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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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Smarter Fertilizer: AI-Powered Recommendations Boost Wheat Yields in Ethiopia
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Just like humans need a balanced diet, plants require specific nutrients from the soil to…
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Siaya, Kenya: Breaking the Barriers of Tree Farming
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Siaya County, located in Kenya's Nyanza region, is renowned for its historical and political signifi…
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Shattering food, nutrition, and economic security barriers in Bangladesh through mixed farming systems
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Food security
Mixed farming systems in traditional agricultural systems provide potentially many benefits for smal…
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Five ways science can lead a just transition in agri-food systems
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
All of us involved in agri-food systems are grappling with a difficult task: to ramp…
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Africa’s opportunity to ramp up the value of food
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As a global community, we are grappling with a difficult task: to ramp up food…
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GeoAgro-Misr Digital Application Training in Egypt
02.06.24Amid escalating climate change and dwindling water resources in dryland regions, FAO Egypt, ICARDA, …
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Responding to Malawi’s impending food crisis
31.05.24BY JAN DUCHOSLAV, MAZVITA CHIDUWA, SIMON DENHERE, JOACHIM DE WEERDT, RODWELL MZONDE AND GEORGE PH…
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Fostering Diverse Water–Energy–Food Nexus Networks: New podcast series
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Original blog published by the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT on May 9, 2024. A new…
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Learn from the experts: How we move beyond emergency relief in fragile and conflict-affected settings
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
In the first of a three-part webinar series, IWMI assembled a panel of Anticipatory Action…
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Defending East Africa against banana bunchy top disease
31.05.24With recent outbreaks in Tanzania and Uganda, banana bunchy top disease (BBTD) emerged as a…
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Advancing biotechnology in Africa: Reflections from Kenya and Zambia
31.05.24In a concerted effort to advance agricultural biotechnology in Africa, IITA, the University of Cali…
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Leading IITA scientist Rony Swennen receives global recognition for plant science and agronomy research
31.05.24IITA-CGIAR Banana Breeder Rony Swennen has emerged as the 411th best scientist in Plant Science a…
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90% SAH plantlet survival rate boosting cassava seed availability in Rwanda
31.05.24Rwanda’s cassava sector has faced significant challenges over the years, primarily due to the deva…
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Toward breeding a better future for cowpea farmers and consumers
31.05.24On 16 May, the IITA Kano Station hosted a one-day meeting organized by the Cowpea Breeding Team…
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ENABLE-TAAT trains over 240 Zimbabwean youths, targets more African youth
31.05.24The ENABLE-TAAT project of IITA has provided agribusiness training for no fewer than 249 youths …
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IITA-CGIAR drives synergy among stakeholders in Nigeria
31.05.24In a three-day high-level event ending with a Stakeholder Engagement in Abuja, IITA–CGIAR has re…
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IITA leads the new fertilizer and soil health hub for West Africa and the Sahel
31.05.24As part of activities during the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health (AFSH) Summit, IITA and partner…
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Cultivating progress: a path towards demand-driven plantain breeding
31.05.24In the quest for agricultural advancement, adopting enhanced plantain varieties through breeding pro…
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