News & Events
A collection of CGIAR featured news and upcoming events
Featured news
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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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Food security
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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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News from the Centers and Programs
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Improving biodiversity and ecosystem health in climate-stressed agricultural landscapes in Africa and Latin America.
17.07.25The B-REAL (Biodiversity for Resilient Ecosystem in Agricultural Landscapes) project addresses the u…
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Strengthening research capacity in São Tomé: IITA hosts CIAT-STP team for one-month intensive training
17.07.25In a significant step toward enhancing agricultural research and food security in São Tomé and…
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ENABLE TAAT and the World Food Program empower Kenyan youth agripreneurs
17.07.25The ENABLE TAAT initiative is committed to equipping Kenyan youth with the tools and opportunities…
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Seeds of hope: IITA Forest Center expands conservation work through seed collection and student training in FUTA and FUTO
17.07.25In its continued commitment to conserving Nigeria’s threatened and endangered native trees, the I…
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Gender-inclusive cassava breeding: Insights from commercial seed companies in Nigeria
17.07.25Since 2015, Nigeria’s public cassava breeding program, led by IITA in collaboration with the Na…
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Togo strengthens partnerships with IITA for sustainable agricultural transformation
17.07.25As part of efforts to build strategic partnerships that will advance Togo’s agricultural transform…
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