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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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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 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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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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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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Empowering Congolese women: IITA participates in UN Women’s conference
24.07.19As part of its interventions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), IITA participated in…
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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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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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Mozambique farmers enjoy greater yields as a result of IITA’s research
24.06.19IITA’s research in Mozambique has made much impact in rural and national development by ensuring…
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Scientists unravel genome and diversity of whitefly vector behind viral diseases devastating cassava in Africa
17.06.19-
Food security
As part of efforts to control the spread of the two viral diseases attacking cassava…
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IITA and CIRAD sign MoU for building sustainable farming systems
01.06.19During the visit of His Excellency Mr Jerome Pasquier, Ambassador of France to Nigeria on…
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Banana improvement project team meets to take stock, track progress and plan
27.05.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
An international team of researchers that is revolutionizing banana breeding in Eastern Africa are t…
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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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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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Cassava farmers in Tanzania to benefit from new industry partnership with ACAI project
10.05.19At a recent meeting in Tanzania, IITA, through the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) and…
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DG Sanginga graces handover of aflatoxin laboratory and launch of Aflasafe in Malawi
02.05.19-
Food security
During the recent handover of the Aflatoxin Research and Training laboratory in Malawi on 10…
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YIIFSWA-II hosts 3rd Annual progress review and planning meeting in Accra
21.04.19-
Food security
IITA, lead implementer of the Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa…
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Lessons from 21 years of breeding Eastern Africa‘s popular cooking bananas
16.04.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Uganda’s National Agricultural…
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French delegation explores agribusiness collaboration with IITA Abuja
13.04.19-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
IITA, the French Embassy in Nigeria, and the French Agriculture Research Centre for International …
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The stories of ‘sorghum’ Agatha and ‘seed’ Mary
12.04.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Why linking with the private sector is important for the AVISA project Passion can be…
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New project launched to improve rural livelihoods and food security in Mali
07.04.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies (CSAT) project was recently launched in Mali. This res…
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IITA and partners discuss alleviation of agroclimatic challenges in the Sahel
30.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
IITA-Ibadan, hosted a 3-day workshop on 12–14 March to promote the development and implementatio…
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U.S. Government supports training on climate-smart agriculture for local government planners in Tanzania
30.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Morogoro – Key decision-makers and stakeholders from selected regions and districts in Tanzania …
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