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IRRI scientist honored with Borlaug Field Award for her work on farmer engagement and empowerment
20.09.23-
Food security
LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES (September 19, 2023) – International Rice Research Institute (IRRI…
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Smart investments in agricultural innovation can propel Africa towards food security
07.09.23Photo: suheyp / Adobe Stock By: Lindiwe Agnes Kalibata, Lindiwe Majele Sibanda Transforming food sys…
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Climate-Smart Food Systems are Essential in A Burning World
07.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
By Mr. Aly Abousabaa, ICARDA Director General and CGIAR Regional Director CWANA. Climate scientists …
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Joint Statement from CGIAR System Board and ICRISAT Board Chairs
30.08.23Following the April 2023 resolution by the Governing Board of the International Crops Research Insti…
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Buffalo dairy value chain in Nepal showing symptoms of change
17.08.23-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On 20 July 2023, a team from the CGIAR initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity (SAPLING)…
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Inclusive Agribusiness: Transforming the Landscape for Women and Youth in Agriculture
17.08.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
In Africa, women's contributions to agriculture are immense, as they form the largest share of…
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Reviewing the impacts of microplastics on aquatic food safety in Bangladesh
07.06.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Dried fish is a staple of food in Bangladesh. In the coastal South Asian nation,…
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Diagram links physiological traits of wheat for yield potential
25.05.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
A generalized wiring diagram for wheat, as proposed by the authors. The diagram depicts the…
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How ladybugs and disease-killing microbes can help reduce agriculture’s carbon footprint
17.05.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
By Kris A.G. Wyckhuys Given that agriculture is a major contributor to climate change, measuring…
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Protecting plant health for food and nutritional security
12.05.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Robust and resilient agrifood systems begin with healthy crops. Without healthy crops the food secur…
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Just launched: CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions
05.05.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
A new Research Initiative from CGIAR, which aims to re-imagine and co-create nature-positive food sy…
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How crop breeding can benefit the environment
04.05.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Modern agricultural practices have enabled food production to meet — and even outpace — demands…
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Appropriate technology, revisited
29.04.22-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health & biodiversity
For decades, farmers in the American corn belt have been battling a persistent and elusive…
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Svalbard ‘doomsday’ vault receives additional ICARDA seed samples
17.04.22-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
In an effort to further safeguard critically important biodiversity to strengthen the climate resili…
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Innovating with Roots, Tubers and Bananas
11.04.22-
Biodiversity
We are delighted to announce the publication of the book “Root, Tuber and Banana Food…
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Food for Nourishment, Food for Empowerment
06.04.22-
Biodiversity
One book empowered an entire community. The quest began as a desire to showcase the…
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A Green Light for Desert Farming Collaboration
04.04.22-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
At a recent KIADPAI/CGIAR side-event during the 7th International Date Palm Conference in Abu Dhabi,…
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The Future Seeds LEED Certification
04.04.22-
Biodiversity
Future Seeds is the first ever genebank building in the world built with the goal…
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WorldFish pilots last-mile feed business models to boost aquaculture in Zambia
31.03.22-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Smallholder fish farmers in Zambia face a myriad of challenges, but one of their biggest…
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Protecting Scarce Dryland Water
22.03.22-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
ICARDA is grateful to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Fores…
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Deadlock over UN treaty for high seas keeps developing countries at a disadvantage
19.03.22-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
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Gender equality
The livelihoods of millions worldwide continue to be at risk after UN Member States failed…
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Ground-breaking new genebank unveiled in Colombia to help climate proof food systems across the tropics
15.03.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
The world’s largest genetic library for beans, cassava and tropical forages has been officially op…
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Farmers Can Get Ahead of Locust Swarms
09.03.22-
Biodiversity
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Food security
ICARDA is grateful to the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture and JDC-GRID for…
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Aquatic foods offer a sea of opportunities to combat climate change
03.03.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
WorldFish’s research and innovation in climate-resilient and sustainably managed aquatic food syst…
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