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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now…
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IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systems
04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o…
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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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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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Asking the right questions: A stakeholder dialogue on generative AI in digital extension
07.10.25By Eliot Jones-Garcia, Kristin Davis, and Niyati Singaraju October 7, 2025 Generative artificial i…
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Advancing public private and people partnership (PPPP) for small scale mechanization in Tunisia: a milestone towards enhanced farm and landscape management.
07.10.25-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Food security
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas ICARDA and its national partners…
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Crops in focus: How the observatories are transforming data access
07.10.25-
Big data
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Nutrition, health & food security
In today’s world, data is everywhere, but finding the right information is often a challenge.…
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IITA’s Prof Rony Swennen Honored as Visiting Professor by Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences
07.10.25In a prestigious recognition of his expertise in banana, Professor Rony Swennen, a scientist at…
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Madagascar delegation explores IITA innovations for agricultural transformation
07.10.25A high-level delegation from Madagascar visited IITA–CGIAR during 8 – 12 September, on an imme…
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IITA Youth in Agribusiness wins award at UAE
07.10.25The IITA Youth in Agribusiness Unit (IYA) won the esteemed Sharjah Government Communication Award …
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Netherlands Ambassador visits IITA to strengthen agricultural partnerships for greater impact in Africa
07.10.25The Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Nigeria, His Excellency Bengt van Loosdrecht,…
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IITA and partners forge stronger ties to tackle malnutrition in Africa
07.10.25IITA–CGIAR continues to drive efforts to improve the nutritional content of staple crops, ensurin…
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IITA celebrate AFP Award at NPBA Conference
07.10.25On the sidelines of the Nigerian Plant Breeders Association (NPBA) Conference held in Abuja recently…
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Reviving Liberia’s coffee sector through best practices
07.10.25For decades, coffee has been more than just a crop in Liberia, it has been…
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IITA and Rwanda Agriculture Board join forces to advance maize seed systems
07.10.25Rwanda’s agricultural transformation has prioritized improving seed systems to enhance food securi…
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Immigration Service Oyo Command seeks deeper partnership with IITA for agricultural capacity building
07.10.25As Nigeria grapples with mounting challenges of food and nutrition insecurity, unemployment, and lan…
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Cameroon government strengthens partnership with IITA for agricultural innovation delivery
07.10.25The Cameroon Minister for Scientific Research and Innovation (MINRESI), Dr Madeleine Tchuinte, duri…
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Millions on the move: Bridging research and policy to address growing global challenges of displacement and migration
06.10.25By Katrina Kosec and Lucia Carrillo October 6, 2025 Globally, one in every seven people is now a…
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Open access model and data on blue and green water consumption of crops to help close water data gap
06.10.25IWMI researchers report a 9% increase in global crop water consumption between 2010-2020, adding fur…
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A Decade of Research for Development in West Africa
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Nutrition, health & food security
In 2014, a joint bold scientific experiment set out to test how wheat fared against…
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Scenarios for change: Digital technologies and the future of food, land, and water systems
06.10.25-
Big data
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Bringing together diverse voices to anticipate challenges, identify opportunities, and strengthen CG…
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Leveraging Satellite Technology in Senegal’s Rice Regions for National Food and Economic Security
06.10.25-
Food security
In the Senegal River Valley (SRV) region, rice is primarily cultivated by smallholder farmers under…
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