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Famine in Gaza
CGIAR18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
CGIAR14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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How to implement "innovation portfolio management" in a public R&D organization
CGIAR07.03.24To feed and nourish ten billion people by mid-century, and to do so sustainably, our…
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Invest in women, ignite change in food systems
CGIAR05.03.24By Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR Executive Managing Director On this International Women’s Day, we celeb…
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New report: CGIAR's Transformative Crop Technologies Drive $1.3 Trillion Impact
CGIAR27.02.24The cumulative impact of CGIAR-related crop technologies reached US$1,334 billion from 1961 to 2020,…
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Urban wetlands and the built environment: how Colombo’s green spaces enhance city life
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Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombo must justify the renewal of its Ramsar Wetland City status this year. Has the…
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Recognizing water’s importance to migratory birds
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)13.11.23IITA Forest Center celebrated the day with representatives from 6 schools in Ibadan on 17…
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Muhogo Bora Project sows self-reliance through school cassava farming
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)13.11.23In the heart of Zeze Secondary School in Kasulu District Council, in Kigoma Region, Tanzania,…
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IITA expands partnership with NFWP to enhance women’s livelihood
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)13.11.23Following the meeting held in August regarding the implementation of the Nigeria for Women Program…
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Seed Equal training: Improving seed delivery using the Seed Tracker app
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.11.23A training workshop of “Vegetatively Propagated Crops (VPCs) Seed Stakeholders” on accessing see…
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New partnership to deliver improved farm productivity from soil health and fertility
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.11.23IITA–CGIAR and OCP Africa have signed a 5-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) to contribute …
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IITA and partners collaborate to establish a One CGIAR Capacity Development Hub
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.11.23In the global efforts to combat hunger, poverty, and environmental degradation in Africa, IITA stand…
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IITA and UM6P collaborate to ensure sustainable agriculture in Africa via research
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.11.23IITA–CGIAR, one of Africa’s largest cutting-edge research institutes, recently signed a collabor…
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A shared commitment to food security and youth employment in Mali
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)01.11.23On 3 October, Mali’s new Minister of Agriculture, Lassine Dembélé, met with IITA–CGIAR Sahel…
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Zero Hunger Project empowers women and differently abled people in Ebonyi State on rice value addition
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)01.11.23The Zero Hunger Project trained 3,347 farmers, processors, and agripreneurs (including differently a…
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Strengthening Tanzania’s National Extension System through gender and social inclusion in cassava seed systems
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)01.11.23In Tanzania’s Tabora Region, IITA Gender Research Fellow (Cassava) Millicent Liani organized a cap…
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Zero Hunger Project launches in Togo to boost food and nutrition security
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)01.11.23The Agricultural Transformation in the Nigerian Federal States and Togolese Regions Towards Achievin…
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IITA-CGIAR emphasizes innovations for women and youths at the 2023 FAO science and innovation forum
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)01.11.23The role of women and youth in the collective efforts to bolster Africa’s agrifood systems…
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Insect4feed: A sustainable solution for livestock feed
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)01.11.23On 9 October, the IITA Business Incubation Platform (BIP), with the Dutch government and other…
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Exploring partnerships to improve Nigeria’s economy
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)01.11.23As part of IITA–CGIAR efforts to ensure that Africa is food secure, delegates from Raedial Hold…
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Research: Achieving a socially inclusive and sustainable commercialized cassava seed system in Tanzania
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)01.11.23Cassava is sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) second most important staple food crop after maize. It is…
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Seedling propagators shift to sowing trays to improve yields
CGIAR Initiative on Resilient Cities01.11.23-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The system has shorter growing seasons and survival rate, improved crop uniformity, and more accurat…
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Scaling innovations towards transforming food systems in Africa
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)24.10.23International research centers and local businesses showcase local innovations and highlight partner…
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CGIAR and partner create guidelines to enhance gender transformative change
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)16.10.23In the food security, nutrition, and sustainable agriculture space, the Joint Programme on Gender Tr…
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