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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Kenya’s ICT Cabinet Secretary: Data is ‘key’ to smart farming
12.10.18-
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Addressing hundreds of participants at the 2018 Global CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture…
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AfricaRice Annual Report 2017 focuses on effective targeting of research to respond to stakeholder needs
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AfricaRice is pleased to announce the release of its Annual Report 2017, themed ‘More effective…
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Decoding the Data Ecosystem: Big Data in Agriculture Convention of 2018 & Inspire Challenge Grant Winners
07.10.18-
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The CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture is hosting its second annual congress —…
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Training on digital seed roadmap use enables delivery of quality seeds to smallholder farmers
25.09.18-
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Timely access to quality seeds by smallholder farmers is a major enabler for agriculture in…
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Global Research Consortium Partners with Mobile Sector Leader DIAL to Unlock Digital Agriculture Innovation
17.09.18-
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How can mobile network data help build stronger, more resilient food systems worldwide? This is…
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ICRISAT awarded Microsoft’s AI for Earth grant to promote environmental sustainability
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As part of its worldwide AI for Earth program, Microsoft has recently announced grants to…
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Digital Tools Paving the Way for a Better Future
04.09.18-
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One of CGIAR’s largest, long-term funders and knowledge partners is the United States Agency for…
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Relevant data management support when you need it: The CIAT-CCAFS Data Management Support Pack
22.08.18-
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The data management teams of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the CGIAR…
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How soil scientists can do a better job of making their research useful
15.08.18-
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This post originally appeared in The Conversation in light of the 21st World Congress on Soil…
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USAID case study highlights CIAT’s data-driven agronomy work
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An overview of how CIAT is using data analytics to help farmers make better on-farm…
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Aligning needs with solutions: Data-driven agricultural innovation for Vietnam’s farmers
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Vietnam's technology innovators and farmers convened at a workshop to gain a deeper appreciation of…
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If Mary has a little lamb, who should know about it?
12.06.18-
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect on May 25, enforcing new guidelines…
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If Mary has a little lamb, who should be in the know?
08.06.18-
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The GDPR and data science for agricultural development are at odds when it comes to…
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Data cleaning, the unsexy but essential aspect of data science
07.06.18-
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Data science involves creating models that can predict the future, such as what the yields…
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The Global Biodiversity Informatics Outlook: delivering biodiversity knowledge in the information age
22.05.18-
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The Global Biodiversity Informatics Outlook is a new framework to deliver biodiversity knowledge. Fi…
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Harmonizing crop trait data: Crop Ontology
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Crop Ontology provides scientists and breeders with a common language that describes crop phenotypes…
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Breaking Ground: Lorena Gonzalez fast-forwards action on hunger using technology
17.05.18-
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Intrigued by the unique relationship food crops have to their geographical environment, Lorena Gonza…
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Workshop on data management in agriculture
10.05.18-
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PhenoHarmonIS workshop 2018 on harmonization of germplasm, phenotypic and agronomic data for plants…
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