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Agricultural Research Unties the Gordian Knot
04.01.21-
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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
18.12.20-
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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
26.11.20-
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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
09.11.20An 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
30.10.20-
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?
16.10.20Our food systems are not broken; they are out of sync with what we need…
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Coming Full Circle with Maize
22.12.20-
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From studying wild cucurbits in Spain to judging the “Largest Maize Ear in the World”…
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New guidelines ease the way for fish-friendly irrigation systems
16.12.20-
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A new set of guidelines provides practical guidance on the integration of irrigation systems with…
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Mobile app connects fish farmers with aquaculture information despite COVID-19 in Myanmar
16.12.20-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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A new mobile application is delivering crucial aquaculture information to small-scale fish farmers w…
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Undervalued and underutilized – cocoyam is ripe for development
15.12.20-
Biodiversity
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Many readers may never have heard of cocoyam. That’s hardly surprising as this is…
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More abundant tree species unlikely to return after droughts
21.11.20-
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Researchers around the world have found an alarming lack of natural replacement of dominant tree…
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests country case study author: Hunter Synder
19.11.20-
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH): The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable develop…
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Regreening Africa's consolidated seven-country baseline survey
16.09.20-
Biodiversity
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Regreening Africa recently published a significant consolidated baseline survey report, synthesizin…
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Farmer-managed natural regeneration as a land-restoration strategy: under what conditions does it work?
14.09.20-
Biodiversity
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The upcoming 2021–2030 United Nations decade of restoration aims to accelerate efforts towards ach…
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What rising CO2 does to one of world’s most important protein sources
11.09.20-
Biodiversity
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In their effort to ensure food and nutrition security in the face of rising carbon…
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Gendering migration: how straightforward is it?
11.09.20-
Biodiversity
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Drawing on the narratives of women and men who have domestic or international migration experience,…
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CIP research highlighted in WWF’s Living Planet Report 2020
10.09.20-
Biodiversity
Released this week, the WWF’s Living Planet Report 2020 features a piece on the International…
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Improving governance of trees can better conserve biodiversity
09.09.20-
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The expansion and intensification of agriculture as well as the associated clearing of forests are…
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Diving into diverse human-ocean relationships bares the base of a fair blue economy
09.09.20-
Biodiversity
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We are all ocean people, whether we live by the sea or not. Life on…
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Latin America learning how much carbon can be stored in grazing land
07.09.20-
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Nine Latin American countries plan to use silvopastoral practices, which incorporate trees into graz…
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Prioritising agroforestry in the policy agenda: six recommendations to scaling
03.09.20-
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Integrating trees in farming and pastoral landscapes – agroforestry is one of the most effective…
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Agroecological management of fall armyworm: Africa, South Asia and South America
31.08.20-
Biodiversity
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When fall armyworm first arrived on the African continent in 2016, the potential loss of…
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Rising fodder shortage prompts release of two pearl millet varieties with superior and higher forage in south India
28.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Two pearl millet varieties with 7.0% and 5.4% higher green forage yields as compared to…
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Potato diversity leads to economic gain in Uganda
27.08.20-
Biodiversity
The genebank of the International Potato Centre (CIP) holds more than 6000 accessions of potatoes…
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