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Press Materials to Support Cimate Change Panel and
Award Announcements - December 4, 2006
Jeff Haskins, jhaskins@burnesscommunications.com,
or
- +1 301-652-1558 ext. 209 or +1 443-223-4698 (mobile)
- or Ellen Wilson at +1 301-652-1558 ext. 108 or +1
301-922-4969 (mobile)
 Media Advisory:
- As Climate Change Hits the Hungry, Agricultural Researchers
Galvanize Global Effort to Adapt to Impact (Washington, D.C.) :
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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
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Companion Backgrounder to Press Release 1:
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 --
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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 --
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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
Credit: IWMI
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Credit: IWMI
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Credit: CIMMYT
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Credit: CIMMYT - CIMMYT scientist,
Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio hands over one of the sensors to the national
program in India.
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Credit: CIMMYT
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Credit: ICRISAT
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