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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 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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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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ENABLE-TAAT Kenya beneficiaries hail life-transforming experience
28.10.21After a training and mentorship period of 15 months, ENABLE-TAAT beneficiaries Jonathan Mutinda and …
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IITA-Zero Hunger Project organizes GAP and data management training for Ogun State extension agents
28.10.21The Ogun State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Adeola Odedina, represented by the Permanent Secreta…
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More coffee, more cash—improved livelihoods for Bakyabumba farmers
28.10.21Despite the heavy-laden coffee trees in Fred Salongo Kigongo’s coffee garden, the income from the…
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Tackling the Fall Armyworm in Northern Nigeria
26.10.21Better alignment to the needs and priorities of African countries, demand-driven partnerships to usi…
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University of Nigeria Alumni Association seeks to strengthen collaboration with IITA
26.10.21On 20 August, the University of Nigeria (UNN) Alumni Association visited the IITA headquarters to…
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Agribusiness engagement key to poverty reduction among youth
26.10.21With the increasing unemployment rate among youth in Nigeria, development stakeholders believe that …
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Importance of AKILIMO tools demonstrated at Sabasaba exhibition in Tanzania
26.10.21The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI)Â project scientists demonstrated the use of AKILIMO t…
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Acting British High Commissioner visits IITA Ibadan
26.10.21The Acting British High Commissioner, Her Excellency, Ms Gill Atkinson, and her team visited IITA…
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CGIAR spells out priority interventions to accelerate uptake of research to rebuild and strengthen Africa’s agriculture in the face of climate change
02.10.21Better alignment to the needs and priorities of African countries, demand-driven partnerships to usi…
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DG receives prestigious award for championing youth in agriculture programs
09.09.21The Association of Deans of Agriculture in Nigeria Universities (ADAN) has honored IITA Director G…
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IITA GHU staff awarded Crop Trust’s outstanding Genebank Team (GHU Category) 2021
09.09.21Crop Trust and the CGIAR Genebank Platform have recognized four staff from the IITA Germplasm He…
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NARITA hybrids cross borders for farmers’ evaluation in Kenya
09.09.21In improving banana production in East Africa countries, researchers are multiplying and testing for…
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Assistant Director, President’s Office, praises IITA research in Tanzania
09.09.21The Assistant Director for Technical Cooperation at the President’s Office, Public Service Managem…
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IITA kicks off project to transform livelihoods and conservation
09.09.21IITAÂ has commenced a 3-year participatory research project to identify transformative approaches to…
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IITA partners with other organizations to improve the vitamin A status of Nigerians
09.09.21The Modified Relative Dose Response (MRDR) test is being conducted as part of the ongoing…
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Redefining data collection to empower decision-makers to address malnutrition
26.08.21Malnutrition is a challenge in Africa, and the limited availability of data about its severity…
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Research centers call for innovation and stronger partnerships to scale up Africa’s food systems
06.08.21Science, research, and innovation are essential to accelerate the transformation to healthier, more …
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IITA and partner Touton Ltd. consult coffee farmers on diversification strategies
06.08.21The IITA Uganda Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Team conducted focus group discussions with more th…
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