• Agrifood Systems as Part of the Solution: Spotlight Conversations on Agriculture Innovation

    Are we investing enough to end hunger by 2030, the date set for its termination by the UN’s Agenda for Sustainable Development? This was the central question in a round table discussion on Financial Flows in the Agrifood Sector in the Global South.  

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  • Towards more Effective and Shared Engagement with Partners

    CGIAR welcomes the publication of the report by the independent High-level Advisory Panel (HLAP), “On Improving One CGIAR’s Strategic Engagement with Partners”.

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  • CGIAR with IITA and ILRI Announce Eminent Scientists and Researchers to Leadership Roles

    Professor Appolinaire Djikeng as Director General of ILRI and CGIAR Senior Director of Livestock-Based Systems; and Dr. Simeon Ehui as Director General for IITA and CGIAR Regional Director for Continental Africa.

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  • Can we Still End Hunger by 2030?

    CGIAR and the Economist discussed what it will take and outlined a clear and compelling call to action: additional investment in the agrifood sector is urgently needed.

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  • CGIAR System Board: We are on the right path and will stay the course

    “Now, more than ever, the world needs a CGIAR able to convene partners across the multilateral system to deliver science for humanity’s greatest challenges. We are firmly on that path and will stay the course,” the System Board said in a communique, following its 25th meeting and retreat, held on December 8-9, 2022, in Nairobi.

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  • CGIAR Appoints Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda as System Board Chair

    Following the decision of Marco Ferroni to retire and step down from his position as CGIAR System Board Chair, CGIAR is pleased to announce that current Board member Lindiwe Majele Sibanda will succeed him in January 2023.  

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Today, research and innovation in food, land and water systems are crucial for a sustainable, climate-resilient world free from hunger and malnutrition. New approaches — and a doubling of investment — are needed to ensure we can achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. A more integrated and impactful CGIAR is rising to the challenge, with a fresh portfolio of Initiatives to deliver a new 10-year strategy.

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