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Networking remains a cornerstone of academic and professional growth, offering far-reaching benefits beyond social connection. It enhances the visibility and credibility of one’s research, unlocks access to funding opportunities, supports career mobility, and fosters innovation through new ideas and collaborations. Recognizing the power of networking and the evolving landscape of research careers, the IITA–CGIAR International Association of Research Scholars and Fellows (IARSAF)

IITA–CGIAR and the Plateau State Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance agricultural development and deepen food and nutrition security in the state. The collaboration aims to help the state adopt agricultural innovations and technologies, sustainable farming practices, and environmental sustainability, generating employment, increasing productivity, food and nutrition security, and economic development. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development,

Lomé hosted a three-day workshop to advance and promote Togo’s Soil Information System (SIS), known as FertiTogo. The SIS provides information on soil fertility maps, which are valuable for ensuring sustainable farming and boosting food security. The Regional Hub for Fertilizer and Soil Health for West Africa and the Sahel organized the workshop from 17 to 19 June 2025. They were hosted

As part of efforts to support and encourage MSMEs, cooperatives, and stakeholders to showcase products and services that respond to climate-related challenges in the agriculture sector, the Zambia Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprise provided an enabling space for key actors at the 2025 Zambia Agriculture and Commercial Show under the theme “Adapting to Climate Change.” From 30 July to 4

Since 2007, Rwanda’s Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources has hosted the agricultural exhibition, widely known as the Agrishow. The event brings together many stakeholders, including farmers, youth, development partners, research institutions, and private sector actors, working to advance Rwanda’s agricultural development through innovation, knowledge exchange, and capacity building. IITA Rwanda and other CGIAR centers in Rwanda have actively participated in this crucial

At the core of IITA–CGIAR‘s mission is the unwavering commitment to improving livelihoods across sub-Saharan Africa and creating systems where cutting-edge research seamlessly meets the real world. This commitment was demonstrated in a recent, transformative outreach event for female yam farmers, a collaborative effort between Radio IITA and the IITA Yam Breeding Program. The outreach initiative, celebrated for its practical, hands-on approach and focus on

In Mozambique, communities from various districts in three northern provinces are benefitting from field days’ activities aimed to improve their practical knowledge, introduce technologies and increase adoption of new techniques that can improve agricultural production and productivity in their fields. The field days involved men, women and youth farmers producing maize, sesame, cowpeas, sweet potatoes, soybeans, peanuts and pigeon peas,

By Sikandra Kurdi, Mohsen Sarhan, and Ali Abdelhadi August 4, 2025 The Gaza Strip has entered a “worst case” food crisis, with its population now facing famine, according to a July 29 Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) alert. Responding to growing international outrage over the emergency, two days earlier, Israel said it was reopening humanitarian aid corridors—allowing international organizations to resume