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The Nation: Why we need to invest in sustainable food systems
24.06.24-
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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CGIAR’s new flagship report will help decision-makers transform food, land, and water systems
17.06.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As the world faces unprecedented environmental and social challenges, CGIAR—the global partnership…
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CGIAR and CIFOR-ICRAF agree to strengthened collaboration
12.06.24To address the pressing challenges facing global food systems, CGIAR and The Center for Internationa…
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CGIAR and Brazil forge new partnership to strengthen food system resilience
12.06.24In a move to enhance agricultural resilience, the Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation (Embrap…
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Famine in Gaza
18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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UM6P and CGIAR Join Forces for Sustainable Development of Agriculture and the Environment in Africa
13.10.23October 12, 2023, Benguerir, Morocco – The Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) and CGIAR, …
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MTU explores agriculture and circular economy collaboration with IITA
09.10.23A delegation from the Mountain Top University (MTU) paid an exploratory visit to IITA–CGIAR he…
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Dutch Ambassador visits IITA to support Youth in Agribusiness
09.10.23Following the recent partnership between IITA–CGIAR and the government of the Netherlands for th…
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IITA increases graduates’ contribution to Biotechnology
09.10.23Biotechnology is developing rapidly with enormous potential to address global concerns, including fo…
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PROSSIVA takes field trials to rural areas in Nigeria
09.10.23To advance agriculture and improve food security in Nigeria, IITA–CGIAR continues its field demo…
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Africa Climate Summit outlines agricultural development strategy to mitigate the pending food crisis
08.10.23Following the recent African Food Summit in Nairobi, CGTN Africa interviewed Dr Enock Chikava, t…
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ATAC project trains Ministries of research and agriculture agents on seed production techniques
08.10.23A training on seed production techniques, management of diseases, pests, and weeds of cassava, corn,…
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Study unveils Cas-CLOVER as a highly efficient genome editing technology in banana
08.10.23In a landmark development for agricultural biotechnology, a pioneering study conducted by the Biotec…
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Africa’s food security: Empowering smallholder farmers to boost maize productivity
08.10.23Despite being Africa’s most important crop, providing about 30% of energy intake across the contin…
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Young STEM scientists from IITA featured in the DW News documentary
08.10.23DW News program, “The 77 Percent,” recently featured young scientists from the IITA–CGIAR Ke…
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GAIN applauds IITA for improved farmer knowledge of orange-fleshed sweet potato
08.10.23A Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) team recently visited a farmer-led demonstration p…
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Introducing women to new seed propagation method in yam farming
08.10.23In rural Nigeria, where yam farming is a way of life, a group of women…
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SISCA highlights seed regulation merits in DRC
08.10.23Following the recommendations from previous training on Seed Business, IITA–CGIAR, through its pr…
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“Future of agriculture in good hands” as Gombe State University students tour IITA Kano Station
08.10.23Gombe State University students from the Department of Botany embarked on a field trip to…
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50 extension officers in Togo trained to strengthen the extension system and boost cassava and rice production
08.10.23Attaining Zero Hunger in any country will be a mirage without a strong extension system. IITA–CGI…
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New partners introduced to EiA tools
08.10.23On 21 August, the IITA–CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy (EiA) team hosted a partner’s interactive …
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Sustainable cassava seed system on show at AGRF 2023
05.10.23On 7 September, IITA–CGIAR convened sixty-eight cassava value chain stakeholders to showcase the…
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Lasting support guaranteed for the conservation of sub-Saharan Africa’s crop diversity
05.10.23The future of some of Africa’s most beloved staple crops, including important legumes was sealed…
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