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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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Securing East Africa’s cassava
10.07.18-
Biodiversity
IITA is eliminating viruses from cassava germplasm so it can safely be transported from East…
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Reading between the gender lines among coffee farming households in Uganda
02.07.18-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
How can gender be approached in Uganda's coffee value chain? Coffee in Uganda is traditionally…
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AfDB to invest $120 million to boost cassava and others
21.06.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The African Development Bank (AfDB) today said it will invest $120 million in the next…
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GYF and IITA partner to promote relevant cross cultural environmental education in Nigeria
01.06.18-
Environmental health
Atlanta, GA - Greening Youth Foundation (GYF) and the International Institute of Tropical Agricultur…
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New pest identified in West and Central Africa!
22.05.18-
Food security
A second armyworm from the Americas introduced into tropical Africa A new pest—southern armyworm, …
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Banana Breeders Challenged to Breed for Weevils and Nematodes
29.03.18-
Biodiversity
Banana researchers from across the globe are congregating in Kampala, Uganda from 27 to 29…
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Seeds of Renaissance: Changing lives in Borno
22.03.18Reports of a positive impact are being received from recipients of the seeds donated exactly…
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Pressing for progress: IITA celebrates Women’s Day 2018
14.03.18IITA celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8 March with a seminar held at the…
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Nigeria Zero Hunger Forum suggests actions to end hunger and create wealth
14.03.18Coming from its third quarterly meeting in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, the Nigeria Zero…
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Harvest time Nigeria! Aflasafe moves from research to nationwide commercialisation to protect food from deadly aflatoxin
12.03.18-
Health
Today, Africa’s most populous nation – Nigeria – takes a giant stride forward in the…
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IITA, icipe, CABI: Developing a strategy to combat invasive species in Africa
08.03.18-
Biodiversity
IITA, together with the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) and the Centre…
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Women in agriculture: The extra value we bring
08.03.18-
Gender equality
The women of IITA join millions around the world in celebrating the International Women’s Day…
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Svalbard Global Seed Vault celebrates 10 years
28.02.18The Svalbard Global Seed Vault marked its 10th anniversary on 26 February by receiving shipments…
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New CRP (GLDC) focuses on strengthening whole value chains
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Food security
Over 130 participants from 25 countries met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to confirm partners and…
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Researchers use DNA prediction models to speed up banana breeding
21.02.18An international team of scientists have for the first time demonstrated that it is possible…
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IITA and Liberia explore partnership on youth program
18.02.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Deputy Director General, Partnerships for Delivery, Kenton Dashiell, led an IITA team to meet the…
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NextGen Cassava gets more support for cassava development
16.02.18Cassava is vital to the food security of millions of Africans who eat some form…
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The first factor for a successful application is obviously that farmers can access and use it,” James Legg tells SciDev.Net
09.02.18James Legg, a Tanzania-based plant virologist at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture…
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