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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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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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Breakthrough in cold-tolerant rice development benefits haor farmers under Haor-KGF Project in Bangladesh
17.09.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
By Nusrat Jahan, Muhiuddin Faruquee, and Mohammad Rafiqul Islam Bangladesh, August 2025 – After fi…
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Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods (SAAF) program in Vietnam aims for unified pathway for livestock transformation in Son La and Thai Nguyen
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Vietnam’s livestock sector is growing rapidly, with farmers, cooperatives, consumers, and policyma…
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Global call to reposition pastoralism as a sustainable food system
17.09.25The recent UNFSS+4 Intergovernmental Roundtable, ‘Pastoralism: A Sustainable Food System,’ broug…
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Youth Power in Action: ScaleUp Africa Youth Innovation Challenge at the Africa Food Systems Forum
17.09.25By Abena Ofosu, Senior Research Officer - Innovation Scaling, International Water Management Institu…
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Listen in: AI and crop breeding
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Big data
When one of tech’s most influential voices, Astro Teller - CEO of Google X and Captain…
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How Kenyan farmers are shaping a resilient future
17.09.25-
Biodiversity
A land once forgotten For decades, the plains of Nyando told a story of hardship.…
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Scaling Clean Cookstoves in Displacement Contexts: Reasons for Limited Success
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This is part 1 of our building food, water and climate security in fragile and…
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AfricaRice DG Baboucarr Manneh and Aliko Dangote Discuss Pathways to Africa’s Rice Self-Sufficiency
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Nutrition, health & food security
September 13, 2025, Lagos, Nigeria – Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Director General Dr. Babouca…
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Africa-Wide Rice Seed Networks Take Shape: Landmark Workshop Charts Path for Food Security
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Nutrition, health & food security
M’bé, Côte d’Ivoire, 27 August 2025 – A three-day Africa-wide workshop on strengthening ric…
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Mongolia’s Steppe at the Crossroads: Building Partnerships to Restore the World’s Rangelands
16.09.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
On July 8–9th 2025, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital city hosted the Mongolia Economic Forum. The…
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South-South triangular cooperation for food system transformation: Lessons for the CGIAR Capacity Sharing Accelerator
15.09.25By Suresh Babu and Kumara Charyulu Deevi September 15, 2025 South-South cooperation has been a key…
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Africa’s farmers to benefit from global push for low-methane, resilient livestock
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On 10 September 2025, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) announced the launch of …
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Experts offer recommendations to reduce the cost of livestock feeds in Kenya
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Kenya’s livestock sector plays a critical role in the country’s social, economic, environmental …
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New study confirms endemic pig tapeworm risk in northern Uganda
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In a recent study conducted in northern Uganda, researchers have confirmed that the region is…
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IITA biotech program goes digital, launches genome engineering website
15.09.25The IITA–CGIAR biotechnology program has officially launched a new Genome Engineering website.…
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IITA and Tanzania Ministry of Agriculture collaborate to boost cassava commercialization
15.09.25Cassava is the second crop in production volume with an average production of 6.3 million…
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Building skills in genome editing for African agriculture
15.09.25From 2 to 5 September 2025, the IITA–CGIAR Biotechnology program hosted a four-day training work…
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How sweet potatoes sparked a wellness movement
15.09.25When PEMNIA WELLNESS products reach households in Nigeria today, from orange-fleshed sweet potato …
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