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We are delighted to announce that we are one of the winners at the CGIAR…

Yumiko Kura of WorldFish honored by Cambodian Government

WorldFish

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Yumiko Kura, WorldFish Country Director for Cambodia, has been awarded the Commander of Sahametrei m…

Celebrating Open Access Week 2019 with a focus on ILRI’s open access research on animal and human health

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

Securing PUBLIC HEALTH

Open Access Week is celebrated globally every year during the last complete week of October. To…

NARS partners in Asia pick up advanced groundnut breeding lines with market traits for their national trials

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Genomics
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

Advanced breeding lines which included high-oleic groundnut and those with market-preferred kernel s…

A new approach to modeling: Placing sustainable development at its core

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Big data

In June, a team of experts in modeling and sustainable development policy making (including IFPRI's…

When information leads to better governance in rural areas—and when it doesn’t

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY

Anyone who doubts the power of information need look no further than the Arab Spring…

Impact study demonstrates Bt brinjal eggplant variety helps farmers in Bangladesh earn more with less pesticide

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Genomics
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

Eggplant, known as brinjal in Bangladesh, is a high-value crop that is widely grown and consumed t…

Do we have enough science to mitigate water crises?

Climate

We need to do a much better job at communication, not only within the water…

Official Launch of CGIAR’s “Crops to End Hunger” Initiative at Borlaug Dialogue

CGIAR

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Climate
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

CGIAR announced its new global initiative, Crops to End Hunger, this week at the World…

Book launch: Ghana’s prospects for economic transformation

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

Over the past 30 years, Ghana has experienced steady growth in per capita income and…

Nobel Economics Prize: Experiment-based research to reduce hunger, malnutrition, and global poverty

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Nutrition
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY

I am delighted to congratulate Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer on winning this…

IITA-Rwanda releases a digital application in the fight against bacterial wilt disease in bananas

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

IITA-Rwanda, together with partners, has launched a digital Application which will serve more than 5…

Our food systems are in crisis, and it's not just from climate change

16.10.19

Climate
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

While global leaders gathered in New York City last month to discuss the climate crisis,…

The cereals imperative of future food systems

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH

Pioneering research on our three most important cereal grains — maize, rice, and wheat —…

Time to double down on the triple win of disaster risk reduction

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Climate

It seems like every week the world faces a brand new disaster. Floods, cyclones, drought…

Global Report on Food Crises mid-year update tracks world’s food insecurity hotspots

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

Nutrition
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

For the past three years, the number of people around the world in urgent need…

Launch of CRP-GLDC Newsletter “Gender Research in the Drylands”

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY

On Rural Women’s Day, 15 October 2019, CRP-GLDC launches its newsletter “Gender Research in the…

CGIAR centers push recommendations for CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Nutrition and Diets