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IITA working on Africa’s first genome edited banana
13.09.19The new frontier for agricultural innovation is genome editing and IITA is already leading the…
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Combating hunger: Switzerland makes renewed contribution to CGIAR
13.09.19Climate change, land degradation and water scarcity increasingly affect agricultural production and …
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To adapt to climate change, double CGIAR research: Report
10.09.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
As the global food system comes under increasing pressure, research is needed to boost productivity,…
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Embracing change: How family farmers can face the future
09.09.19-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
This year opens the Decade of Family Farming (#FamilyFarmingDecade), which aims to improve the lif…
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Multiple bridges connecting the water-nutrition divide: What’s new?
06.09.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
This was the question discussed by experts at a session during this year’s World Water…
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Food policies for healthier diets
05.09.19-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Programs for improving diets often focus on demand, providing incentives to groups of consumers. How…
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Back from the brink of extinction
13.09.19-
Biodiversity
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Genomics
Long-term efforts to restore and conserve a collection of Israeli and Palestinian wheat landraces (I…
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First ever high-yielding chickpea variety developed using marker-assisted backcrossing (MABC) released in Ethiopia
30.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Ethiopia has become the first country in the world to release such a chickpea variety…
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Understanding Nagoya
19.08.19-
Biodiversity
The Nagoya Protocol provides concrete mechanisms for countries providing plant genetic resources to …
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AfDB-TAAT promotes trailblazing hybrid rice technology adapted to Africa
16.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
16 August 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The Rice Compact of the African Development Bank-funded …
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“We are receiving a free subsidy from nature, but it will not continue indefinitely” – Louis Verchot
12.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
“Many findings are important for us and for policy makers around the world. The report…
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Artificial intelligence helps banana growers protect the world’s most favorite fruit
12.08.19-
Biodiversity
Using artificial intelligence, scientists created an easy-to-use tool to detect banana diseases and …
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Heat-tolerant wild beans tapped to breed commercial beans for hotter climates
09.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Using the genetic traits of a wild bean species, CIAT and the Crop Trust are…
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Convention on Biological Diversity adopts indicator to track conservation of useful plants
01.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Developed by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture and the Crop Trust, the indicator pro…
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CIMMYT and CGIAR staff join Ethiopia’s record-breaking tree-planting campaign
01.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
July 29, 2019, was a remarkable day for Ethiopia. People across the country planted 353,633,660 tre…
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FEATURE: Why financing is tied to the future of a biodiverse planet
31.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
We will end the year 2019 without having completely achieved any of the Aichi Biodiversity…
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Linking local and global food systems for more healthy and sustainable communities
30.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Three new areas of investigation related to diets, nutrition and sustainability, starting with short…
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OPINION: Investing in soil health key to closing the yield gaps
30.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Even without climate change, there is an enormous challenge to meet the growing demand for…
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Could these crops save Peruvian forests?
29.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
As noted in a previous blog, a study conducted by CIAT confirms that cacao production…
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On farm: exploring the genetic diversity of RTB hotspots
24.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Genomics
This June, scientists from all over the world convened in the south of France for…
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Multi-location evaluation of six pigeonpea pre-breeding lines through India’s national program
19.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Developed at ICRISAT, these lines have been selected by the All India Coordinated Research Project…
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The birth of an impatient and optimistic breed of community seed producers in Mali
19.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Jean Goita has come a long way since his days as a grain producer in…
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Helping groundnut retain its place in Nigeria through the Tropical Legumes Project
19.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Alhaji Sani Usman remembers what being a groundnut farmer in Nigeria’s Kano state entailed a…
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Drylands Development Programme: changed lives in the Sahel
15.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Many farming families in dryland Africa have been struggling to feed themselves and lead a…
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