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Unleashing Africa’s Agricultural Potential is Key to Food Security
30.11.22-
Food security
Africa is in a race against time on food security and the stakes could not…
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Wicked Problems Demand Systems Thinking and Innovation in Partnerships
28.11.22Humankind is at a crossroads. We are facing a perfect storm from a combination of…
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CGIAR Appoints Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda as System Board Chair, Effective January 2023
24.11.22Following the decision of Marco Ferroni to retire and step down from his position as…
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Claudia Sadoff on Transforming Food Systems - Devex COPcast
18.11.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As part of a series of COP27 podcasts, CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Claudia Sadoff, sat down…
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Reflections from COP27: How can CGIAR scientists be even more actively engaged in global climate processes?
18.11.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Authored by Aditi Mukherji, Director, CGIAR Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Impact Area Platform …
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Smallholder Farmers Need Immediate, Actionable Solutions Now Says CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy Initiative (EiA) at COP 27
17.11.22-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, November 17, 2022 – The CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy Initiative (EiA) h…
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Digital phenotyping technologies set to take off across CGIAR
08.12.21-
Big data
New and more accessible digital phenotyping technologies and methods can help breeding programs coll…
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ICRISAT awarded 2021 Africa Food Prize
08.09.21-
Food security
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Health
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has been awarded the …
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A year of many big impacts and landmark varietal releases
03.09.21-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
Surmounting all odds in 2020, ICRISAT with its ‘business as usual’ attitude was able to…
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ICRISAT’s plant health researchers mine genes to defend chickpea against a deadly pathogen
03.09.21-
Health
In their battle against dry root rot (DRR) of chickpea, a devastating fungal disease emerging…
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A monk’s souvenir that became pigeonpea’s crown jewel
27.08.21-
Biodiversity
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Health
ICP 7035, a landrace of pigeonpea from India is a rare line with resistance to…
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New high-yielding pigeonpea variety set for release in India, more to come
09.07.21Researchers from ARS Tandur, IIPR Kanpur and ICRISAT monitoring progress in collaborative projects. …
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Global Landscapes Forum Africa: Restoring Africa’s drylands needs a localized, integrated approach, say experts at the conference
11.06.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
At the recent GLF Africa: Restoring Africa’s Drylands Conference, thousands of restoration practit…
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Millets prove tasty solution to climate and food security challenges
04.06.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
A renewed focus on boosting the production of millets and highlighting their benefits, is critical…
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Burkina Faso releases its first pearl millet hybrid
03.06.21-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
High-yieldng, downy mildew-resistant and suitable for food and fodder. Developed by ICRISATand evalu…
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Dryland crop technology to rescue drought-hit crop-livestock farmers in Zimbabwe
21.05.21-
Food security
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Health
Climate change-induced droughts in Zimbabwe over the last two decades has hit resource-poor farmers …
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A good pearl millet hybrid gets even better
23.04.21-
Food security
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Health
A team of researchers in India has bettered an immensely popular pearl millet hybrid, HHB…
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Little millet that are big on nutrition and yield identified at ICRISAT
16.04.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
A team of researchers has zeroed in on little millet germplasm with high nutrients, high…
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Zimbabwe agriculture minister: Government, ICRISAT should unite against hunger, poverty and malnutrition
16.04.21-
Health
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Nutrition
Dr Anxious Masuka, Zimbabwe’s Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlem…
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Ghana farmers’ group raises groundnut yield five-fold with improved varieties, breaks three-decade productivity barrier
09.04.21-
Health
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Nutrition
Two improved groundnut varieties have helped a group of farmers in Ghana increase their yields…
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Malian farmers garner benefits of breeding initiatives, despite pandemic
26.03.21-
Food security
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Health
EU-APSAN-Mali project makes great strides in first year. More than 80,000 farmers, seed and grain…
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Building seed business hubs around women and youth in Tanzania
26.03.21-
Gender equality
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Health
Working with private seed companies, ICRISAT is helping integrate more women and youth into seed…
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UK Minister Lord Ahmad visits ICRISAT, discusses climate action
19.03.21-
Food security
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Health
Lord Tariq Ahmad, Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth in the UK…
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The European Commission hopes for greater collaboration to improve food and nutrition security
19.03.21-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Delegates from the European Commission to Mali expressed interest in exploring new opportunities for…
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