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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-
Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Far-reaching impact of technology and innovation: Saving time, boosting income and reducing household conflict in Zimbabwe and beyond
05.03.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
Simple agricultural innovations, such as soil probes to detect water and salinity levels at differen…
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Mali Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries keen on stronger research partnerships to benefit farmers nationwide
26.02.21-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
This is something we needed to know about, support, promote and make better known at…
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New study fills critical gap in understanding pandemic impact on food value chains and offers solutions
26.02.21-
Food security
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Health
In a new paper in the journal Sustainability, ICRISAT researchers analyzed the double burden of…
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Legumes: a climate-smart option to address Africa’s dependence on costly food imports
26.02.21-
Biodiversity
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Health
The economics of hunger and agriculture in Africa. According to the United Nations, the Covid-19…
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Build trust, build lives…
19.02.21-
Health
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Nutrition
“Farmers thought we were coming to steal their money!” Microfinance specialist Lamine Sountoura …
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Rejuvenation in Bundelkhand: How an upland watershed got its groundwater back
19.02.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
The world of water management is replete with stories about traditional systems that break down,…
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Celebrating a fruitful partnership that spurred a millet movement in India
15.02.21If millets are regaining their lost place in Indian menus, considered as top contenders for…
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Climate-smart pigeonpea sparks phenomenal expansion across Malawi
15.02.21A whopping 49% increase in cropping area, 153 % increase in production and 68 %…
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African project highlights importance of legume crops on World Pulses Day
12.02.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
Could legumes be the key to food production sustainability and climate change resilience? They consu…
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Building capacity in crop modeling today for a better tomorrow
12.02.21-
Food security
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Health
Young Malawian researchers are being trained in crop modeling to tackle land, water and climate…
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Reviving the pulse in food security
09.02.21-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
World Pulses Day, hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations,…
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Simple interventions embedded in a wider learning environment lead to big gains and systemic changes
05.02.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
Impressive project findings from the use of the two synergistic interventions – Smart Water Manage…
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Higher quality seeds can help beat Africa’s ‘hunger pandemic’
05.02.21-
Food security
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Health
Vaccination efforts across the globe encourage hope of an imminent end to the COVID-19 health…
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Two women-led food processing units opened in India
05.02.21-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
ICRISAT’s training and capacity building program empowers women from tribal communities of Telanga…
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Breaking barriers to uptake of improved sorghum in Burkina Faso, one social media post at a time
29.01.21-
Food security
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Health
A small number of farmers pioneering seed production of a novel sorghum variety in Burkina…
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WIRES: Newly launched platform to connect and inspire women in research across CGIAR
29.01.21-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A new employee-led group, formed to support and celebrate women in science and research at…
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Ziziphus agroforestry: a yield and income ladder for millet farmers in Niger
22.01.21-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
A long term experiment at ICRISAT’s Sadore research station with Ziziphus mauritania (Pomme du Sah…
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Towards sustainable seed systems in Eastern and Southern Africa
22.01.21-
Biodiversity
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Food security
The AVISA project has rolled out its seed systems strategy in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Uganda…
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