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Bill Gates on CGIAR and Adapting to a Warmer World
CGIAR12.02.21Climate change is going to force us to consider entirely new needs. We need to…
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Today’s Climate and Food Crises Can Only be Solved in Tandem
CGIAR09.02.21Extreme weather driven by climate change, conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic are driving worsening …
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CGIAR Joins Forces with World Food Programme to Tackle Post-Pandemic Hunger
CGIAR26.01.21-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN agency will work with CGIAR to bolster food systems amid…
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Investment into Research Must Double to Halt Climate and Food Crises by 2030
CGIAR25.01.21-
Climate
World’s largest agricultural research partnership seeks to increase funding to $2 billion annually…
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Agricultural Research Unties the Gordian Knot
CGIAR04.01.21-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Agricultural research and innovation to transform our food system is the only way to cut…
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How Africa can Lead the World in the COVID-19 Recovery
CGIAR18.12.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Africa, compared to Asia, Europe and the US, has largely escaped the devastating death toll…
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What is the role of food systems for peace and security in a climate crisis?
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)09.04.21-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security has led an article on the importance of food systems for peace and…
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Catalyst training: “Inclusive communication”
CGIAR07.04.21Talking about our differences helps us to acknowledge the diversity in our workplaces, and is…
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Demand – led Breeding through a Gender lens: Experiences from Zimbabwe
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)06.04.21Discussions on gender integration in conventional breeding are not new. These talks started in the…
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From waste to wealth: The innovation turning cassava peels into a growing new industry
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)05.04.21-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
To make garri, cassava roots have to be peeled. Traditionally, the peels have been dumped…
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A Wild Way to Boost Wheat Yields
CGIAR Genebank Platform03.04.21-
Biodiversity
In the face of climate change, improving wheat varieties is essential to maintain yields—and geneb…
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Zambian President commends IITA’s youth-in-ag initiative
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)03.04.21Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI) recently facilitated an exhibition program with the th…
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IITA scientist joins advisory panel of Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)03.04.21IITA’s Director for Eastern Africa Hub and leader for Biotechnology research, Leena Tripathi, has…
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CGIAR System Board Appoints Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda as a Voting Board Member
CGIAR01.04.21The CGIAR System Board has appointed Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda as a voting Board member.…
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Evaluation Syntheses for One CGIAR: Taking Stock of a Decade of Investment in Agricultural Research
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International Livestock Research Institute scientists support Kenyan government to identify SARS-CoV-2 variants
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)31.03.21-
Genomics
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
In the Nairobi laboratories of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the organizati…
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Climate Security in the Sahel: Interview with PhD researcher Alexandra Krendelsberger for Women’s History Month
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)31.03.21-
Climate
Written by Nina de Ayala Parker Climate-exacerbated conflict in the Sahel is a stark example of t…
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How Vietnamese farmers increase their profits from cultivating peanuts
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)31.03.21Farmers in My Loi Climate-Smart Village in Vietnam can generate more profits from peanut cultivatio…
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Investment in maize for Africa pays off
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)30.03.21-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Between 1995-2015, nearly 60% of all maize varieties released in 18 African countries were CGIAR-rel…
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Climate security in the Mekong Delta: Interview with PhD researcher Dung Phuong Le for Womens History Month
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)30.03.21-
Climate
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Written by Nina de Ayala Parker Snaking through six countries in Southeast Asia, the Mekong…
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Nairobi is rapidly losing its green spaces: this could open the door to more diseases
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)30.03.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
A research study led by the International Livestock Research Institute explored the impact of a…
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Peter Hotez at ILRI on vaccines and misinformation
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)29.03.21-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Peter Jay Hotez, an American pediatrician and leading international vaccine advocate, spoke out agai…
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Policy seminar: Food systems lessons from COVID-19
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)29.03.21-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
As COVID-19 continues to affect people around the world, an understanding of the scope of…
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Unlocking the potential of bean production and marketing for improved nutrition and income in Kenya
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)29.03.21On the undulating landscape of Omobirona village, Nyansiongo Ward, Nyamira County, in Kenya, is a…
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