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Bill Gates on CGIAR and Adapting to a Warmer World
12.02.21Climate change is going to force us to consider entirely new needs. We need to…
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Today’s Climate and Food Crises Can Only be Solved in Tandem
09.02.21Extreme weather driven by climate change, conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic are driving worsening …
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CGIAR Joins Forces with World Food Programme to Tackle Post-Pandemic Hunger
26.01.21-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN agency will work with CGIAR to bolster food systems amid…
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Investment into Research Must Double to Halt Climate and Food Crises by 2030
25.01.21-
Climate
World’s largest agricultural research partnership seeks to increase funding to $2 billion annually…
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Agricultural Research Unties the Gordian Knot
04.01.21-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Agricultural research and innovation to transform our food system is the only way to cut…
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How Africa can Lead the World in the COVID-19 Recovery
18.12.20-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Africa, compared to Asia, Europe and the US, has largely escaped the devastating death toll…
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Crop breeding and soil management must go hand in hand
08.12.20-
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There is a growing crisis beneath our feet. Scientists, soil specialists and policy-makers around th…
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Lancet Countdown 2020 report calls for governments to align global COVID-19 recovery with response to climate change
06.12.20-
Climate
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
The COVID-19 pandemic and climate change represent converging challenges to which no continent, coun…
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Crop breeding and soil management must go hand in hand
05.12.20-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Crop breeding is helping farmers in the developing world produce higher yields and better products…
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Bridging the gap between finance and action on World Soil Day
05.12.20-
Climate
Innovative ways to improve soil carbon accounting can support investment-oriented actions promoti…
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Too much or never enough
04.12.20-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Although nitrogen has helped in contributing to human dietary needs, there are still large areas o…
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Nitrogen in agriculture
04.12.20-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Nitrogen is the most essential nutrient in crop production but also one of the most…
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A deeper look at soil health on World Soil Day 2020
04.12.20-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
This Saturday, December 5th, is World Soil Day -- a day to celebrate soil, the…
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IFPRI book: What Africa can learn from Asia about agricultural mechanization
04.12.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN Agricultural mechanization has many benefits for developing countries: It raise…
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Embracing natural cycles for a sustainable food system
04.12.20-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
All farmers, whether they live in the chilly Ethiopian highlands or in the sun-baked plains…
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests country case study author: Sergio Macedo Gomes de Mattos
04.12.20-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH): The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable develop…
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Estimating the burden of child acute malnutrition accurately
03.12.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY FRANCISCO BARBA, LIEVEN HUYBREGTS AND JEF LEROY Across the world, 144 million children under…
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Reducing air pollution in China’s urban areas can improve local housing markets
03.12.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY MANUEL HERNANDEZ AND FRANCESCA EDRALIN China’s air pollution is among the worst in the…
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Protecting Soil, Protecting People
03.12.20Just a handful of soil contains the hundreds of thousands of microbes, bacteria and fungi…
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Use of scientific evidence for greater partnerships and better policies
02.12.20Discussion sessions with Nigerian Agriculture Minister “Concrete outcomes of research are indispen…
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Waves of disease, waves of poverty: New evidence on the economic impacts of COVID-19 in Myanmar
01.12.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY DEREK HEADEY, THAN ZAW OO, KRISTI MAHRT, XINSHEN DIAO, SOPHIE GOUDET AND ISABEL LAMBRECHT…
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Generic catchphrase or global commitment: What is women’s empowerment?
01.12.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Empowering all women and girls is among the global goals guiding international development efforts t…
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Three new drought-adapted ICARDA/ARIA wheat varieties released in Afghanistan
01.12.20ICARDA and the Agricultural Research Institute of Afghanistan (ARIA) have released three new Drought…
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Gender dynamics in seed systems development: Emerging research of critical importance
30.11.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
New PIM Synthesis Brief provides analysis of current issues and an outlook for future research…
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