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Bill Gates on CGIAR and Adapting to a Warmer World
12.02.21Climate change is going to force us to consider entirely new needs. We need to…
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Today’s Climate and Food Crises Can Only be Solved in Tandem
09.02.21Extreme weather driven by climate change, conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic are driving worsening …
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CGIAR Joins Forces with World Food Programme to Tackle Post-Pandemic Hunger
26.01.21-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN agency will work with CGIAR to bolster food systems amid…
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Investment into Research Must Double to Halt Climate and Food Crises by 2030
25.01.21-
Climate
World’s largest agricultural research partnership seeks to increase funding to $2 billion annually…
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Agricultural Research Unties the Gordian Knot
04.01.21-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
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-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Africa, compared to Asia, Europe and the US, has largely escaped the devastating death toll…
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New genotyping services launched across CGIAR and partners
14.04.21-
Big data
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Genomics
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding has launched new low-cost, high throughput genotyping services, positio…
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International Livestock Research Institute scientists support Kenyan government to identify SARS-CoV-2 variants
31.03.21-
Genomics
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
In the Nairobi laboratories of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the organizati…
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In a water-challenged world, crop breeders must do more than go with the flow
24.03.21-
Climate
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Genomics
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
With water sources dwindling and harsher climate conditions on the rise, farmers in the developing…
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CIMMYT to dedicate historic wheat experimental station to Sanjaya Rajaram
18.03.21-
Genomics
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Nutrition
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) will rename one of its most historic…
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WorldFish opens Bangladesh’s first aquatic animal disease diagnostic lab
18.03.21-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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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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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
While aquaculture is a growing industry in Bangladesh, prevailing disease outbreaks in farmed fish a…
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Consider the seed
09.03.21-
Genomics
The conservation of plant genetic diversity through germplasm conservation is a key component of glo…
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WorldFish announces leadership team to guide 2030 strategy on aquatic food systems
03.03.21-
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 has announced a new, restructured leadership team to guide the implementation of its …
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Five big steps toward wheat self-sufficiency in Pakistan
23.02.21-
Genomics
Wheat is not just an essential part of the Pakistani diet, but also absolutely critical…
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First complete cytological characterization of the 2NvS translocation
23.02.21-
Genomics
As scientists study and learn more about the complicated genetic makeup of the wheat genome,…
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Breeding scientists are women of their word
09.02.21-
Genomics
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
If you had to choose one word that symbolizes “women in science,” what would it…
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Emerging Scientist: Laura Khor
02.02.21-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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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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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Laura Khor, a WorldFish Research Fellow, earned her Master of Science in Aquaculture from Universiti…
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Fast-tracked adoption of second-generation resistant maize varieties key to managing maize lethal necrosis in Africa
19.01.21-
Genomics
Scientists are calling for accelerated adoption of new hybrid maize varieties with resistance to mai…
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Four ways One CGIAR breeding programs can walk the talk on innovation
11.01.21-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
By Hugo Campos and Michael Quinn In the face of accelerated climate change, COVID-19 and…
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Announcing CIMMYT-derived fall armyworm tolerant elite maize hybrids for eastern and southern Africa
23.12.20-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is pleased to announce the successful …
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Genomics-assisted breeding delivers high-yielding, wilt resistant chickpea for commercial cultivation in central India
18.12.20-
Genomics
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Nutrition
A high-yielding and wilt resistant variety with a yield potential double to that of existing…
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10 Lessons from WHEAT in 2020
16.12.20-
Genomics
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Nutrition
The past year has been full of challenges but also full of insights. We invite…
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“Let there be food to eat”
09.12.20-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
“We want to feed the people, we don’t want them to go hungry. We have…
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National breeding programs prepped to measure – and boost – genetic gains
08.12.20-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
By adopting best practices and established modern tools, NARS (national agricultural research system…
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