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CGIAR: A Vital Knowledge and Science Partner for Climate Action
15.11.21Over the past two weeks, Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change…
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One CGIAR Announces Global, Regional and Senior Director Appointments
12.11.21The CGIAR Executive Management Team is excited to announce that a major milestone has been r…
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Call for Climate Protection for Smallholders that Produce One Third of Global Food
08.11.21UK boosts commitment to curtail agricultural emissions and reduce climate-induced loss and damage. G…
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COP26: Climate Threats to Smallholder Farmers Drive New Investments in CGIAR Research, Pushing 2021 Pledges Close to $1 Billion
02.11.21Adaptation investments urgently needed for agriculture-dependent regions like Africa that have done …
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Why COP26 is the moment to double down on investment for agricultural research
01.11.21The links between global food systems, food security and climate change have never been more…
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COP26: Funding Innovation is Crucial for Strengthening Climate-Stressed Food Systems
25.10.21Today’s agrifood systems no longer simply feed people. They must also provide nutrition, promote l…
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Beans, Beans, and the Power of Genes
22.10.21-
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Genomics
by Steve Beebe Agriculture is one of the key foundations of human society. Agriculture has…
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National breeding institutes deliver initial program costing at in-person training course
07.10.21-
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Genomics
A new costing tool is helping national breeding programs get the financial data needed to impr…
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Preventing and protecting against wheat blast
10.08.21-
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Every year, the spores of the wheat blast fungus lie in wait on farms in…
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Can you help shape the future of plant disease detection?
09.08.21-
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are increasingly being applied across a diver…
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New App brings Commodity Prices at Farmers' Fingertips
02.08.21-
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Mon, 08/02/2021 “Kolfa” is a brand-new app which provides commodity price information to Tunisia…
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Strengthening Public Breeding Pipelines by Emphasizing Quantitative Genetics Principles and Open Source Data Management
26.07.21-
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Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
This opinion piece published in Frontiers in Plant Science briefly presents the breeder's equation a…
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“I see your point!” How data visualization and facilitating access to data can help stakeholders make more impactful decisions
15.07.21-
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
How to tailor data visualization and evidence sharing for improved stakeholder uptake and applicatio…
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Identifying market segments and aligning breeding pipelines will focus CGIAR investments
05.07.21-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
There is an urgent need for public breeding programs to prioritize and focus their efforts.…
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AKILIMO digital platform improves potato yields in Rwanda
01.07.21-
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Potato yields are highly-dependent on fertilizer use but pinpointing the amount of fertilizer to b…
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Computer simulations are helping CGIAR breeders develop better varieties faster
30.06.21-
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Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
In the past, plant breeding has helped avert entire famines by changing a handful of…
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New platform harnesses data – and unleashes breeders’ time
22.06.21-
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Genomics
A bold new data management platform, the Enterprise Breeding System (EBS), is helping breeders har…
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Innovation, the key for bridging R&D with impact at scale
14.06.21-
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The need to innovate in agriculture is more urgent than ever. Rising populations will require…
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African breeding programs leap forward by accessing new genotyping data
09.06.21-
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Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
With newly accessible genotyping technologies, African crop breeding programs have partnered with Ei…
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World Food Prize Laureate Shakuntala Thilsted urges UN Assembly to act on aquatic foods
08.06.21-
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Biodiversity
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Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Genomics
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
WorldFish’s Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted, who was recently …
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Equitible digital tools can boost small-scale fisher livelihoods
08.06.21-
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
While some specific applications of mobile technologies are well understood, their role in governanc…
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A view from above
25.05.21-
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Scientists at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) have been harnessing the…
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G+ Tools Provide a Clearer View to Crop Breeding
19.05.21-
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In this famous optical illusion, some people see a rabbit, while others see a duck.…
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Digital Technologies Keep Farmers Productive During COVID 19
14.05.21-
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The COVID 19 pandemic has made more clear than ever the need for and role…
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