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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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CGIAR EMD Ismahane Elouafi discusses food security and climate solutions on Agro América
04.10.24Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR's Executive Managing Director, joins Gabriel Estrela on this week’s episod…
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Food security leader calls for women's voices in convenings
04.10.24From aspiring fighter pilot to a powerful food systems leader, Ismahane Elouafi impacts the globe…
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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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Reforming the Land, Reforming the Future
08.07.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The study titled “The relationships between land tenure, cattle production, and climate change –…
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The CircularEconomy4Colombia Innovation Challenge is Live
08.07.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombia is facing a waste management crisis. Over the past decade the country has seen…
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Clean markets, safe foods—Food safety in action
05.07.24The fifth World Food Safety Day was marked on 7 June 2024 with this year’s…
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Can Agroecology Lead To A Greener Future For Tea?
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Green tea, whose leaves come from the same tree as black tea, but undergo a…
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Transforming livelihoods through livestock farmer groups in Northwest Vietnam
05.07.24-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity was launched in Vietnam in 2022 and aims…
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OCP Africa and IITA Sign an Agreement at the Official Opening of the Regional Hub for Fertilizer and Soil Health in West Africa and the Sahel
03.07.24The landmark agreement will support the implementation of the Regional Hub for Fertilizer and Soil…
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Delta Talks webinar discusses human-centered design in climate services for Mekong Delta farmers
03.07.24-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
For the eleventh installment of Delta Talks, the CGIAR Initiative on Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD) and…
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IITA’s Leena Tripathi elected an African Academy of Sciences fellow
01.07.24IITA is thrilled to announce that IITA Eastern Africa Hub Director and Biotechnology Program Lead…
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Danish envoy and investor encourage more youth participation in Nigerian agriculture
01.07.24The Sector Counsellor of Food and Agriculture at the Royal Danish Consulate General in Lagos,…
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Radio outreach transforming cassava cultivation knowledge
01.07.24Cassava farmers participating in the recently concluded Radio IITA Farmers Outreach expressed their …
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IITA and partners convene stakeholders for a seed roadmap in Benin
01.07.24Stakeholders from the Republic of Benin and across Africa are organizing a summit to draw…
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Study reviews market impacts on value chain actors and small-scale soybean producers in Zambia
01.07.24Agri-food value chains (AVCs) have experienced tremendous growth and transformation in the last two …
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IITA Forest Center advances reforestation impacts globally in tree propagation project
01.07.24IITA Forest Center has been making positive headlines in reforestation since 2015. In a recently…
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Sudan’s food crisis deepens as conflict intensifies
01.07.24-
Food security
By Khalid Siddig and Rob Vos July 1, 2024 After 14 months of escalating internal conflict, Sudan …
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New genome editing research framework for Mozambique
01.07.24Mozambique is on the verge of initiating significant research in crops and animals using genome…
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Planting seeds of collaboration: IITA PROSSIVA hosts farmers for prepositional value trials
01.07.24As part of the IITA PROSSIVA initiative, a landmark event was hosted at Field CS7,…
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BSF larvae and frass production facilities delivered to IITA and partners
01.07.24The BSF for Bio Circular Economy and Environmental Sustainability (BBEST) project team, led by IITA…
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Why Agriculture and Conservation Must Co-Exist
01.07.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Stepping Up for Agriculture and Conservation During the 26th Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technica…
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