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Decades of difference: Report shows impact of CGIAR agricultural research
17.03.19-
Environment
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Food Security
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Health
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Nutrition
Farmer Mercy Wambui measures rainfall in the Tana River watershed, Kenya. CGIAR research and innovat…
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Who sits at the table? Policy, people, and potatoes in Kenya
13.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Food Security
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Gender
Although it might seem surprising, many Kenyan farmers, entrepreneurs, and investors are intensely i…
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The Molecular Maize Atlas encourages genetic diversity
13.03.19-
Biodiversity
With so much germplasm to categorize, what’s the best way to label them? Seeds of…
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Palm oil’s complex land conflicts
13.03.19-
Environment
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Food Security
In an ideal world, palm oil production would cause no deforestation, and have a transparent…
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International Women’s Day 2019
08.03.19-
Gender
The 2019 theme for International Women’s Day, 8 March, is: “Think equal, build smart, innovate…
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Video: How gender equity and social inclusion are improving the lives of rural families in Africa
07.03.19-
Gender
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Prosperity
Women have the potential to be drivers of agricultural transformation in Africa, holding the key…
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Vania Azevedo: A Fighter for Plant Genetic Resources
08.03.19-
Biodiversity
ICRISAT’s Head of Genebank discusses her past work and shares her thoughts on the role…
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Collaborating to innovate for India’s agriculture research: ICAR – ICRISAT finalize 5-year action plan
31.01.19-
Biodiversity
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Environment
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Prosperity
Improved crops, nutrition-sensitive agriculture on the cards A five-year plan for Indian agricultu…
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Sehgal Foundation and Smart Food align to intensify efforts
28.01.19-
Food Security
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Nutrition
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Prosperity
Sehgal Foundation is aligning some big initiatives with the Smart Food Endowment Fund to help crea…
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Misuse of the term ‘empowerment’ in daily conversations
28.01.19-
Gender
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Prosperity
In a world where ‘gender integration’ or ‘gender mainstreaming’ is prioritised and practic…
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Can we beat the fall armyworm with lessons from India’s groundnut battle of the 80s?
25.01.19-
Food Security
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Prosperity
In the mid-80s, scientists battling the pest Spolit (Spodoptera litura) in India chanced upon an u…
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Extended partnership to deliver high-yielding, disease-resistant finger millet to farmers
23.01.19-
Environment
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Food Security
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Nutrition
Farmers can soon access finger millet varieties that not only withstand drought but are also…
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Africa and Asia come together to lead a global initiative to diversify staples
18.01.19-
Food Security
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Nutrition
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Prosperity
Leading agriculture organizations from Africa and Asia have joined hands to take on a bold…
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Now, get critical seed data in one click
18.01.19-
Big data
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Prosperity
A modern digital seed ‘catalog’ and seed ‘roadmap’ tool is now available for information abo…
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Two-fold increase in varietal adoption in seven years – a chickpea tale from Ethiopia
18.01.19-
Food Security
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Prosperity
Adoption of improved chickpea varieties increased more than two-fold in seven years, shows data from…
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Three new farmer-preferred sorghum varieties released in Malawi
18.01.19-
Biodiversity
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Food Security
Three new improved sorghum varieties have been released in Malawi after extensive trials. Pilira 3,…
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Pop sorghum, doughnuts and hammer mills: Nigerian teens see the fun side of agriculture
04.01.19-
Food Security
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Nutrition
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Prosperity
If the teenagers studying in a secondary school in Nigeria ever thought that agriculture was…
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Decoding increased disease and insect-pest attacks on crops
04.01.19-
Biodiversity
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Food Security
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Prosperity
ICRISAT reaches out to farmers in four Indian states With an aim to record the…
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Promoting dual-purpose sorghum and vegetable sack gardens for better nutrition in Mali
28.12.18-
Biodiversity
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Food Security
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Nutrition
Demonstration of improved, dual-purpose sorghum varieties and an innovative method called vegetable …
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Three new UN resolutions focus on plant health, pulses and food safety
28.12.18-
Climate
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Food Security
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Nutrition
The United Nations General Assembly has declared two new ‘International Days’ and one ‘Year’…
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Odisha to move beyond paddy, to focus on millets and legumes
24.12.18-
Food Security
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Nutrition
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Prosperity
Odisha plans to diversify its agriculture beyond popular cash crops with emphasis on legumes and…
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Making smallholder farmers more secure: ICRISAT’s contribution to climate research
11.12.18-
Climate
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Environment
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Prosperity
As nations from around the globe debate the impacts of climate change and discuss sustainable…
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Three weeks to make tastier, healthier crop residues for animal feed
23.11.18-
Biodiversity
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Environment
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Prosperity
A 21-day treatment process to improve the nutritive value as well as taste of crop…
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How ICRISAT saved a lifetime’s worth of water over just three years
23.11.18-
Environment
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Prosperity
ICRISAT-Patancheru has been saving over 100,000 liters of potable water every day since 2015. That…
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