cook the family meals are now taking on…
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CGIAR and Somali officials and donors come together at ICRAF to support agricultural development in Somalia
10.10.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Goats at the Hargeisa Livestock Market selected for export (photo credit: ILRI/Peter Ballantyne). Ag…
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Agricultural growth is key to spur Ghana's economic growth
09.10.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Ghana has been viewed as one of Africa's political and economic success stories, from maintaining…
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A fresh look at the genes behind grain weight in spring bread wheat
09.10.19To meet the demand for wheat from a rising and quickly urbanizing population, wheat yields…
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Using vignettes to understand decision-making processes within households
08.10.19-
Gender equality
Many surveys ask who in the household makes key decisions, but most fail to ask…
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Understanding what impacts last, after the project ends
08.10.19-
Nutrition
Development projects set out to better understand and find ways to improve outcomes for people…
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Mexico City to host Interdrought 2020
08.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Droughts affect crop production across the world. A central challenge for researchers and policymake…
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Sustainable livestock systems for sustainable lives
08.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Paul Cezanne, Still Life with Bread and Eggs. This month, in a new issue of…
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IITA research station in Kalambo, DRC to be named after former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo
08.10.19DR Congo President to officiate at naming ceremony and launching of biotechnology lab Today, 8…
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Achieving policy impact with political economy research: frameworks, applications, and lessons learned
07.10.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Danielle Resnick shares her reflections about the recent "Political economy for improved policy anal…
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Empowering Africa’s women farmers
07.10.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
More than 60% of all employed women in Africa south of the Sahara work in…
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Addressing food safety questions along the value chain
07.10.19-
Health
From consumers working back through production, a research new paper, Food safety in low and…
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Confused about the meat/milk/diet wars? That’s OK. It’s complicated. And poorly fact-checked. And under-studied.
07.10.19-
Nutrition
All illustrations by Japanese graphic artist Zenji Funabashi. Just in time to add fuel to…
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