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In a grain of rice: Solutions for poverty and hunger in sub-Saharan Africa
13.11.19-
Genomics
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Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
What tiny object is capable of lifting millions of people above the poverty line and…
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A breath of fresh air: New planting machinery offers solution to burning crisis in India
13.11.19-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
When the rice harvest season arrives in northwest India, farmers have only ten to twenty…
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Towards a sustainable future for cocoa: Conserving and celebrating cacao diversity
07.11.19-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Global efforts are underway to secure a sustainable future for a much-loved but highly vulnerable…
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Guardians of diversity: The network of genebanks helping to feed the world
07.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Genomics
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Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
As part of global efforts to achieve sustainable development and address climate change, a network…
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A GIFT for generations to come: The fish ending poverty and hunger for millions
07.11.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Fish bred to address poverty and hunger have now reached 16 countries, with more to…
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Untapped: How Sri Lanka’s septic tanks could become a sustainable support for farming
07.11.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Farmers in Sri Lanka are positioned to benefit from a new policy that recognizes waste…
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Mobile-based monitoring tool rolled out for national partners in 7 African countries
01.11.19-
Big data
“The MLE [Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation] tool MEASURE (Monitoring and Evaluation of Agri-Sci…
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Policy seminar: Exploring the links between information access and effective government
25.10.19-
Big data
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Access to information, whether it is a citizen seeking information on her local politicians’ manda…
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CGIAR’s Inspire Challenge Awards Over US$ 1 million to Big Data Innovations
25.10.19-
Big data
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Over US$ 1 million worth of grants were awarded to eight winners of the Inspire…
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A BIG Win…for Big Data with Big Benefits!
21.10.19-
Big data
We are delighted to announce that we are one of the winners at the CGIAR…
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A new approach to modeling: Placing sustainable development at its core
18.10.19-
Big data
In June, a team of experts in modeling and sustainable development policy making (including IFPRI's…
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Building trust is key for Big Data to deliver benefits to farmers
18.10.19-
Big data
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
More than 650 policymakers, agriculture researchers and data experts met to discuss how building tru…
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UN-sponsored report acknowledges CIMMYT’s use of data and technologies to promote sustainable farming in Latin America
24.09.19-
Big data
CIMMYT’s projects in Latin America feature in a new report that aims to help countries…
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Agroforestry at 40: how tree-farm science has changed the world
22.05.19-
Big data
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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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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Coffee bushes in a shade-grown plantation in the Andes, Ecuador.Morley Read/Shutterstock Meine van N…
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New data offers insights into rural poverty and undernutrition in Papua New Guinea
15.04.19-
Big data
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Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Papua New Guinea is home to approximately 7 million people, and is struggling to ensure…
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How the data revolution could help design better agronomic investments
02.04.19-
Big data
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
What fertilizer application will give me the best returns? What maize crop variety should I…
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• Report of the High-Level Ministerial Conference on rice: Delivering on Commitments to Transform Africa’s Rice Industry
02.04.19-
Big data
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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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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
This document presents the report of the High-Level African Ministerial Conference on Rice held in…
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Exploring young Africans’ role and engagement in the rural economy
15.03.19-
Big data
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
How do young rural Africans engage in the rural economy? How important is farming relative…
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Digital imaging tools make maize breeding much more efficient
11.03.19-
Big data
To keep up with growing maize demand, breeders aim at optimizing annual yield gain under…
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International Women’s Day 2019
08.03.19-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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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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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Innovating for change: Spotlight on a champion rice processor in Africa On the occasion of…
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Farmer science accelerates climate adaptation
19.02.19-
Big data
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Climate
A new study in PNAS addresses the challenge of climate adaptation in a way that…
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How Data Collected To Identify Cassava Varieties in Vietnam Helped Southeast Asia Respond Rapidly To a Viral Disease Outbreak
06.02.19-
Big data
The collection of data on the adoption of CGIAR-related crop varieties is a priority for…
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Seeing really is believing: Farmers’ photos revolutionize insurance and advisory services
29.01.19-
Big data
As climate change-driven droughts, storms, and floods continue to challenge smallholder farmers, the…
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Now, get critical seed data in one click
18.01.19-
Big data
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
A modern digital seed ‘catalog’ and seed ‘roadmap’ tool is now available for information abo…
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