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Agricultural solutions to tackle humanity’s climate crisis
06.12.19-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
More than 11,000 scientists signed on to a recent report showing that planet Earth is facing a…
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AfricaRice wins prestigious Al-Sumait Prize 2019
28.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
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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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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Recognizing the important role of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) in enhancing food security in…
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Network analysis reveals where to act effectively in seed systems
26.11.19-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
An innovative approach to seed systems, spearheaded by scientists working with the CGIAR Research Pr…
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New world map rates food sustainability for countries across the globe
25.11.19-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A global food system sustainability study builds the first map of its kind to score…
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IITA joins other CGIAR centers to provide support to rebuild Somalia’s Agriculture sector
22.11.19IITA and eight other CGIAR centers have met with officials from the Government of Somalia and…
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Advancing gender equality through agriculture and natural resource management
21.11.19-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
What does research reveal about how agriculture and natural resource management can advance gender e…
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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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CGIAR’s Inspire Challenge Awards Over US$ 1 million to Big Data Innovations
25.10.19-
Big data
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Over US$ 1 million worth of grants were awarded to eight winners of the Inspire…
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Investing in education, research and innovation for climate-smart crops in India
25.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
To strengthen the competencies of Indian scientists in climate change-related topics and to foster a…
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Building trust is key for Big Data to deliver benefits to farmers
18.10.19-
Big data
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
More than 650 policymakers, agriculture researchers and data experts met to discuss how building tru…
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NARS partners in Asia pick up advanced groundnut breeding lines with market traits for their national trials
18.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Advanced breeding lines which included high-oleic groundnut and those with market-preferred kernel s…
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Tribal women farmers train to be ‘nutrition entrepreneurs’ to contribute to healthier community diets
11.10.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
The hands that farm the fields and cook the family meals are now taking on…
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Brisk promotion of improved groundnut and sorghum varieties to take adoption to the next level
04.10.19-
Biodiversity
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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-
Biodiversity
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Adoption of new varieties can never be successful until efficient seed delivery systems are in…
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An in-depth look at ICRISAT’s engagement in West Africa
27.09.19-
Biodiversity
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Governing Board meeting in Senegal: The strategic plan for 2020 and beyond As members of…
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Equipping researchers with tools for geospatial and remote sensing data analysis
23.09.19-
Climate
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
A recent capacity-building exercise conducted in Nigeria trained a multidisciplinary team of researc…
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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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Forage sorghum hybrid hailed as a landmark cultivar in India
13.09.19-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A new sorghum hybrid developed using ICRISAT breeding material was recently given special recognitio…
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