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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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Industry plans to reach consumers with high oleic groundnut oil in 2-3 years
17.01.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Two new groundnut varieties with more than 78% oleic acid have captured the attention of…
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Eight food processing units to target malnutrition and poverty in South India’s hinterlands
17.01.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
The facilities aim to create sustainable business opportunities around nutritious diets for tribal f…
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How Uganda’s millet drink ‘bushera’ saw a revival and India’s peanut ‘chikki’ went to Zambia
10.01.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
If school children in Uganda have taken to a super-nutritious traditional fermented millet drink cal…
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Hand-holding outgrowers to produce certified seed in drought-stricken Ghana – a model to emulate
10.01.20-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Access to quality seed remains a big challenge for farmers in Africa. With increasing drought…
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A prototype for massive-scale capacity building for farmers
03.01.20-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
A massive capacity building initiative involving elaborate logistical arrangements covering all the …
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Pre-breeding efforts for better traits in pigeonpea
27.12.19-
Climate
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Annual Review Meeting of GCDT-ICRISAT collaborative research project and participation in Pigeonpea …
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New CGIAR ‘GENDER’ Platform and investment announced to build more inclusive agricultural benefits and greater food security in developing countries
19.12.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Nairobi, Kenya, 18 December 2019 — CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future,…
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Key technology for biofortification goes online
13.12.19-
Big data
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Biodiversity
Online platform opens up easy access to x-ray fluorescence testing at ICRISAT To support development…
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New dual-purpose pearl millet shows promise as excellent fodder in Niger
06.12.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Two varieties of dual-purpose (food and fodder) pearl millet were shown to increase weight and…
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African Plant Breeders Association launched in Ghana
06.12.19-
Biodiversity
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
The African Plant Breeders Association (APBA) was launched recently to bring together plant breeders…
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Putting new-age agronomy to test in Indian farms
22.11.19-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
A group of farmers in India’s Telangana state is breaking new ground in their farms…
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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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How do you provide healthy, sustainable food for world of the future?
14.11.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
New partnership with global agriculture research giant to focus on tackling challenge of health, env…
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Consolidated efforts to modernize crop improvement in Ghana
11.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
A Regional Coordinated Trial (RCT) is helping Cowpea Improvement Program in Ghana, thanks to Acceler…
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Spotlight on crop diversity as ICRISAT’s Genebank holds inaugural field day
11.11.19-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Cutting across disciplines of crop research, scientists gathered at ICRISAT to observe and evaluate …
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Modernizing NARS crop breeding programs for improved genetic gains in 14 countries
01.11.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
A course designed to modernize National Agricultural Research System (NARS) breeding programs for im…
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Sorghum flour with high shelf life hits Nigerian markets
25.10.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
In a first-of-its-kind enterprise in Nigeria, a large-scale flour mill has come up with processed…
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Positive impacts from 6 CGIAR Centers coming together to implement a range of climate-smart on-farm technologies
25.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
A package of climate-smart technologies implemented by a consortium of CGIAR centers has resulted in…
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