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Over USD 142 million pledged at COP30 to advance CGIAR’s mission of a food-secure future
CGIAR15.11.25COP30 Delegates at the Embrapa/Gates Foundation Innovation Showcase The United Kingdom, Belgium, Den…
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Brazil's Cop30 summit has high hopes for the planet - but will it signal a green future?
CGIAR Press Office12.11.25CGIAR Executive Managing Director Ismahane Elouafi explains in an article in The National ahead of…
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New CGIAR Evidence Sets Out Blueprint for a Low-Carbon, Regenerative and Equitable Food System Transition at COP30
Climate Action Science Program10.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
As countries prepare to gather in Belém for COP30, CGIAR today launched seven new evidence-based…
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Join Ismahane Elouafi at the CNN Global Perspectives - Soil to Scale event
CGIAR Press Office05.11.25Join Ismahane Elouafi discussing pathways to resileint food systems in Africa at the CNN Soil…
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Why we show up at climate COPs: Bridging local reality with global ambition
Climate Action Science Program04.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
By Ma. Eliza J. Villarino, Rhys Bucknall-Williams, Laura Cramer, and Chiara Colombo Every yea…
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Bridging knowledge systems: Indigenous practices for sustainable foodways
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)21.10.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Indigenous peoples’ food systems have existed for millennia: far longer than the industrialised fo…
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How do you provide healthy, sustainable food for world of the future?
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)14.11.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
New partnership with global agriculture research giant to focus on tackling challenge of health, env…
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Consolidated efforts to modernize crop improvement in Ghana
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)11.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
A Regional Coordinated Trial (RCT) is helping Cowpea Improvement Program in Ghana, thanks to Acceler…
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Spotlight on crop diversity as ICRISAT’s Genebank holds inaugural field day
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)11.11.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Cutting across disciplines of crop research, scientists gathered at ICRISAT to observe and evaluate …
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Modernizing NARS crop breeding programs for improved genetic gains in 14 countries
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)01.11.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A course designed to modernize National Agricultural Research System (NARS) breeding programs for im…
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Sorghum flour with high shelf life hits Nigerian markets
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)25.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
In a first-of-its-kind enterprise in Nigeria, a large-scale flour mill has come up with processed…
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Positive impacts from 6 CGIAR Centers coming together to implement a range of climate-smart on-farm technologies
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)25.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
A package of climate-smart technologies implemented by a consortium of CGIAR centers has resulted in…
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CGIAR’s Inspire Challenge Awards Over US$ 1 million to Big Data Innovations
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)25.10.19-
Big data
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Gender equality
Over US$ 1 million worth of grants were awarded to eight winners of the Inspire…
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Investing in education, research and innovation for climate-smart crops in India
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)25.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
To strengthen the competencies of Indian scientists in climate change-related topics and to foster a…
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Building trust is key for Big Data to deliver benefits to farmers
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)18.10.19-
Big data
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Food security
More than 650 policymakers, agriculture researchers and data experts met to discuss how building tru…
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NARS partners in Asia pick up advanced groundnut breeding lines with market traits for their national trials
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)18.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Advanced breeding lines which included high-oleic groundnut and those with market-preferred kernel s…
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Tribal women farmers train to be ‘nutrition entrepreneurs’ to contribute to healthier community diets
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)11.10.19-
Gender equality
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Health
The hands that farm the fields and cook the family meals are now taking on…
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Brisk promotion of improved groundnut and sorghum varieties to take adoption to the next level
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)04.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Five improved varieties of groundnut and three of sorghum with the best market traits were…
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Steering the seed revolving fund initiative to meet growing farmers’ demand for certified seed
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)04.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Health
Adoption of new varieties can never be successful until efficient seed delivery systems are in…
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An in-depth look at ICRISAT’s engagement in West Africa
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)27.09.19-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
Governing Board meeting in Senegal: The strategic plan for 2020 and beyond As members of…
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Equipping researchers with tools for geospatial and remote sensing data analysis
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)23.09.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
A recent capacity-building exercise conducted in Nigeria trained a multidisciplinary team of researc…
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Genomics delivers ‘super chickpea’ in record time
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)20.09.19-
Nutrition
Two improved varieties developed through genomics-assisted breeding are headed for Indian farms Indi…
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Forage sorghum hybrid hailed as a landmark cultivar in India
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)13.09.19-
Food security
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Health
A new sorghum hybrid developed using ICRISAT breeding material was recently given special recognitio…
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Farmers’ demand for labor-friendly chickpea bears fruit: 2 more machine-harvestable varieties released in India
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)13.09.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
For the first time, the Central Varietal Release Committee (CVRC) of India has released two…
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