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Four Essential Podcasts Featuring Dr. Ismahane Elouafi: Science, Systems, and the Future of Food
29.04.25In an era marked by mounting crises—climate extremes, deepening inequality, and growing food insec…
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The Road to Ending Malnutrition: How the Paris N4G Summit Sparked a Global Call to Action
17.04.25The Paris Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit brought global leaders and organizations together in a…
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Ismahane Elouafi on TIME100 list of the most influential people in the world
16.04.25CGIAR is delighted to announce that CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Ismahane Elouafi has been nam…
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Harvesting Collaboration for Food Security. CGIAR Science Week Closes.
14.04.2511th April, Nairobi, Kenya: After a remarkable week of science, innovation, and cementing of partner…
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MEDIA RELEASE | New CGIAR flagship report translates insights into impact for food systems in crisis
14.04.25Nairobi, Kenya, 14 April 2025 – With food systems under strain from climate change, conflict,…
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Science Week Opens: A Leap Forward in Science Collaboration for Food Security
08.04.257th April, Nairobi, Kenya: Science Week was launched today by Special Guest H.E. Musalia Mudavadi,…
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Top Tanzanian officials seek ONE-CGIAR collaboration on scaling research technologies
13.06.20The Permanent Secretary (PS) at the Tanzania Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Ms Dorothy Mwaluko, ha…
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COVID19 – Work in shifts, researchers advise yam seed producers and farmers
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Food security
To reduce the spread of COVID-19, governments all over the world have instituted specific measures …
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GreenPass puts germplasm distribution in the fast lane
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Biodiversity
The crop diversity in CGIAR’s international genebanks continues to be in great demand. That’s mu…
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IITA scientist develops a cheaper and faster tool for identifying whiteflies
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Food security
A CGIAR-IITA scientist has developed a more cost and time effective molecular diagnostic tool that…
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Solutions in nature: promoting the efficacy of indigenous medicinal plants
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Biodiversity
Over the centuries, earth’s biological diversity has played a crucial role in the development and…
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Introducing West Africa’s largest insect collection
15.05.20How do you catch all these insects? How do you know they are here? Do…
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Turn waste into wealth during and after the COVID-19 lockdown
12.05.20The current COVID 19 lockdown is forcing us to look within for sufficiency. At the…
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Continuing to strengthen food systems in Africa
09.05.20With the global food systems facing a major challenge with the outbreak of COVID-19, it…
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Maize project supports partners in COVID-19 response
30.04.20The long wait for registration As the world continues the fight to overcome the COVID-19…
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Human activities are the no. 1 contributors to globalizing plant pests
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Health
If there is anything the deadly COVID-19 pandemic has taught us, it is that diseases…
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Meet CGIAR-IITA’s women fighting plant pests and diseases
04.04.2011 February was the International Day for Women and Girls in Science. IITA joined the rest of…
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Biocontrol reduces Maruca pod borer population by 85%
03.04.20Scientists based at CGIAR-IITA’s climate change station in Benin are happy with the results of…
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IITA identifies opportunities to make a difference amidst COVID-19 spread across Africa
28.03.20As COVID-19 or coronavirus gets closer to home—Africa, the International Institute of Tropical Agr…
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IITA launches IYPH website
26.03.20By now, we know that 2020 is the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). Throughout…
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IITA BIP team sets new production per hectare record for yam farmers in Nigeria
16.03.20The Business Incubation Platform (BIP) of IITA has set a new record of 23 t/ha for yam productio…
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IITA-BIP sets record for maize production per hectare in Nigeria
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Food security
The Business Incubation Platform (BIP) of IITA has set a new production record for maize in Nige…
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How wasps are used to control the destructive cowpea pest—Maruca vitrata
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Health
Maruca vitrata, also known as Maruca pod borer, is one of the most devastating insect…
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Banana plants’ defense against deadly wilting disease may be in the soil
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Food security
Fusarium wilt, a soilborne fungal disease popularly known as Panama disease, is one of the…
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