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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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Good Nutrition is Crucial for the Coronavirus Vaccine to Work Effectively
CGIAR26.11.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Vaccines are harder to deliver and potentially less effective at stimulating an immune response in…
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New Study: CGIAR Innovations Reach Nearly 80 Percent of Ethiopia’s Rural Households
CGIAR09.11.20An independent study published last month has documented the extensive reach of CGIAR-related agricu…
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How to ensure access to healthy diets for all: a clarion call for One CGIAR
CGIAR30.10.20-
Nutrition
Guest blog by Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) At …
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Are Food Systems ‘Broken’ – or Just Out of Sync?
CGIAR16.10.20Our food systems are not broken; they are out of sync with what we need…
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Fast-tracked adoption of second-generation resistant maize varieties key to managing maize lethal necrosis in Africa
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)19.01.21-
Genomics
Scientists are calling for accelerated adoption of new hybrid maize varieties with resistance to mai…
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Giving Africa’s new crop varieties a data boost digitally
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)19.01.21To increase adoption of new improved varieties in Africa, a webinar was recently organized under…
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Does improving food market access improve rural household nutritional outcome in developing countries?
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)19.01.21Diversification of farms is often advocated for bringing diet diversity to rural households and impr…
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Improving the prospects for breeding better bananas
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)18.01.21-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Progressive heterobeltiosis for bunch weight in bred ‘Matooke’ banana hybrids (NARITAs), when gr…
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Gender equity in the food environment: Considerations for low- and middle-income countries
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)18.01.21-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
To truly understand the role of gender and inequities in the food system, nutrition and…
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Digital nutrient management tool reduces emissions, improves crop yields and boosts farmers’ profits
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)15.01.21-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
An international team of scientists, led by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CI…
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Developers unite around a common platform to liberate breeding data
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)14.01.21As public sector breeding has modernized, it has become a more data intensive enterprise. Numerous…
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Update on the CGIAR research response to COVID-19
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)14.01.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global health crisis and massive disruptions to economies and…
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CGIAR researchers share COVID-19 work from across the system
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)13.01.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
One key function of the CGIAR COVID-19 Hub, established in July 2020, is to gather…
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WEF event: Building gender equitable food systems
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)13.01.21-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
By SOKHNA SALL SECK Empowering women and girls and the recognition and respect of their…
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Forman Lecture: Ellen Piwoz’s playbook for the future of global nutrition
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)12.01.21-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN When Ellen Piwoz joined the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2007, th…
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Establishing guidelines and engaging stakeholders to promote high-oleic peanut value chain in India
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)12.01.21Demand for peanut oil in India is increasing and a dependable supply of quality seed…
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Young Malian researchers gear up for grand challenges with crop modeling
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)12.01.21UE-APSAN Mali project trains next generation of modeling experts Budding agricultural researchers ar…
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Agriculture remains preferred occupation in rural Nigeria despite pandemic-related challenges
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)12.01.21A survey in rural parts of Northern Nigeria shows that in spite of problems in…
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10 new chickpea varieties released in 2020 in collaboration with NARS
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)12.01.21To meet the growing global market demand for protein-rich chickpea, scientists have created new vari…
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Strategizing on a national seed system in Kenya with special focus on climate-resilient crops
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)12.01.21A national seed systems strategy with special focus on drought tolerant crops such as sorghum…
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Historical socio-economic data critical for research and policy making, say agricultural economists
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)12.01.21ICRISAT’s socio-economic data sets for India at the district and village levels, collated over sev…
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GLDC Newsletter 2020
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)12.01.21It has been a year of both tremendous challenge and growth. Amid a global pandemic…
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