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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 SystemsÂ
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
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Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Climate change and rising population put pressure on essential crops in low-income regions
22.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Crops such as bananas, potatoes, and cassava are essential to food security in the world’s…
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The intersection between climate change, food, and migration
22.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Today, the global food system finds itself facing major challenges. Mainly, they relate to changing…
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New manual provides quantitative approach to drought stress phenotyping
22.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Since 1900, more than two billion people have been affected by drought worldwide, according to the…
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Digging deeper into gender and equity at ANH Academy Week
21.07.19-
Nutrition
At this year’s Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week held in Hyderabad, India in…
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Multi-location evaluation of six pigeonpea pre-breeding lines through India’s national program
19.07.19-
Food security
Developed at ICRISAT, these lines have been selected by the All India Coordinated Research Project…
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Helping groundnut retain its place in Nigeria through the Tropical Legumes Project
19.07.19-
Food security
Alhaji Sani Usman remembers what being a groundnut farmer in Nigeria’s Kano state entailed a…
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The birth of an impatient and optimistic breed of community seed producers in Mali
19.07.19-
Food security
Jean Goita has come a long way since his days as a grain producer in…
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What do you mean the hamburger isn’t American?
19.07.19Scientists and graphic designers are joining forces to strengthen the communication power of researc…
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Precision spreader for fertilizer set to change the agriculture scene in Nepal
19.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Smallholder farmers in Nepal tend to apply fertilizer by hand, spreading it as they walk…
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PIM Newsletter: April – June 2019
19.07.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
PIM news and updated from the second quarter of 2019: new research, publications, PIM webinars,…
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Multi-location evaluation of six pigeonpea pre-breeding lines through India’s national program
19.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Developed at ICRISAT, these lines have been selected by the All India Coordinated Research Project…
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The birth of an impatient and optimistic breed of community seed producers in Mali
19.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Jean Goita has come a long way since his days as a grain producer in…
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Helping groundnut retain its place in Nigeria through the Tropical Legumes Project
19.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Alhaji Sani Usman remembers what being a groundnut farmer in Nigeria’s Kano state entailed a…
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What farmers want
19.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) has been undertaking participatory mai…
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Effects of rising CO2 on protein, iron, and zinc availability in global diets
18.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
In recent years, the global fight against chronic hunger and undernutrition has focused increasingly…
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How RTB researchers try to develop the potential of RTB seed systems
18.07.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Roots, tubers and bananas share one characteristic that unites them in the CGIAR Research Program…
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Improving dairy production through agroforestry and innovation
18.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Innovation platforms in Uganda are empowering smallholders to adopt agroforestry to increase dairy p…
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Addressing the effects of climate change on rice productivity: ADB, IRRI convene three-country policy workshops on scaling-up climate-smart practices for sustainable and intensive rice-based farming
18.07.19Workshops aimed at developing policy recommendations to promote widespread adoption of climat…
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