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Smallholder Farmers Provide the Key to Tackling the Climate Crisis
20.10.21With less than 10 years left to meet the targets set in the Paris Climate…
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CGIAR Makes Commitment at UNFSS for Food Systems Transformation
20.10.21CGIAR Managing Director of Global Engagement and Innovation, Kundhavi Kadiresan, joined heads of sta…
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Climate Change: How Innovative Plant Breeding Can Help Feed The World, Nurture The Planet
19.10.21Mere weeks from now, commitments made at a United Nations Food Systems Summit in New York will…
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European Commission, the Netherlands and Belgium Pledge More Than €220 Million to CGIAR
28.09.21Citing the relationship between climate change and global food security, the European Commission, th…
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CGIAR emphasizes need for research, partnerships and funding at G20 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting
22.09.21Addressing international delegates at the recent G20 Agricultural Ministers’ Meeting, CGIAR Manag…
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Sustainable, Healthy Diets for All Will Require a Food System Transformation
21.09.21The global development community has been building toward September’s United Nations’ Food Syste…
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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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AGENT: an EU H2020 funded Project Delivers Universal Access to Genebank Information
28.09.21-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The EU-funded H2020 ‘Activated Genebank Network (AGENT)’ project aims to transform genebanks fr…
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ICRISAT’s plant health researchers mine genes to defend chickpea against a deadly pathogen
03.09.21-
Genomics
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
In their battle against dry root rot (DRR) of chickpea, a devastating fungal disease emerging…
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When it comes to maize variety choices, can farmers have it all?
13.08.21-
Genomics
Smallholder farmers are often torn between maize seed varieties that have multiple desirable traits.…
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Genome-wide association study puts tan spot-resistant genes in the spotlight
29.07.21-
Genomics
Tan spot disease, caused by the fungus Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, may be less well-known than oth…
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Targeted Breeding to Defeat Drug Resistant Gastrointestinal Worms in Sheep
27.07.21-
Genomics
Tuesday, July 27, 2021 By Dr. Mourad Rekik - Principal Scientist - Small Ruminant Physiology Tunis…
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Strengthening Public Breeding Pipelines by Emphasizing Quantitative Genetics Principles and Open Source Data Management
26.07.21-
Big data
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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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Data from new Excellence in Breeding report reveals progress on CGIAR’s transformation
06.07.21-
Genomics
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A new compilation of data reveals real progress on CGIAR’s crop breeding transformation agenda. …
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Identifying market segments and aligning breeding pipelines will focus CGIAR investments
05.07.21-
Big data
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Genomics
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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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Computer simulations are helping CGIAR breeders develop better varieties faster
30.06.21-
Big data
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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-
Big data
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Genomics
A bold new data management platform, the Enterprise Breeding System (EBS), is helping breeders har…
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Adult plant resistance (APR): the strategy to beat persistent pathogens
18.06.21-
Genomics
The three rust diseases, yellow (stripe) rust, black (stem) rust, and brown (left) rust occur…
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Techniques to enhance the genetic gain in crop breeding programs
10.06.21-
Genomics
Dr. Michael Baum, ICARDA’s Acting Deputy Director General for Research, Research Team Leader of Br…
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African breeding programs leap forward by accessing new genotyping data
09.06.21-
Big data
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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-
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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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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ICARDA’s New PhysioTron Facility Ready to unblock global phenotyping efforts
07.06.21-
Genomics
ICARDA is thrilled to present its new PhysioTron machine developed in collaboration with partner nat…
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Advances in breeding operations can help deliver vital varieties to smallholder farmers
03.06.21-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Public breeding operations teams serving lower income countries need to upgrade their skills and too…
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Scientists in Africa explore use of surrogate sires to improve small ruminant breeds
11.05.21-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
In Pullman, Washington, the director and reproductive biologist at the Center for Reproductive Biolo…
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