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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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The missing seed market: Promoting improved seeds for women farmers
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)27.02.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
In Ethiopia, a World Bank study found that female farm managers produce 23 percent less yield per…
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Livestock’s future: An opportunity not a threat
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)27.02.19-
Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The World Economic Forum’s Shaping the Future initiative published a white paper prepared by ILRI…
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Livestock’s future: An opportunity not a threat
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)26.02.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The World Economic Forum’s Shaping the Future initiative published a white paper prepared by the…
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Humanitarians struggle to address environment: ‘It’s nice but it’s not crucial’
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)25.02.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
With growing stress on natural resources, emergency workers have begun to examine their intervention…
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Forest dwellers face mass evictions, as species extinction threatens global food supply
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)25.02.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Forests News delves into headlines from around the globe: Millions of forest dwellers face eviction…
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Biodiversity loss threatens future of food
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)25.02.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
The precious biodiversity that sustain our food systems is in decline, according to first-ever glo…
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Assessing the effectiveness of a “wheat holiday” for preventing blast by examining alternative crops in the lower Gangetic plains
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)22.02.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Wheat blast — one of the world’s most devastating wheat diseases — is moving swiftly into ne…
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Can Sub-Saharan Africa Feed Itself? A New Entry Point to An Old Question.
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)21.02.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
This post originally appeared in African Leadership Magazine Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself: Th…
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Groundwater and sustainable development
IWMI21.02.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
New reports heighten awareness of an urgent imperative.…
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The genetic improvement of cowpea: Develop high-yielding varieties
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)21.02.19-
Nutrition
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals is working on genetic improvement of…
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Launching today—CGIAR Antimicrobial Resistance Hub
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)21.02.19-
Environmental health
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Health
Launching today in Kenya is a CGIAR AMR Hub for powering global, national and local…
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New research partnership to tackle the global problem of antimicrobial resistance
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)21.02.19-
Health
To tackle the growing problem of rising antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries…
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Does aflatoxin stunt child growth? Evidence from the first randomized trial
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)21.02.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Current evidence on the link between aflatoxin and stunting is limited to observational research. A…
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AfricaRice Science Week 2019 adopts a forward-looking perspective
AfricaRice19.02.19-
Food security
Over five days, more than 70 participants, consisting mainly of AfricaRice scientists, as well as…
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Lawrence Haddad on the ‘Great Food Transformation’ promoted by the EAT Lancet ‘planetary health diet’
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)19.02.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Cutlery, by Yusuke Yonezu. Lawrence Haddad, executive director of the Global Alliance for Improved …
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Rethinking the food system to tackle triple burden of malnutrition
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry19.02.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
The global narrative on food security and nutrition is not new: 1 billion people go…
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New infographics illustrate impact of wheat blast
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)18.02.19-
Food security
Wheat blast is a fast-acting and devastating fungal disease that threatens food safety and security…
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Water security for sustainable dryland development
IWMI18.02.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The search for options to boost water productivity…
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