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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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CGIAR EMD Ismahane Elouafi discusses food security and climate solutions on Agro América
04.10.24Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR's Executive Managing Director, joins Gabriel Estrela on this week’s episod…
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Food security leader calls for women's voices in convenings
04.10.24From aspiring fighter pilot to a powerful food systems leader, Ismahane Elouafi impacts the globe…
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The Nation: Why we need to invest in sustainable food systems
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Imagine going to your local market and finding empty shelves or skyrocketing prices for basic…
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Unleashing Africa’s Agricultural Potential is Key to Food Security
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Food security
Africa is in a race against time on food security and the stakes could not…
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Claudia Sadoff on Transforming Food Systems - Devex COPcast
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
As part of a series of COP27 podcasts, CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Claudia Sadoff, sat down…
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Harnessing roots and tubers to strengthen Malawi’s economy
19.05.25At the dissemination workshop for Malawi’s roots and tuber crops markets, the Malawi government ha…
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Advocating for digital agriculture to transform African food systems in Foresight Africa report
19.05.25IITA Director General and CGIAR Regional Director for Africa, Dr Simeon Ehui, has co-authored a …
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Nigeria’s Minister of State for Agriculture visits IITA to reinforce deeper collaboration
19.05.25In a significant step to reinforce national agricultural institutions through deeper collaboration w…
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Long-lasting biocontrol products empower Africans in the fight against aflatoxins
19.05.25Food safety and security threats from aflatoxins have hampered the health and livelihoods of many…
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Conakry – Guinea: Italy supports sustainable cacao value chains in West Africa
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
In February 2025, a delegation from the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT conducted a…
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Agrifood science in transition: Building a sustainable architecture in the face of declining development aid
16.05.25By Steven Were Omamo and David Spielman May 16, 2025 The future of agrifood science was in full…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Models as assets for food security: The impacts of IFPRI’s IMPACT, RIAPA, and SPAM models
15.05.25By Alix Underwood, Eleanor Jones, Karl Pauw, Keith Wiebe, and Liangzhi You May 15, 2025…
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Why Behavioral Science Holds the Key to Advancing Sustainable Farming Practices
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Nutrition, health & food security
Behavioral science experts are exploring how farmers’ decisions globally impact sustainable farmin…
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Beyond the hype: Centering humans in CGIAR’s genAI research
14.05.25By Eliot Jones-Garcia May 14, 2025 This is the first installment in a new blog series…
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Vihiga County champions sustainable farming with a new agroecology policy
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Nutrition, health & food security
Vihiga County has adopted a new Agroecology Policy, marking a major step towards sustainable food…
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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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Sowing Peace, Harvesting Hope: Women Bean Farmers of Eastern DRC
14.05.25Gathered in Nairobi on 31 March and 1 April 2025, approximately thirty key actors in…
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CIP Securing the Legacy of CGIAR Genebank System Innovation
13.05.25In a world increasingly threatened by climate change and biodiversity loss, CGIAR has emerged as…
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Safeguarding Plant Health for Sustainable Rice
13.05.25by Christian Dohrmann Plant health is vital for both environmental and human well-being, as plants…
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GLI contributed to the regeneration of local plant species: The case for restoring biodiversity in Ethiopia
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative (GLI) aims to reverse land degradation, expand green cover and …
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Under the surface: research identifies 20,700 hectares that can produce crops in Senegal
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Nutrition, health & food security
In Senegal, water from the rainy season doesn’t fully disappear—it seeps into the clay-sandy soi…
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