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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
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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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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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Building climate resilience in coastal Bangladesh: The promise of CS-MAP
14.08.24-
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
In the coastal region of Golachipa, Patuakhali, Faruk Mia, a local farmer, voiced a concern…
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How Farmers and Tech Teamed Up To Better Test Crops
14.08.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
Food insecurity is on the rise worldwide, with 345 million people in 82 countries suffering…
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Trailblazing the future of multi-OMICs technologies in agriculture, aquaculture, and natural resources
14.08.24-
Biodiversity
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines (13-14 August 2024) - The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), th…
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Meet Bansam, the grafting startup revolutionizing vegetable growing in Cambodia
14.08.24-
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Youth
Bansam, a newly formed startup established in 2023, envisions a future where Cambodian farmers can…
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Reinventing salt-tolerant rice breeding on ground zero
14.08.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Dr. Hussain and his team established an innovative method of germplasm screening in a farmer's…
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Climate change policies and strategies for central banks: Central Bank of Kenya and International Food Policy Research Institute sign a Memorandum of Understanding.
13.08.24Economies are exposed to myriads of external risks such as production variability from climate shock…
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Biofortified Rice: A Transformative Opportunity for Entrepreneurs in Bolívar, Colombia, in collaboration with AgriLAC Resiliente Initiative
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Nutrition, health & food security
On August 9, 2024, the city of Cartagena witnessed an event that could mark a…
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Global Food Policy Report 2024 Latin America and the Caribbean launch: Promoting sustainable healthy diets to address diverse nutrition challenges
12.08.24By Brian McNamara August 12, 2024 Malnutrition stemming from unhealthy diets is a major food system…
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Reinventing agriculture in Africa: CGIAR and the Alliance Pioneer Climate Resilience and Agri-Food Innovation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
On July 30, 2024, the Dakar office of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT…
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STEP’s remarkable impact cultivating future agribusiness leaders
12.08.24A quiet revolution is happening in the heart of Oyo State, Nigeria, transforming how secondary…
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Schools’ Outreach Program inspires the next generation of agricultural innovators
12.08.24The IITA Communication Office recently organized the 4th edition of the Schools’ Outreach Progra…
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Young agro entrepreneurs unveil business plans to spur economic growth
12.08.24Engaging youths in agricultural entrepreneurship is crucial in alleviating the increasingly growing …
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New living lab to combat malnutrition in Africa through food system diversification
12.08.24On 25 July, IITA–CGIAR, under the HealthyDiets4Africa Project, funded by the EU, launched its t…
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Forging partnership to advance agricultural research and education
12.08.24A delegation from Aletheia University, Ago Iwoye in Ogun state paid an exploratory visit to IITA–…
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Revolutionizing animal nutrition and sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa with molecular biology
12.08.24Emerging trends in experimental research are proving crucial across various scientific fields, parti…
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Study highlights critical impact of urbanization on avian communities in the Afrotropics
12.08.24Urbanization negatively affects biodiversity worldwide, making associations between urbanization and…
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Scientists highlight best agronomic practices to improve maize yield at radio outreach
12.08.24In a significant step towards enhancing maize farming practices, the RadioIITA Farmers Outreach, i…
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NAFARL to partner with IITA to tackle food insecurity in Nigeria
12.08.24In the wake of the current food crisis in the nation, a state of emergency…
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