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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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Impact stories attracting more agricultural investment from DR Congo and donors in 2022 – IITA DG
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)20.01.22“Telling the stories of the impact agricultural research is making in Africa can only generate…
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Are energy transitions a risk or opportunity for climate security? What the experts say
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)20.01.22Alice Taylor and Stefan Boessner The global energy system is at the centre of two…
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IITA DG Nteranya Sanginga becomes Yoruba Chief
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)20.01.22IITA Director General Dr Nteranya Sanginga was conferred with the chieftaincy title of Aare Afur…
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Tanzanian Minister pledges support for IITA’s research and capacity building efforts
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)20.01.22Tanzania’s Agriculture Minister, Hon. Prof Adolph Mkenda, has expressed his appreciation for the s…
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AKILIMO goes to prison
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)20.01.22The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) recently organized sensitization training in a corr…
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IITA joins with Tanzania’s Ministry of Agriculture to organize starch stakeholders’ meeting to expand cassava commercialization
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)20.01.22As part of efforts to realize the national cassava commercialization strategy, IITA, through the BES…
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Minister lauds five-year program in Northern Tanzania for which IITA provided technical support
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)20.01.22The Tanzania Minister of Agriculture, Hon Prof Adolph Mkenda, has praised the efforts and impacts…
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SEFAN/SWEAN project stakeholders hold roundtable in Abuja
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)20.01.22A two-day round table of stakeholders in Agriculture Technical Vocational Education and Training (AT…
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STEP Agri-Competition: IITA encourages participation of younger generation in agriculture
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)20.01.22To attract, retain, and change the perception of young people about agriculture, the Start Them Ear…
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IITA Tree Heritage Park accredited by ARBNET
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)20.01.22The IITA Tree Heritage Park (THP), located within the campus of the International Institute of…
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NEMEDUSSA Consortium Advancing Nematology Education in Sub-Sahara Africa
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)20.01.22To develop the research and educational capacity in Sub-Sahara Africa in the field of nematology,…
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BASICS-II and AGRA to collaborate in scaling cassava seed systems in Nigeria
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)20.01.22The Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, phase 2 (BASICS-II) project…
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Climate migration and social transformation: embracing complexity
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)20.01.22-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
Unpredictable rainfall patterns, droughts and floods linked to climate change are increasingly drivi…
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Scientific evidence shows eating millets leads to better growth in children
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)19.01.22Researchers examining the nutritional benefits of millets have found that these “smart foods” ca…
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Farmers in southern Mali dial ‘S’ for success
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)19.01.22Sènèkèla/Sandji mobile-based services make climate and agro-advisory information available to far…
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Climate change slows wheat breeding progress for yield and wide adaptation, new study finds
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)18.01.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Nearly four decades of repeated crossing and selection for heat and drought tolerance have greatly…
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Crop breeders in eastern Africa modernize to end regional hunger
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)14.01.22-
Food security
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Nutrition
A quiet transformation is underway at the Kenya Agriculture & Livestock Research Organisation (…
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Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit: Leveraging Japanese knowledge to address global health and nutrition challenges
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)14.01.22-
Health
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Nutrition
BY SWATI MALHOTRA,FUTOSHI YAMAUCHI AND HIROYUKI TAKESHIMA As many developing countries face enormous…
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