Press Materials to Support Cimate Change Panel and Award Announcements - December 4, 2006

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Media Advisory:

• As Climate Change Hits the Hungry, Agricultural Researchers Galvanize Global Effort to Adapt to Impact (Washington, D.C.) : download PDF file

Press Release 1:

• Intensified Research Effort Yields Climate-Resilient Agriculture to Blunt Impact of Global Warming, Prevent Widespread Hunger. Heat-tolerant wheat, flood-proof rice, satellites for carbon trading among new technologies -- download PDF file

Companion Backgrounder to Press Release 1:

• CGIAR Climate Change Research -- download PDF file

Press Release 2:

• Breeding Program Tailored to Poor Farmers Awarded Top Agricultural Science Prize - CGIAR King Baudouin Award 2006 . Researchers, farmers partner to develop stress-resistant varieties for Africa -- download PDF file

Press Release 3:

• Prize-Winning Agricultural Innovators Help Poor People Escape Poverty - CGIAR Science Awards 2006. Crop disease fighters and a plant breeder known as "Mr. Cowpea" among recipients of international award -- download PDF file

Press Release 4:

• CGIAR Winner of 2006 Gold Mercury Cooperation & Development Award (not embargoed—for immediate release) - Download PDF file

Speaker Bios - download PDF file

CGIAR Image Bank

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Credit: IWMI	Credit: IWMI
Credit: CIMMYT	Credit: CIMMYT - CIMMYT scientist, Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio hands over one of the sensors to the national program in India.
Credit: CIMMYT	Credit: ICRISAT