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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
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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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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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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CIAT leads project to reduce deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon
12.07.19The initiative, jointly coordinated with the Peruvian Ministry of Environment (MINAM) and Ministry o…
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African policy makers turn on to biofortification
12.07.19Biofortification, or the genetic improvement of crops for better nutritional value, is an effort tha…
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US Government renews commitment to Mali’s food security and agriculture-led economic growth
12.07.19-
Food security
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Health
Renewing its commitment to investments in Mali, USAID’s partnership declaration event at the US Em…
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Understanding farmer concerns to improve pest and disease management
11.07.19-
Food security
Insect pests and diseases are high on the list of concerns for farmers of root,…
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Is climate-smart agriculture the silver bullet to attract youth to agriculture?
11.07.19With the average African farmer’s age hitting nearly 60 years, the sector’s stakeholders have be…
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Biofortified staples may hold the key to India’s rural malnutrition
11.07.19-
Health
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Nutrition
The national elections in India may well be over, but the persistent issue of malnutrition…
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Ernesto Morón: cultivating timber trees in the Peruvian Amazon
11.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Recently, researchers of the FuenteS project visited the farm of Ernesto Morón, who is producing…
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Mastercard partners with USADF and CIAT to open up new opportunities for smallholder farmers across Africa
10.07.19Kampala, Uganda July 10, 2019 - Mastercard has today announced the signing of two public-private…
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System effects modelling helps identify challenges, impacts and strategies for improving food safety
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Health
In May 2019, food safety researchers from Cambodia and Vietnam participated in a training on…
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A milestone in developing food-based dietary guidelines for Ethiopia
10.07.19-
Nutrition
Efforts to develop food-based dietary guidelines for Ethiopia reached a milestone in May 2019 when…
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Effective farmers confronting climate change
10.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Recent research from diverse contexts points to the importance of “local” in driving climate ada…
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AfricaRice hybrid rice varieties spark seed companies’ interest in Africa
09.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
9 July 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. A set of four high-yielding hybrid rice varieties with…
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The COOL women of Malaita
09.07.19In the Solomon Islands, an archipelago of almost 1000 islands, fishing provides an income for…
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CIAT, CAAS establish Beijing joint lab and expand scientific cooperation
09.07.19In further strengthening scientific cooperation, CIAT and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Scienc…
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Regreening activities kick-off in Somalia
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Thousands of farmers are set to benefit from land restoration in the drought- and strife-stricken…
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New association formed to support smallholder native maize farmers in Mexico
08.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
Expert Mexican scientists and farmer cooperatives have formed a non-profit organization to support s…
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Agricultural mechanization is a key input for the CIAT Rice and Bean Programs
08.07.19The adoption of farm mechanization in the agricultural production processes of crops, such as rice…
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Laying the foundation for fisheries research in Myanmar
08.07.19With most of its population residing in coastal areas and within the mega Delta of…
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