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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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IITA participates in TICAD 7 in Japan
13.09.19IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga participated in The Seventh Tokyo International Conference o…
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IITA working on Africa’s first genome edited banana
13.09.19The new frontier for agricultural innovation is genome editing and IITA is already leading the…
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12 years of research on Tropical Legumes: 25 million smallholder farmers now grow improved varieties
06.09.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Over a period of 12 years (2007-2019), the Tropical Legumes projects led to the development…
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Researchers support district experts and farmers in Climate Risk Profiling
30.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The agriculture sector in Uganda is largely rain fed; this includes Nwoya District located within…
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Empowering Congolese women: IITA participates in UN Women’s conference
24.07.19As part of its interventions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), IITA participated in…
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IITA joins call for a global surveillance system to detect and halt the spread of crop disease
03.07.19-
Food security
A team of researchers has argued in Science that as nations collaborate to detect and stop human…
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IITA Youth Agripreneurs program wins international award for youth empowerment innovations
01.07.19-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In recognition of its commitment to improving both agribusiness opportunities and creditworthiness o…
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Mozambique farmers enjoy greater yields as a result of IITA’s research
24.06.19IITA’s research in Mozambique has made much impact in rural and national development by ensuring…
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Scientists unravel genome and diversity of whitefly vector behind viral diseases devastating cassava in Africa
17.06.19-
Food security
As part of efforts to control the spread of the two viral diseases attacking cassava…
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IITA and CIRAD sign MoU for building sustainable farming systems
01.06.19During the visit of His Excellency Mr Jerome Pasquier, Ambassador of France to Nigeria on…
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Banana improvement project team meets to take stock, track progress and plan
27.05.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
An international team of researchers that is revolutionizing banana breeding in Eastern Africa are t…
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DG Sanginga conferred doctor of honoris causa by KU Leuven, Belgium
17.05.19IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga received this week the degree of doctor of honoris causa …
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IITA hosts Australia Awards symposium on irrigation and water resource management
16.05.19-
Food security
Irrigation specialists from Australia, Cameroon, Ghana, and Nigeria gathered for a symposium at II…
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Cassava farmers in Tanzania to benefit from new industry partnership with ACAI project
10.05.19At a recent meeting in Tanzania, IITA, through the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) and…
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DG Sanginga graces handover of aflatoxin laboratory and launch of Aflasafe in Malawi
02.05.19-
Food security
During the recent handover of the Aflatoxin Research and Training laboratory in Malawi on 10…
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YIIFSWA-II hosts 3rd Annual progress review and planning meeting in Accra
21.04.19-
Food security
IITA, lead implementer of the Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa…
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Lessons from 21 years of breeding Eastern Africa‘s popular cooking bananas
16.04.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Uganda’s National Agricultural…
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French delegation explores agribusiness collaboration with IITA Abuja
13.04.19-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
IITA, the French Embassy in Nigeria, and the French Agriculture Research Centre for International …
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