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Four Essential Podcasts Featuring Dr. Ismahane Elouafi: Science, Systems, and the Future of Food
29.04.25In an era marked by mounting crises—climate extremes, deepening inequality, and growing food insec…
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The Road to Ending Malnutrition: How the Paris N4G Summit Sparked a Global Call to Action
17.04.25The Paris Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit brought global leaders and organizations together in a…
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Ismahane Elouafi on TIME100 list of the most influential people in the world
16.04.25CGIAR is delighted to announce that CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Ismahane Elouafi has been nam…
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Harvesting Collaboration for Food Security. CGIAR Science Week Closes.
14.04.2511th April, Nairobi, Kenya: After a remarkable week of science, innovation, and cementing of partner…
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MEDIA RELEASE | New CGIAR flagship report translates insights into impact for food systems in crisis
14.04.25Nairobi, Kenya, 14 April 2025 – With food systems under strain from climate change, conflict,…
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Science Week Opens: A Leap Forward in Science Collaboration for Food Security
08.04.257th April, Nairobi, Kenya: Science Week was launched today by Special Guest H.E. Musalia Mudavadi,…
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An in-depth look at ICRISAT’s engagement in West Africa
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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How do we estimate the consequences of global inaction on genetic diversity conservation, exchange, and use?
26.09.19-
Biodiversity
Target 2.5 of the SDGs calls for maintaining “the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants…
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How do we estimate the consequences of global inaction on genetic diversity conservation, exchange, and use?
26.09.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Target 2.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls for maintaining “the genetic diversi…
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An urgent need to put forests on the global agenda
26.09.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Open letter From Marc Palahí, Director EFI, Robert Nasi, Director General CIFOR and Tony Simons,…
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Farmers’ demand for labor-friendly chickpea bears fruit: 2 more machine-harvestable varieties released in India
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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Back from the brink of extinction
13.09.19-
Biodiversity
Long-term efforts to restore and conserve a collection of Israeli and Palestinian wheat landraces (I…
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Breeding future-ready crops: Incorporating key traits in breeding programs via product profiles
06.09.19-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Developing crop varieties that meet the needs of all stakeholders, with farmers, value chain actors…
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First ever high-yielding chickpea variety developed using marker-assisted backcrossing (MABC) released in Ethiopia
30.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Ethiopia has become the first country in the world to release such a chickpea variety…
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First ever high-yielding chickpea variety developed using marker-assisted backcrossing (MABC) released in Ethiopia
30.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Ethiopia has become the first country in the world to release such a chickpea variety…
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Understanding Nagoya
19.08.19-
Biodiversity
The Nagoya Protocol provides concrete mechanisms for countries providing plant genetic resources to …
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AfDB-TAAT promotes trailblazing hybrid rice technology adapted to Africa
16.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
16 August 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The Rice Compact of the African Development Bank-funded …
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“We are receiving a free subsidy from nature, but it will not continue indefinitely” – Louis Verchot
12.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
“Many findings are important for us and for policy makers around the world. The report…
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Artificial intelligence helps banana growers protect the world’s most favorite fruit
12.08.19-
Biodiversity
Using artificial intelligence, scientists created an easy-to-use tool to detect banana diseases and …
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Heat-tolerant wild beans tapped to breed commercial beans for hotter climates
09.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Using the genetic traits of a wild bean species, CIAT and the Crop Trust are…
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Convention on Biological Diversity adopts indicator to track conservation of useful plants
01.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Developed by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture and the Crop Trust, the indicator pro…
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CIMMYT and CGIAR staff join Ethiopia’s record-breaking tree-planting campaign
01.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
July 29, 2019, was a remarkable day for Ethiopia. People across the country planted 353,633,660 tre…
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FEATURE: Why financing is tied to the future of a biodiverse planet
31.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
We will end the year 2019 without having completely achieved any of the Aichi Biodiversity…
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Linking local and global food systems for more healthy and sustainable communities
30.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Three new areas of investigation related to diets, nutrition and sustainability, starting with short…
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