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Eight food processing units to target malnutrition and poverty in South India’s hinterlands
20.01.20The facilities aim to create sustainable business opportunities around nutritious diets for tribal f…
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Addressing nutrition in Ethiopia: Changes, challenges and opportunities
15.01.20-
Nutrition
John McDermott, director of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health, refl…
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Tribute to Azage Tegegne, leading Ethiopian livestock scientist
14.01.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
It is with as much shock as sorrow that we report the untimely death of…
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New CGIAR dashboard shows results in a new light
13.01.20Interested in how CGIAR is contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Looking for mor…
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Hand-holding outgrowers to produce certified seed in drought-stricken Ghana – a model to emulate
13.01.20Access to quality seed remains a big challenge for farmers in Africa. With increasing drought…
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Roots, tubers and bananas key ingredients of a more sustainable food future
09.01.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A new report from the World Resources Institute points to ways in which roots, tubers…
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Livestock story-telling at ILRI—Part 2: Ekta Patel, Maasai ‘Fly Girl’
10.01.20-
Genomics
Ekta Patel (photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). The 2019 institutional program meeting of the Internat…
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ILRI and China’s Nanjing Agricultural University commit to deepen collaboration for livestock research and capacity development
19.11.19-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Chancellor Chen Ligen of Nanjing University with ILRI director general Jimmy Smith (photo credit: IL…
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New chickpea breeding protocol promises to bring down varietal development time from 12 years to 6 years
19.11.19-
Genomics
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Nutrition
Rapid Generation Advancement promises to be a simple yet cost effective solution ICRISAT’s chickpe…
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Consolidated efforts to modernize crop improvement in Ghana
11.11.19-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A Regional Coordinated Trial (RCT) is helping Cowpea Improvement Program in Ghana, thanks to Acceler…
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Modernizing NARS crop breeding programs for improved genetic gains in 14 countries
01.11.19-
Genomics
A course designed to modernize National Agricultural Research System (NARS) breeding programs for im…
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NARS partners in Asia pick up advanced groundnut breeding lines with market traits for their national trials
21.10.19-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Advanced breeding lines which included high-oleic groundnut and those with market-preferred kernel s…
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Impact study demonstrates Bt brinjal eggplant variety helps farmers in Bangladesh earn more with less pesticide
18.10.19-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Eggplant, known as brinjal in Bangladesh, is a high-value crop that is widely grown and consumed t…
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A fresh look at the genes behind grain weight in spring bread wheat
09.10.19-
Genomics
To meet the demand for wheat from a rising and quickly urbanizing population, wheat yields…
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Brisk promotion of improved groundnut and sorghum varieties to take adoption to the next level
04.10.19-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Five improved varieties of groundnut and three of sorghum with the best market traits were…
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Steering the seed revolving fund initiative to meet growing farmers’ demand for certified seed
04.10.19-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Adoption of new varieties can never be successful until efficient seed delivery systems are in…
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How do we estimate the consequences of global inaction on genetic diversity conservation, exchange, and use?
26.09.19-
Biodiversity
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Genomics
Target 2.5 of the SDGs calls for maintaining “the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants…
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How do we estimate the consequences of global inaction on genetic diversity conservation, exchange, and use?
26.09.19-
Biodiversity
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Genomics
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Target 2.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls for maintaining “the genetic diversi…
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Large-scale genomics will improve the yield, climate-resilience, and quality of bread wheat, new study shows
23.09.19-
Genomics
Using the full wheat genome map published in 2018, combined with data from field testing…
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Genomics delivers ‘super chickpea’ in record time
20.09.19-
Genomics
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Nutrition
Two improved varieties developed through genomics-assisted breeding are headed for Indian farms Indi…
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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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A few engineering breakthroughs that could (literally) transform Africa’s dairy systems and food security
12.09.19-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Antigen biosensor detector on a UV LASER ablated gold coated glass plate (Photo credit: Flickr/Clive…
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12 years of research on Tropical Legumes: 25 million smallholder farmers now grow improved varieties
06.09.19-
Genomics
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Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Over a period of 12 years (2007-2019), the Tropical Legumes projects led to the development…
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Scientists test an experimental vaccine against malignant catarrhal fever at ILRI’s Kapiti Research Station
04.09.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Genomics
Livestock grazing at Kapiti Research Station (Photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu) The annual mig…
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