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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
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Biodiversity
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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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Eradicating hunger through the African Orphan Crops Consortium
17.05.19-
Nutrition
Training scientists in advanced plant genomics is set to transform nutrition in Africa. The Food…
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DG Sanginga conferred doctor of honoris causa by KU Leuven, Belgium
17.05.19IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga received this week the degree of doctor of honoris causa …
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From ‘ABC’ to the ‘Ds’ of agriculture – Digital, Disruption and Dissemination
17.05.19Experts at the 11th ICT4D Conference called for global cooperation in digital agriculture Informatio…
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Greater than the sum of its parts – highlighting how CGIAR is working as one
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Claudia Sadoff, director general of the International Water Management Institute (left) visits a glo…
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David Ellis: Finding the balance between manager and scientist
17.05.19-
Biodiversity
Dave Ellis, who recently retired as leader of the International Potato Center genebank in Lima,…
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Keeping the peace in a national park buffer zone
17.05.19Burkina Faso - Part III of VI-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST…
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Understanding success in research-for-development projects
17.05.19A new study argues that there are five key success factors that need to be…
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New groundnut varieties for improved resilience and market competitiveness
17.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Sayilesi Gwizima, 59, from Mchinij district, central Malawi, grows CG 7 groundnut variety. Not unlik…
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Characterizing fish supply and aquaculture systems in Myanmar as a guide to measuring environmental footprints
17.05.19Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food production sectors in the world and an…
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The human face of urban food systems
16.05.19-
Nutrition
The Urban Food Systems for Better Diets, Nutrition and Health program aims to provide evidence…
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Landscape restoration expensive, exhausting – essential
16.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
For more on GLF Kyoto, read about Act I and Act II. Landscape restoration is…
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It’s not too late to reverse climate change, but the clock is ticking
16.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Recent studies find that the prevention of irreversible climate catastrophes require the world’s p…
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In climate discussions, a pause to feel the change
16.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
A Brazilian panel on fashion streamed live from Sao Paolo. The Mayor of Kyoto announcing…
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IITA hosts Australia Awards symposium on irrigation and water resource management
16.05.19-
Food security
Irrigation specialists from Australia, Cameroon, Ghana, and Nigeria gathered for a symposium at II…
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In Petén, Guatemala, community forestry is viable business
15.05.19-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In the space where forest conservation meets poverty reduction, win-win situations can be rare, espe…
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Emerging scientist: Lauren Pincus
15.05.19In the latest instalment of our new series on our early career research talents, we…
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No peace without a piece of the land
15.05.19This topic will be explored at the Global Landscapes Forum Bonn 2019 on 22–23 June. Register to…
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Innovating for change: Interview with Maria Andrade a sweetpotato champion
15.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
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Nutrition
An accomplished sweetpotato breeder and tireless advocate for improving the nutrition and wellbeing …
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