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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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Change in behaviour needed for improved drought management in Jordan and the MENA region
04.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Adopting water-saving technology is not enough on its own to stem groundwater depletion in the…
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Scaling out climate-smart agriculture in southern Africa
04.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Adoption rates for climate-smart agricultural practices remain low in many of the countries which st…
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Evidence and lessons from a 3-year research study on agricultural extension in Malawi
03.12.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
Agricultural extension services are among the most important factors driving smallholder farmers’ …
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Decade-long trials prove efficacy of Nigeria’s aflatoxin biocontrol product
29.11.19-
Food security
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Health
An IITA-led partnership has honed aflatoxin biocontrol for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for over 15 year…
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Do smallholders get the right seed and inputs from their agrodealer?
28.11.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Many Tanzanian smallholder farmers fail to produce even 1 ton of maize grain per hectare.…
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AfricaRice wins prestigious Al-Sumait Prize 2019
28.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
Recognizing the important role of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) in enhancing food security in…
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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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Network analysis reveals where to act effectively in seed systems
26.11.19-
Food security
An innovative approach to seed systems, spearheaded by scientists working with the CGIAR Research Pr…
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Alternative meat can sustain food systems
26.11.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Pork prices in China have increased significantly of late thanks to an African swine fever…
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New world map rates food sustainability for countries across the globe
25.11.19-
Food security
A global food system sustainability study builds the first map of its kind to score…
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How a disease without borders was contained
25.11.19-
Food security
t’s been eight years since maize lethal necrosis (MLN) was first reported on the African…
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Gambling and scrambling: betting on trees for biodiversity
22.11.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The farmer set the stage: as relatives and neighbours crowded around, he borrowed research scientist…
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University of Illinois bestows its 2019 International Alumni Award on ILRI chief Jimmy Smith
22.11.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has bestowed its Madhuri and Jagdish N Sheth Internat…
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IITA scientist highlights healthy diets at World Food Day seminar
22.11.19-
Food security
World Food Day (WFD) is celebrated annually on 16 October and dedicated to tackle hunger…
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Policy seminar: Advancing gender equality through agriculture and natural resource management
21.11.19-
Food security
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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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More vaccination, not antibiotics, needed for Kenyan livestock—Straight talk by Sidai Chair Christie Peacock
21.11.19-
Food security
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Health
The following interview of Christie Peacock was conducted at the February 2019 launch of the…
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Can we ignore risk when we study the effects of climate change on agriculture? Research in Zambia tells us that we should not
20.11.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Climate change is already affecting vulnerable populations in many developing countries and those im…
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