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What’s next for CGIAR?
20.02.20-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
If you don’t know what CGIAR is, stop reading or ask Bill Gates (“you’ve probably…
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Super beans for a climate-stressed world
16.02.20-
Climate
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Genomics
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Nutrition
For hundreds of millions of people around the world, beans are a delicious, nutritious and…
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A tool for all seasons: A ‘lean’ household survey system for ‘minimal effort, maximum information’ comes of age
14.02.20-
Big data
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Key indicator groups (modules) generated by all RHoMIS applications (Fig. 1 from: The Rural Househol…
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Launch of the Seed Revolving Fund, Youth Engagement and Gender Inclusion Initiative in Tanzania
14.02.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
A Seed Revolving Fund initiative for sorghum and groundnut value chains has been launched in…
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How China can address threats to food and nutrition security from the coronavirus outbreak
12.02.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The current novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) outbreak originated from a seafood and wild foo…
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Indo-Australia genomics project for chickpea drought tolerance gains momentum
10.02.20India and Australia have joined hands in a multi-institutional project to enhance drought tolerance …
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Scaling Readiness: A scientific approach to scaling innovations
19.02.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Scaling innovations is one of the biggest challenges facing research and development organizations. …
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Guardian.ng: Valuable energy, nutrients, water lost in fast-rising streams
19.02.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
“For countries to progress, there is a need to invest in a supportive regulatory and…
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Press Release: Project makes water from the sun for climate smart farming
18.02.20-
Climate
World’s largest user of groundwater for agriculture looks to solar for a more sustainable future.…
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Spraying locust swarm is ineffective – IITA entomologist
17.02.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
As Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya battle huge swarms of desert locusts, great efforts are underway…
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A tool for all seasons: A ‘lean’ household survey system for ‘minimal effort, maximum information’ comes of age
14.02.20-
Big data
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Key indicator groups (modules) generated by all RHoMIS applications (Fig. 1 from: The Rural Househol…
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Feeding the future: Millet and sorghum grains make big gains in Mali
14.02.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
USAID delegation visited Mali to see impacts from projects undertaken by three CGIAR institutions A…
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Launch of the Seed Revolving Fund, Youth Engagement and Gender Inclusion Initiative in Tanzania
14.02.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
A Seed Revolving Fund initiative for sorghum and groundnut value chains has been launched in…
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Breeding for Better Gender Equity
13.02.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
A pilot study to validate tools that will help breeders to pay more attention to…
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Cavies are not rats! They’re a source of protein and income – study
13.02.20New research by scientists from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Wagen…
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This humble fly could change the way we deal with food waste
13.02.20Published as a WLE/IWMI Op-Ed in Globe Post A black soldier fly buzzes over a pile of food wast…
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How China can address threats to food and nutrition security from the coronavirus outbreak
12.02.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The current novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) outbreak originated from a seafood and wild foo…
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IITA partners with Cornell University and University of Ghana to train on Genome editing
12.02.20-
Genomics
“History must not repeat itself” is the mantra behind the thinking and actions of development…
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Policy seminar: Can trade ensure food security and access to diverse and sustainable nutrition?
11.02.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The global trade conflicts of the past couple of years have created uncertainty for agriculture,…
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After 10 years, Triple S has brought back sweetpotato to us
11.02.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
1st Amburse Kebele in East Badewacho district was once known as a prolific sweetpotato…
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Back to where they came from
11.02.20-
Biodiversity
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) has embarked on a project to return…
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Fireflies, food and future systems – scientists share inspiration behind choosing science as a lifestyle
10.02.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Plant breeding, genetics, math and software development are all stereotypically male fields. For too…
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India’s 16-point agriculture plan may falter if it doesn’t focus on incentives
10.02.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
One of the great examples that economists give on the power of incentives in Econ…
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Women in Science: Tackling Global Issues
10.02.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
For International Day of Women and Girls in Science, eleven researchers share how their work addr…
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