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Famine in Gaza
CGIAR18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
CGIAR14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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How to implement "innovation portfolio management" in a public R&D organization
CGIAR07.03.24To feed and nourish ten billion people by mid-century, and to do so sustainably, our…
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Invest in women, ignite change in food systems
CGIAR05.03.24By Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR Executive Managing Director On this International Women’s Day, we celeb…
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New report: CGIAR's Transformative Crop Technologies Drive $1.3 Trillion Impact
CGIAR27.02.24The cumulative impact of CGIAR-related crop technologies reached US$1,334 billion from 1961 to 2020,…
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Urban wetlands and the built environment: how Colombo’s green spaces enhance city life
IWMI02.02.24-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombo must justify the renewal of its Ramsar Wetland City status this year. Has the…
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How CGIAR maize breeding is improving the world's major staple crop for tropical regions
CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding20.04.23By Prasanna Boddupalli, Director, CGIAR Global Maize Program, CIMMYT & CGIAR Global Maize Breedi…
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A new paper on seaweed explores its potential in nourishing low- and middle-income nations
WorldFish20.04.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Globally, seaweed production has grown by nearly 75 percent in the past decade. What started…
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FAO Status of Women in Agrifood Systems report: Reflecting on a decade of measuring progress in women’s empowerment
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)19.04.23by Agnes Quisumbing OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 I was recently in Rome attending the April…
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Landmark Partnership Guarantees Long-term Support For Globally Important Collections of Beans and Forages
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)18.04.23This landmark agreement delivers perpetual, guaranteed funding to conserve the beans and forages col…
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We must build food system resilience before the next crisis
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)17.04.23by Katrina Kosec and Johan Swinnen OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 In February 2022, news of…
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Genetic gains in Uganda maize breeding are strong – and heading for improvement
CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding17.04.23-
Big data
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
In the face of complex climate risks in Uganda, maize breeders are ensuring smallholder farmers…
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Towards gender and climate resilience and adaptation for Khmer youth in Vietnam
International Potato Center (CIP)17.04.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
To provide a platform for co-learning and share ideas and opinions from the perspectives of…
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Transforming Kenya’s Food Systems and Establishing a Science-Policy Interface
CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies14.04.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Key messages The Government of Kenya has prioritized a bottom-up approach and seeks innovative polic…
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Developing a National Strategy for Advancing Feed and Forage Resources in Tunisia
CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology14.04.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
CGIAR innovations via ICARDA considered as key pillars of the strategy. Authors of this blog:…
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2023 Global Food Policy Report calls for rethinking food crisis responses
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)13.04.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
April 13, 2023, Washington, D.C. The 2023 Global Food Policy Report, released by the International…
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Reforming Global Aid and Finance Would Make Ending Hunger an ‘Affordable Goal’, Finds New Report
CGIAR13.04.23Experts call for more and longer-term funding to tackle systemic causes of hunger and break…
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The power of mentorship in empowering next-generation leaders
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)13.04.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Mentorship plays a fundamental role in the lives of young people, providing them with the…
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Reduced-tillage potato cultivation as a sustainable organic farming practice
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)13.04.23-
Biodiversity
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Food security
On-farm demonstration trials using organic reduced tillage and rice straw mulching for potato crops …
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New lab services and systems set to launch in early 2023
CGIAR Initiative on Breeding Resources12.04.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
To produce better crop varieties faster, breeding programs need to adopt the best services and…
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Training Tomorrow’s Agri-experts in Sudan
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)12.04.235th of March 2023- Wad Madani, Gezira Station, Sudan CGIAR and Sudan’s Agricultural Research Coorp…
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Patrick Caron Appointed Vice Chair of CGIAR System Board
CGIAR12.04.23CGIAR is pleased to announce that current System Board member, Patrick Caron, has been appointed Vi…
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CGIAR and Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development promote direct seeding to transform Mekong Delta
CGIAR Initiative on Excellence in Agronomy12.04.23-
Adaptation
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Food security
The CGIAR Initiatives on Excellence in Agronomy and Asian Mega-Deltas, in cooperation with the Depar…
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What can Bengaluru learn from Vietnam’s agricultural revolution?
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)12.04.23-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Leading agricultural economist from Vietnam highlights the ways their national government reformed t…
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