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Four Essential Podcasts Featuring Dr. Ismahane Elouafi: Science, Systems, and the Future of Food
29.04.25In an era marked by mounting crises—climate extremes, deepening inequality, and growing food insec…
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The Road to Ending Malnutrition: How the Paris N4G Summit Sparked a Global Call to Action
17.04.25The Paris Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit brought global leaders and organizations together in a…
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Ismahane Elouafi on TIME100 list of the most influential people in the world
16.04.25CGIAR is delighted to announce that CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Ismahane Elouafi has been nam…
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Harvesting Collaboration for Food Security. CGIAR Science Week Closes.
14.04.2511th April, Nairobi, Kenya: After a remarkable week of science, innovation, and cementing of partner…
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MEDIA RELEASE | New CGIAR flagship report translates insights into impact for food systems in crisis
14.04.25Nairobi, Kenya, 14 April 2025 – With food systems under strain from climate change, conflict,…
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Science Week Opens: A Leap Forward in Science Collaboration for Food Security
08.04.257th April, Nairobi, Kenya: Science Week was launched today by Special Guest H.E. Musalia Mudavadi,…
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IFPRI mentorship journeys: Providing advice and research support for Malawi agriculture students
28.09.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY SANDRA FRÖBE-KALTENBACH AND CYNTHIA KAZEMBE First in a two-part series on IFPRI Malawi’s Bund…
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Seven villages, 700 women, one story: Plant nurseries in Niger are changing lives
25.09.20-
Gender equality
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Health
A group of women across four regions of south-western Niger have grown 84,000 trees to…
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Striding towards streamlined crop improvement programs
25.09.20-
Food security
To better accomplish its mission by providing improved crop varieties to smallholder farmers, ICRISA…
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Resilient, inclusive aquatic foods systems key to tackling climate change and COVID-19, say researchers
25.09.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Employing a systems approach to build the resilience of all actors in aquatic food systems…
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Food market stability: A necessary step for global social and environmental sustainability
24.09.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
BY PABLO ELVERDIN, MARTIN PIÑEIRO, VALERIA PIÑEIRO, ESTEFANIA PURICELLI, MARCELO REGUNAGA AND…
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Kenya adopts ‘Rice Sector Development Hub’ approach to achieve rice self sufficiency
23.09.20-
Food security
Rice is one of the priority crops in the Big4 Agenda in Kenya and a…
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Promoting nonfarm businesses in Papua New Guinea can improve rural diets
22.09.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
BY GRACIE ROSENBACH AND EMILY SCHMIDT Rural nonfarm enterprises (NFEs) can provide a variety of ben…
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CIMMYT and IITA collaborate to increase adoption of conservation agriculture in southern Africa
21.09.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International Maize and Wheat Imp…
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Catch-up growth cannot undo damage from undernutrition
20.09.20-
Nutrition
Linear growth retardation is a widely used marker of undernutrition. While the development community…
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Sustainability of food systems: Five steps beyond the EAT-Lancet report
19.09.20-
Food security
A new paper highlights five areas of research and action that require more attention if…
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Seed consortium to bring improved sorghum to Indian farmers post rains
18.09.20-
Gender equality
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Health
To make quality seeds of improved sorghum easily accessible, a consortium of institutions is taking…
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WorldFish’s Shakuntala Thilsted joins experts to lead UN Food Systems Summit
18.09.20-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
WorldFish’s Program Leader for Value Chains and Nutrition Shakuntala Thilsted was appointed a…
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Bihar State in India to Promote Biofortified Crops to Address Nutrition Security
17.09.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
The Government of Bihar, India’s third most populous state, is making a major commitment to…
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Optimism for sustainable peatland agriculture is here - and growing
17.09.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
Due to El Niño events, the rainfall pattern in Indonesia has changed. During the dry season, rain…
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How contour bunding and other technologies can reduce soil erosion and raise productivity in African watersheds
16.09.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
Communities inhabiting Africa's drylands frequently suffer from torrential floods and recurrent drou…
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Tackling agricultural water pollution – a 21st-century challenge
16.09.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
Agriculture is critical to the economies of developing countries. It is the basic source of…
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CGIAR breeding programs need more than just tech upgrades. They need change management
15.09.20-
Food security
By Hugo Campos, CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB) / International Potato Centre (CIP) The statu…
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COVID-19: The virus will mostly spare young children; the economic crisis will not
14.09.20-
Health
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Nutrition
BY MARIE RUEL AND DEREK HEADEY As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread and persist, disrupting…
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