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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
16.05.25-
Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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From smallholders to entrepreneurs, growing farmer resilience through Farmer Business Schools
04.07.19-
Gender equality
Rural Filipino farmers are reinventing themselves from smallholders to food-processing entrepreneurs…
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Sweetpotato jams and juices contribute to forest conservation in the Philippines
04.07.19The post Sweetpotato jams and juices contribute to forest conservation in the Philippines appeared f…
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Scaling out sustainable livestock production alternatives: financing schemes in the Colombian Amazon
04.07.19Peru and Colombia, countries harboring 23 per cent of the Amazon rainforest, are aware of…
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Pause, reflect, learn, adapt
04.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
Land restoration targets and commitments have been set at global, regional, national and local level…
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United States and Mali launch five-year partnership for food security and livelihood resilience
03.07.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Written by Assoumane Maiga Beneficiary Aoussata Coulibaly (left) talks with the Malian minister of a…
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Ruth Meinzen-Dick receives Elinor Ostrom Award
03.07.19-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
The 2019 Elinor Ostrom Award on Collective Governance of the Commons acknowledges Ruth Meinzen-Dickâ…
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IITA joins call for a global surveillance system to detect and halt the spread of crop disease
03.07.19-
Food security
A team of researchers has argued in Science that as nations collaborate to detect and stop human…
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De-risking agricultural value chains using climate-smart agriculture
03.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
In April 2019, professionals from the soft commodity sectors who represent diverse value chains acro…
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Understanding farmers’ willingness to pay for root, tuber and banana crop planting material
02.07.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Experimental auctions reveal the true willingness of farmers to pay (WTP) for various farming inputs…
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Rohingya in Bangladesh are surviving – but their long-term prospects are grim
02.07.19-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
Note: Join us July 10 as the authors and other participants discuss their survey of…
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Making irrigation technology more affordable in Ethiopia
02.07.19-
Food security
“We will give due attention to the agricultural sector to bring about a fundamental change,…
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Considering Gender in Irrigation: Technology Adoption for Women Farmers
02.07.19-
Food security
Originally published on The Chicago Council on Global Affairs as part of the Uncharted Waters blog…
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Science is not negotiable: Reflections from the UN climate talks in Bonn
02.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Two things struck us the most in this year’s intersessional climate talks: Firstly, countries fail…
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Cobs & Spikes podcast: Women in wheat science
01.07.19Demand for wheat is predicted to increase 70% by the year 2050. As demand for…
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Experimental stations in Mexico improve global agriculture
01.07.19The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) operates five agricultural experiment …
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A day to remember: Scientists and processors exchange on the changes in the cassava value chain in Colombia over the past 20 years
01.07.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
With funding from the Roots, Tubers and Bananas Research Program (RTB), the International Center for…
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IITA Youth Agripreneurs program wins international award for youth empowerment innovations
01.07.19-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In recognition of its commitment to improving both agribusiness opportunities and creditworthiness o…
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When small is beautiful – but not spectacular
01.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Taking stock of a widespread water intervention in Africa. New study highlights the need for…
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