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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
19.09.25Dr. 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
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-
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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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MUST WATCH: Celebrating Ethiopia’s agricultural transformation
14.05.19-
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Tomorrow afternoon, 15 May 2019, on the Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, campus of the International Livestock…
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Balangiga Farmer – Fisherfolk women learn how to make food products from dried cassava grates
08.05.19-
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Who knew so many different products could be made from cassava? Now thanks to the…
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Global Report on Food Crises 2019: Conflict, climate, and economic shocks keep acute hunger levels above 100 million
07.05.19-
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With only a slight fall in the number of people facing acute levels of hunger…
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Study: India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has positive impact on participants’ welfare
06.05.19-
Gender equality
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India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is one of the largest public works prog…
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An Integrated, Economically-Sustainable Cassava Seed System is Emerging in Nigeria
02.05.19-
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Health
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The project “Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Seed System for Cassava (BASICS)” c…
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Representatives from Eight Asian Countries Meet to Tackle Fall Armyworm
01.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Over 100 participants from eight South and South-East Asian countries attended today the “Regional…
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Research busts common myths about agricultural labor in Africa, suggests a shift in mechanization policy
25.04.19-
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New farm-level research into agricultural labor in eastern and southern Africa found that a lack…
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Corteva and CGIAR Sign Memorandum of Understanding
23.04.19-
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Food is the most basic human need and the engine of economic development. Yet while…
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A ‘Livestock Master Plan’ is MISSION CRITICAL for India’s state of Bihar
18.04.19-
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Shama Khatoon, outside her goat shed in Bihar, is a widow supporting her family through…
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Who benefited from the Congo's peace dividend?
17.04.19-
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In several respects, the first decade of the 21st century was a golden opportunity for…
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What Cameroon can teach others about managing community forests
17.04.19-
Environmental health
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A quarter of a century ago, Cameroon passed a law which gave people living on…
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Memorandum of Understanding marks invigorated partnership for CGIAR and Republic of Korea
16.04.19-
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CGIAR and the Rural Development Administration (RDA) of the Republic of Korea, have signed a…
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AfricaRice Dr Robert Carsky Award for 2019
15.04.19-
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This is an annual award, which was instituted by AfricaRice in honor of the late…
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French delegation explores agribusiness collaboration with IITA Abuja
13.04.19-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
IITA, the French Embassy in Nigeria, and the French Agriculture Research Centre for International …
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The stories of ‘sorghum’ Agatha and ‘seed’ Mary
12.04.19-
Food security
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Why linking with the private sector is important for the AVISA project Passion can be…
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Giving youth roots and wings for a better agricultural future in Kenya
12.04.19-
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Programs provide income-generation opportunities for young Kenyan farmers From equipping young women…
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An Innovative messaging tool helps South India’s groundnut farmers post impressive yields
12.04.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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An advisory tool, scalable for any number of farmers, has shown immense potential in facilitating…
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Policy seminar: Who will feed India?
10.04.19-
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Who will feed India? The country’s population will soon be larger than China’s, economic growth…
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