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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
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CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has been officially accredited as an…
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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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Policy, people and potatoes in Kenya
14.03.19Although it might seem surprising, many Kenyan farmers, entrepreneurs, and investors are intensely i…
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Who sits at the table? Policy, people, and potatoes in Kenya
13.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
Although it might seem surprising, many Kenyan farmers, entrepreneurs, and investors are intensely i…
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Four agricultural innovations putting women ahead
04.03.19How do we ensure vulnerable populations (women, young and displaced people) play an active role…
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Climate change in agriculture: Could technology be the silver bullet?
13.12.18On the sidelines of the annual climate change discussions, experts reiterate urgency in developing a…
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Growing collaboration for the benefit of India’s farmers and families
12.12.18The International Potato Center (CIP) is involved in projects in several parts of India, but…
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Our Year in Review: the top 10 stories of 2018
12.12.18The post Our Year in Review: the top 10 stories of 2018 appeared first on…
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Key to a healthy, sustainable world: Partnership and collaboration in agriculture
16.11.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Is the world prepared to feed nearly 10 billion people by 2050? What role do…
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Press Release: CGIAR Celebrates World Food Prize’s Focus on Reducing Child Stunting through Nutrition
16.10.18-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
16 October 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Efforts must continue to be ramped up to tackle…
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Ambassador Kenneth Quinn on the challenge of feeding 9 billion people
15.10.18Booming population growth in the face of climate change is putting undue pressures on the…
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Remembering H.E. Kofi Annan: International statesman and champion of the poor
28.08.18The International Potato Center’s (CIP) management and staff were saddened by the news that H.E.…
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Tanzania unveils high iron beans under International Potato Center led initiative
28.06.18Tanzania has officially released two high-iron and zinc bean varieties. The Minister for Agriculture…
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Potato farmers in Uganda wait on new ‘Victoria’
13.06.18Victoria is a popular local potato variety in Uganda. Farmers love it because it is…
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A second climate smart agricultural revolution in the Andes
04.06.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Climate change is impacting the lives of potato farmers in the Andean region, intensifying damage…
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Adaptable, productive Unica: a potato for farmers around the world
25.05.18“Our business has grown a lot thanks to Unica,” he said, adding that because so…
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Excellence and Innovation in Sweetpotato: Communication for Change Award
18.05.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
The Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative has announced that the ‘Excellence and Innovatio…
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Scientists meet to tackle challenges facing root, tuber and banana seed systems
16.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Have you ever wondered what the potatoes, cassava, bananas and sweetpotatoes you eat are grown…
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Clean seed systems for roots, tubers and bananas: What can Tanzania learn from the US?
08.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Kwame Ogero of the International Potato Center takes an in-depth look at the National Clean…
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Accelerating potato and sweetpotato value chains with innovations in Kenya
03.05.18Since September 2015, a consortium of CGIAR centers—International Livestock Research Institute (IL…
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