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Ismahane Elouafi on TIME100 list of the most influential people in the world
16.04.25CGIAR is delighted to announce that CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Ismahane Elouafi has been nam…
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Harvesting Collaboration for Food Security. CGIAR Science Week Closes.
14.04.2511th April, Nairobi, Kenya: After a remarkable week of science, innovation, and cementing of partner…
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MEDIA RELEASE | New CGIAR flagship report translates insights into impact for food systems in crisis
14.04.25Nairobi, Kenya, 14 April 2025 – With food systems under strain from climate change, conflict,…
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Science Week Opens: A Leap Forward in Science Collaboration for Food Security
08.04.257th April, Nairobi, Kenya: Science Week was launched today by Special Guest H.E. Musalia Mudavadi,…
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Science Week 2025 is Now
07.04.25The inaugural CGIAR Science Week gets underway in Nairobi, Kenya. From 7 to 12 April,…
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What are kids watching online? How digital food marketing shapes children’s and adolescents’ diets
03.04.25By Gabriela Fretes and Jef L. Leroy April 3, 2025 What do children and teens see when they…
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IITA and regional grains body to work towards producing aflatoxin-free grain for health and trade
19.09.20CGIAR-IITA and the Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) have signed a memorandum of understanding…
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New insights to help advance cassava breeding worldwide
19.09.20Researchers at IITA, along with partners from the NextGen Cassava Breeding Project, have uncovered…
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African seed system gets a boost with purchase of 18-ton trucks to ease quality seed delivery to farmers
19.09.20On 7 August, IITA GoSeed, in Ibadan and Umudike Seeds based at the National Root Crops Research…
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Network makes headway in strengthening gender research at IITA
29.08.20The gender science network at IITA has made significant progress in its efforts to enhance…
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Early adopter of YIIFSWA-promoted improved yam varieties enjoys “fantastic” yield
29.08.20Beaming with pride, Chief Joshua Ojedele showed off his 2-hectare yam field cultivated from improved…
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Project to develop Aflasafe technology that controls deadly aflatoxin in Uganda launched
23.08.20Kampala, Uganda – The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the National Agr…
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IITA scientists spearhead efforts to save East Africa’s potatoes from a new pest threat
29.07.20Scientists at CGIAR-IITA, working with the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (…
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IITA and Bayer launch modern breeding project
20.07.20Yield improvement of important African food crops will get a boost with the launch of…
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Science-based policies can unlock Africa’s access to genome-edited crop varieties
12.07.20CGIAR-IITA head of plant biotechnology Leena Tripathi has made an impassioned plea for genome editin…
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IITA launches Agribusiness Training Program for secondary schools in Oyo State
08.07.20The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), through a new initiative known as the S…
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Artificial intelligence: A game-changer for agriculture in Africa
04.07.20CGIAR-IITA plant health scientist James Legg was a recent guest on Plantopia, a podcast series t…
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IITA releases 10-year strategy for managing invasive species in Africa
04.07.20Prevention, early detection and control make up the three-pronged approach that Africa is taking on…
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IITA partners with Mastercard Foundation in Nigeria to implement Young Africa Works
16.06.20Lagos, Nigeria 16 June, 2020 – The International Institute of Topical Agriculture (IITA), through…
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IITA alumnus named 2020 World Food Prize Laureate!
13.06.20The World Food Prize Foundation, on 11 June, announced leading soil scientist and IITA alumnus Dr…
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Top Tanzanian officials seek ONE-CGIAR collaboration on scaling research technologies
13.06.20The Permanent Secretary (PS) at the Tanzania Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Ms Dorothy Mwaluko, ha…
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COVID19 – Work in shifts, researchers advise yam seed producers and farmers
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Food security
To reduce the spread of COVID-19, governments all over the world have instituted specific measures …
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GreenPass puts germplasm distribution in the fast lane
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Biodiversity
The crop diversity in CGIAR’s international genebanks continues to be in great demand. That’s mu…
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IITA scientist develops a cheaper and faster tool for identifying whiteflies
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Food security
A CGIAR-IITA scientist has developed a more cost and time effective molecular diagnostic tool that…
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