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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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IAA prioritizes smallholder farmers with climate-smart and GAP training
05.08.22Since 19 July 2019, the USAID-funded Feed the Future Nigeria Integrated Agriculture Activity’s (IA…
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CGIAR and partners advocate gender-responsive climate actions at Bonn Conference side event
21.07.22The CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform, Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF), and Women Environment …
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RUNRES supports circular economy entrepreneur turning cassava waste into livestock feed
21.07.22Cassava, a major staple crop in Rwanda, is an essential source of calories and income…
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Stakeholders prepare for TAAT 2 after a successful first phase
21.07.22The Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT), a project sponsored by the Africa…
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IITA to provide advisory services to agricultural start-up company, Ohunalumani Limited
21.07.22The head of Ohunalumani Limited, Akintunde Boboye, and his team visited IITA on 9 June, seeking p…
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Ecological farming a boon for staple crop farmers in Africa, new study finds
20.07.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Elufe Chipande, a farmer at Songani in Zomba District, Malawi, is intercropping maize (background) a…
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Forest conservationists converge in Olokemeji for third reforestation plantathon
06.07.22The IITA Forest Center organized the third marathon tree planting (plantathon) at Olokemeji in Jun…
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Networking to improve agriculture: IITA joins other organizations at ECOWAS-Aviana expo
06.07.22The ECOWAS-Aviana Aviv West Africa Int’l Expo 2022 took place at the University of Ibadan…
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Farmer-preferred, CBSD-resistant cassava varieties released by Central Africa breeding program
06.07.22The USAID-funded Action to Control Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) in the Democratic Republic of…
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IITA and Mastercard Foundation engage investors in agribusinesses
06.07.22IITA and Mastercard Foundation have engaged the organized private sector to create profitable partn…
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IITA donates Rapid Aflatoxin Testing Equipment to Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) and trains staff to use them
06.07.22A brief official ceremony was held on 6 May at the Conference Room of the…
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Buhler, AFEX, and FCT partner with IITA on agricultural productivity
06.07.22Following the approval of the first phase of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) Pro…
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IITA-led Zero Hunger Project partners IFAD-VCDP to empower women processors in Ogun State
24.06.22Through funding from the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), IITA has empowered…
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Improving productivity and efficiency along the agricultural value chain in Kano State
24.06.22IITA and partners organized a seed fair from 10 to 18 May at Kano Agricultural and…
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Nigerian Conservation Foundation donates seedlings to reforest burnt IITA Forest section
24.06.22A forest fire, probably from neighboring garbage and weed burning, burned down a section of…
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IITA to collaborate with Arise IIP to create sustainable value chains
24.06.22-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On 14 June, Dr Adeola Odedina, Commissioner for the Ministry of Agriculture, Ogun State, Nigeria,…
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New CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Intensification of Mixed Farming Systems Launched
21.06.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
This global research and development effort will help increase the productivity of mixed farming sys…
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CGIAR launches initiative to transform West and Central Africa’s agrifood systems
21.06.22Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – 21 June 2022 – A new Regional Integrated Initiative in West…
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