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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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IITA trains science messengers to promote agricultural research
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)23.09.22In a virtual seminar organized by IITA–CGIAR on 12 September, Program Manager of Biotech and Gen…
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NAGGW team to collaborate with IITA on mandate crops
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)23.09.22The Executive Director, National Agency for the Great Green Walls (NAGGW), Dr Yusuf Bukar, visited …
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Bunchy top disease emerges as new threat to East African bananas
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)23.09.22Africa’s leading banana production region is threatened by the invasive spread of the banana bunc…
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Tanzanian high school students request agricultural training from IITA
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)23.09.22“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn…
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IITA’s research intervention transforming Rwandan agriculture
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)23.09.22IITA–CGIAR in Rwanda contributes to agriculture technology through innovation generation in its…
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Muhogo Bora project validates socially inclusive model for selecting cassava seed entrepreneurs in Tanzania
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)23.09.22Twenty-nine farmers, extension agents, food processors, and food entrepreneurs participated in a tra…
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PICAGL-supported NABANA cassava variety at the heart of the Luhwindja agricultural fair
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)23.09.22The IITA–CGIAR Projet Intégré des Grand Lacs (PICAGL) participated in the agricultural fair or…
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IITA scientists train WFP Kano third-party warehouse managers on grain management best practices
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)23.09.22IITA–CGIAR and the World Food Program (WFP), Kano, conducted grain management and hermetic storag…
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MasAgro is “a gift for Africa”
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)23.09.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Between June 20-23, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) hosted its Board o…
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Modeling the optimal energy solutions for irrigation in Ethiopia
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)23.09.22Modeling the optimal energy solutions for irrigation in Ethiopia by Dawit Mekonnen and Hua Xie Open…
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Mail & Guardian: Governments are still not putting water security at the centre of the climate crisis
IWMI22.09.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
The climate crisis is a water crisis but governments around the world are still…
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Can we accelerate gender equality?
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)22.09.22-
Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
In an introductory essay for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2022 Goalkeepers report, Melind…
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Vietnam’s first ‘AGRITECHNICA ASIA Live’: An International Success
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)22.09.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
CAN THO, Vietnam, September 1, 2022) - Almost 4,000 attendees; 80 companies with machinery demonstra…
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Conserving the Rejoso watershed
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)22.09.22Private sector collaboration essential in achieving sustainability Rejoso watershed, at the foot of …
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Integrated initiative launches in Nepal, India and Bangladesh
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)21.09.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
CGIAR, in collaboration with government agencies and other relevant stakeholders, held country launc…
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Drought tolerant maize and use of forecasting in agriculture praised by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)21.09.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The work of maize and wheat scientists at CGIAR and the International Maize and Wheat…
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Connect Rural Areas with Digital Innovations to Unlock Climate Resilience for Hundreds of Millions of Farmers
CGIAR Initiative on Digital Innovation21.09.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Research shows that digital innovations can increase small-scale farmers’ incomes, boost the adopt…
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The quest for CGIAR innovations to reduce food system carbon footprints on a global scale
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)21.09.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Innovations from CGIAR defined the Green Revolution. For example, high-performing varieties of wheat…
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