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CGIAR supports innovative new Brazil-led accelerator RAIZ
20.11.25Launched at UNFCCC COP30 in Belém, the RAIZ accelerator will unite governments and investors behind…
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Over USD 142 million pledged at COP30 to advance CGIAR’s mission of a food-secure future
15.11.25COP30 Delegates at the Embrapa/Gates Foundation Innovation Showcase The United Kingdom, Belgium, Den…
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The National (UAE): Brazil's Cop30 summit has high hopes for the planet - but will it signal a green future?
12.11.25CGIAR Executive Managing Director Ismahane Elouafi explains in an article in The National ahead of…
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New CGIAR Evidence Sets Out Blueprint for a Low-Carbon, Regenerative and Equitable Food System Transition at COP30
10.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
As countries prepare to gather in Belém for COP30, CGIAR today launched seven new evidence-based…
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Join Ismahane Elouafi at the CNN Global Perspectives - Soil to Scale event
05.11.25Join Ismahane Elouafi discussing pathways to resileint food systems in Africa at the CNN Soil…
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Why we show up at climate COPs: Bridging local reality with global ambition
04.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
By Ma. Eliza J. Villarino, Rhys Bucknall-Williams, Laura Cramer, and Chiara Colombo Every yea…
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Overlooked, underused crops: An answer to our food system problems?
03.12.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Despite the existence of over 5,500 food crops globally, we are eating a smaller array…
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Capacity building for Africa’s future agrifood system: challenges and the way forward
03.12.19-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
An expert panel at the recent African Conference of Agricultural Economists discussed what should be…
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Evidence and lessons from a 3-year research study on agricultural extension in Malawi
03.12.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
Agricultural extension services are among the most important factors driving smallholder farmers’ …
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Why gender matters in forest restoration
02.12.19-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
Effective forest and landscape restoration interventions need to take into account socio-political …
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How is economic security linked to gender-based violence? New insights from the Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum 2019
02.12.19-
Gender equality
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Health
The relationship between economic insecurity and gender-based violence is complex and poorly unders…
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Leading change in nutrition: Transform Nutrition West Africa holds first Francophone ‘short course’
01.12.19-
Nutrition
An all-African team from Transform Nutrition West Africa and the African Nutrition Leadership Progra…
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Decade-long trials prove efficacy of Nigeria’s aflatoxin biocontrol product
29.11.19-
Food security
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Health
An IITA-led partnership has honed aflatoxin biocontrol for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for over 15 year…
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Rethinking poverty eradication and food security through agriculture in Africa
29.11.19Nairobi, Kenya, 28 November 2019 — Agriculture in Africa is expected to meet the dual objectives…
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For year round micronutrients, ten species of fruit trees are better than just a few
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Biodiversity
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Health
A ‘diversity fair’ is not an everyday event, so this one to showcase agrobiodiversity in…
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Do smallholders get the right seed and inputs from their agrodealer?
28.11.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Many Tanzanian smallholder farmers fail to produce even 1 ton of maize grain per hectare.…
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AfricaRice wins prestigious Al-Sumait Prize 2019
28.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
Recognizing the important role of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) in enhancing food security in…
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IWMI joins United Nations Global Compact initiative
28.11.19-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
IWMI is delighted to have become a participant in the United Nations Global Compact which…
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How science is reviving the springs of Nepal
28.11.19Nestling in the Himalayan region, now acknowledged as the third-pole of the Earth, 80% of…
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Addressing food safety questions along the value chain
27.11.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Foodborne disease is a significant threat to global health, and food safety is a growing…
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IITA launches International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) 2020 at R4D Week
27.11.19With decades of research contributing to the improvement of plant health globally and across Africa…
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Planetary health, agroforestry and Sub-Saharan Africa
27.11.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
MEDIA RELEASE: Immediate Planetary health, agroforestry and Sub-Saharan Africa Nairobi, Kenya, 26 No…
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IITA Scientist elected to prestigious global science body
27.11.19Leena Tripathi, a Principal Scientist with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA…
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Contributions of biodiversity to the sustainable intensification of food production
27.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Biodiverse agriculture is critical for the survival of the world’s food systems. A new study…
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