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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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Unleashing Africa’s Agricultural Potential is Key to Food Security
30.11.22-
Food security
Africa is in a race against time on food security and the stakes could not…
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Claudia Sadoff on Transforming Food Systems - Devex COPcast
18.11.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As part of a series of COP27 podcasts, CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Claudia Sadoff, sat down…
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Opinion: If COP 27 Ignores Farmers, Global Food Security will Suffer
15.11.22We are already living in a world that is 1.2 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial times,…
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CGIAR Welcomes Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s $1.4 Billion Pledge to Climate Adaptation
10.11.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Low-income country leaders gathered at COP27 have repeatedly called for climate finance to support t…
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CGIAR Country, Region and Funding Partners Signal Strong Support for Integration
09.11.22A united, integrated CGIAR seen as vital to enabling farmers to meet 21st century challenges…
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COP26: Climate Threats to Smallholder Farmers Drive New Investments in CGIAR Research, Pushing 2021 Pledges Close to $1 Billion
02.11.21Adaptation investments urgently needed for agriculture-dependent regions like Africa that have done …
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COP26 policy seminar: Combating climate change impacts on food systems
02.11.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
BY KARLA ESTRADA As climate change impacts escalate, food systems around the world and the…
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Why COP26 is the moment to double down on investment for agricultural research
01.11.21The links between global food systems, food security and climate change have never been more…
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World awakens to unmatched potential of aquatic foods to improve nutrition
01.11.21Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health at WorldFish, receive…
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In the Spotlight: Rahma Adam
31.10.21WorldFish and the CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH) are global leaders in aqu…
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Open Access Week 2021: Preprints as a tool for open knowledge and open science at ILRI
30.10.21-
Health
International Open Access Week is an annual scholarly communication event that is marked globally du…
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CGIAR spells out priority interventions to accelerate research uptake and strengthen Africa’s agriculture
28.10.21CGIAR participated in the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) 2021 themed: Science and Innovation …
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IITA collaborates with Dutch government to enhance sustainable insect production
28.10.21On 15 September, the Business Incubation Platform (BIP) of IITA hosted the official launch of the …
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Using CSI technologies for food security and rural livelihoods
28.10.21Agriculture is one of Africa’s most important economic activities, providing employment opportunit…
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Response plan against viral pandemics and other cassava diseases in DRC to be operationalized
28.10.21From 24 to 25 August, IITA in partnership with INERA, the Yangambi Faculty of Agricultural Science…
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World Food Day: TAAT wins top international award for digital campaign
28.10.21The Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) program has won the 2021 Stevie Aw…
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Youth-in-agribusiness initiatives key to solving youth unemployment
28.10.21Despite the introduction of several intervention programs to reduce or eradicate youth unemployment,…
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IITA partners with Releaf for agricultural sustainability
28.10.21On 24 September, Releaf—a team of youth—visited IITA headquarters. Releaf is led by Ikenna Nze…
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Root and tuber society strategize on how to fight hunger and poverty in Africa
28.10.21The International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC) held the 14th edition of its symposium on…
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DTCA partner with IITA in promoting agriculture in Africa
28.10.21IITA partners with other CGIAR centers, national research centers, private institutions, and govern…
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IITA DG Nteranya Sanginga appointed AFAP Chairman
28.10.21The African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) has appointed IITA Director General Nt…
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IITA to partner with the Nigerian Government on good agricultural policies
28.10.21On 17 September, the House Committee on Agriculture, Colleges and Institutions of the Nigerian Natio…
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IFAD-funded Zero Hunger project trains 116 Nigerian extension agents on good agronomic practices and data management
28.10.21As part of efforts to support Nigeria to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 2 (Zero Hunger),…
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