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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
09.07.25-
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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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
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On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Key technology for biofortification goes online
13.12.19-
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Biodiversity
Online platform opens up easy access to x-ray fluorescence testing at ICRISAT To support development…
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UN chiefs strengthen collaboration to achieve zero deforestation
13.12.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Carolina Schmidt, president of the 25th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Conve…
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Can African smallholders farm themselves out of poverty?
12.12.19-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A great deal of research on agriculture in Africa is organised around the premise that…
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Seven climate resilience questions to help guardians of nature
11.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Third in a series of blog posts examining the role of risk in agriculture under climate…
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The challenge of ensuring water supply in the Philippines
09.12.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Creating incentives for communities to help secure water supply is a win-win situation but without…
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African Plant Breeders Association launched in Ghana
06.12.19-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The African Plant Breeders Association (APBA) was launched recently to bring together plant breeders…
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Agricultural solutions to tackle humanity’s climate crisis
06.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
More than 11,000 scientists signed on to a recent report showing that planet Earth is facing a…
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Ethiopia is making maps to help improve soil health
04.12.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Healthy soils are vital to human survival. They play a pivotal role in feeding global…
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Why gender matters in forest restoration
02.12.19-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
Effective forest and landscape restoration interventions need to take into account socio-political …
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For year round micronutrients, ten species of fruit trees are better than just a few
29.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Health
A ‘diversity fair’ is not an everyday event, so this one to showcase agrobiodiversity in…
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AfricaRice wins prestigious Al-Sumait Prize 2019
28.11.19-
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Nutrition
Recognizing the important role of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) in enhancing food security in…
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IWMI joins United Nations Global Compact initiative
28.11.19-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
IWMI is delighted to have become a participant in the United Nations Global Compact which…
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Planetary health, agroforestry and Sub-Saharan Africa
27.11.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
MEDIA RELEASE: Immediate Planetary health, agroforestry and Sub-Saharan Africa Nairobi, Kenya, 26 No…
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Contributions of biodiversity to the sustainable intensification of food production
27.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Biodiverse agriculture is critical for the survival of the world’s food systems. A new study…
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Students visit PATSPO BSO
26.11.19-
Environmental health
Grade one and two pupils of Lion Heart Academy, Addis Ababa, visited the Provision of…
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Ahmed Amri: From Morocco to Syria … and back again
25.11.19-
Biodiversity
Name a tune and chances are Ahmed Amri can sing it for you. If he…
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Putting new-age agronomy to test in Indian farms
22.11.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
A group of farmers in India’s Telangana state is breaking new ground in their farms…
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Advancing gender equality through agriculture and natural resource management
21.11.19-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
What does research reveal about how agriculture and natural resource management can advance gender e…
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