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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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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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From India to Saudi Arabia and Sudan: Zinc Sorghum Scales Up for Global Impact
30.07.25HarvestPlus’ breakthrough collaborative work with the International Crops Research Institute for t…
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Togo Taps Regional Hub in promoting soil health and boosting farm productivity
29.07.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
Togo’s farmers struggle with poor soils and declining yields. The reason: low awareness of nutrien…
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Sudan’s war is an economic disaster: Here’s how bad it could get
29.07.25A group of crop and food storage facilities in the west of Omdurman, Sudan, burn…
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Unlocking aquaculture’s potential: Northern Ghana stakeholders co-design sustainable fish farming models
28.07.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Group photo of workshop participants (photo credit: IWMI). With marine fish stocks declining …
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Niger State Partners with AfricaRice for Transformative Rice Production Growth: Targeting 10 Million Tons by 2030
28.07.25-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
July 22, 2025, Mbé, Côte d'Ivoire – In a landmark visit that signals a new era…
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Sudan’s war is an economic disaster: Here’s how bad it could get
25.07.25By Khalid Siddig July 25, 2025 Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating…
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Why a soybean breeding network in East Africa makes sense now
23.07.25By Dr Godfree Chigeza, Soybean Breeder, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), De…
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Understanding and supporting collective action in natural resource management through experiential learning games: Examples from three continents
23.07.25By Hagar ElDidi, Thomas Falk, Juan Felipe Ortiz-Riomalo, Franziska Auch, Wei Zhang, and Upeksha H…
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What do we know about the future of food systems?
23.07.25By Keith Wiebe, Elisabetta Gotor, and Evgeniya Anisimova July 23, 2025 We ask a lot of our…
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Advancing Togo's National Soil Information System for Sustainable Agriculture
23.07.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Lomé hosted a three-day workshop to advance and promote Togo's Soil Information System (SIS), known…
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Webinar: Scaling What Works: Innovation and Adaptation Pathways in Fragile Contexts
23.07.25FLEX (Frontlines Learning Exchange) is a knowledge-sharing series hosted by the FLOW Research Group …
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International Rangelands Congress 2025: Advancing Private Sector Investment in Rangeland Restoration
22.07.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
The International Rangelands Congress is held every four years to promote the interchange of scienti…
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Inclusion is as big a goal as transformation in Multifunctional Landscapes
21.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health & biodiversity
A Reflection by Sarah Freed , Co-lead of the Area of Work on Gender, Youth…
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World Cassava Day 2025: Propelling Nigeria and Africa towards agricultural transformation
21.07.25In Nigeria and across Africa, cassava is more than just a staple crop, it is…
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Bridging continents with yam: Australian delegates visit IITA for knowledge exchange
21.07.25A spirit of collaboration, curiosity, and cultural connection defined the recent visit of four Austr…
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Inspiring transition: How Ugandan Simon Zaake moved from fish waste collector to global analyst
21.07.25For years, the pungent smell of fish waste hovered above several Ugandan fishing communities, a…
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Nature, nurture, and legacy: Public school students camp at IITA Forest Center sponsored by IITA legends
21.07.25In a heartwarming blend of education, conservation, and commemoration, the IITA Forest Center rece…
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Regional Hub for Fertilizer and Soil Health using data science for nutrition recommendations to boost food productivity in West Africa
21.07.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Nairobi, 21 July 2025 (IITA) - The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is deployi…
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