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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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New research initiative to address challenges facing Tanzania’s dairy and poultry sectors launched
14.06.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Tanzania has some of the largest livestock herds and flocks in Africa, comprising 34 million…
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Launching workshop of new research initiative to address challenges facing Mali’s small ruminant value chain
09.06.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Livestock farming is practiced by at least 80% of the rural population and plays a…
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ILRI marks World Food Safety Day 2022 with a focus on food safety research for better health
07.06.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
To commemorate this year’s World Food Safety Day (7 June) under the theme Safer food,…
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Safer food for everyone: How CGIAR brings food safety research to markets where the health burden is highest
06.06.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
There is no food security without food safety. But every day, billions of people eat…
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Shedding light on African livestock systems' greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate their environmental impact
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
Ruminants play a vital role in the economic and nutritional fabric of sub-Saharan Africa. However,…
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Enhancing livelihood opportunities from buffalo value chains - the focus of the CGIAR animal productivity initiative in Nepal
02.06.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
Buffalo cow in Nepal (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan) Buffalo are well-suited to Nepal’s lowla…
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New study provides the first detailed report on the occurrence of the tick-borne parasite Babesia bovis in cattle in Kenya
02.06.22-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
Tick-borne diseases pose a significant threat to smallholder livestock keeping in Kenya and the East…
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Advancing Food Systems Transformation in Kenya
27.05.22In a complicated and uncertain world, identifying strategies for building policy coherence and respo…
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Investigating pathogens in wildlife in Kenya to tackle neglected zoonoses
17.05.22-
Health
Wild animals harbour many pathogens that can infect livestock and people. Because of this, epidemiol…
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The Kenyan dairy and poultry sectors to benefit from a new research initiative
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
The livestock sector in Kenya is vital to peoples’ livelihoods. Many households depend on the…
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ILRI scientist Delia Grace wins 2022 Arrell Global Food Innovation Award for research innovation
05.05.22-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
We congratulate Delia Grace, professor of food safety systems at the Natural Resources Institute and…
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Risk-based and One Health approaches for improved food safety in Africa
04.05.22-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
The rapid evolution of global food safety systems in response to population growth, urbanization, cl…
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New research offers insights on bridging the gap between policy and reality in Kenya’s informal milk sector
14.04.22-
Health
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Nutrition
Effective communication and constructive dialogue on inclusive ways forward between policy-makers an…
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New multi-stakeholder platform to promote strategic approaches in climate-smart agriculture in Kenya
06.04.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
One of the biggest challenges in taking effective and sustainable climate action is the lack…
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Experts discuss the impact of climate change on tick-borne pathogens in western, central and eastern Africa
15.03.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Africa is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, impacting the emergence, re-emergence …
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A new model of pathogen transmission in developing urban landscapes
15.03.22-
Health
Scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, the Uni…
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Improved forages empower smallholder women livestock keepers in Kenya and Ethiopia
09.03.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Climate change is a global challenge that burdens all humanity, but not equally. The rural…
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Mazingira Centre – a role model for environmental research infrastructure in Africa
09.03.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Climate change threatens the livelihoods of millions of people in Africa. The rise in global…
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