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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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Sustainable food systems: Agriculture by another name?
12.04.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
This piece is excerpted from a post by Steven D. Prager, Mark Lundy, and Chris Bene…
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Policy seminar and special event: Tales of yield improvement and farewell to Mark Rosegrant
12.04.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
BY SHELLEKA DARBY IFPRI marked the path-breaking career of Senior Research Fellow and retiring Envir…
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Crop research needs a system of integrated labs across the globe
11.04.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
BY MARK ROSEGRANT Despite advances in agricultural productivity thanks to higher and more stable cro…
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The business case for seed – a public-private partnership takes root in Kenya
11.04.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Farmers in developing countries often lack access to certified disease-free planting material for ro…
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How to develop and manage your own community seedbank
11.04.18-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Ronnie Vernooy, Genetic Resources Policy Specialist, Bioversity International, reports on a new hand…
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‘Contour bunding’ preserves soils and boosts farmers’ incomes by 20% in Mali – new study
11.04.18-
Food security
A new study by ICRISAT scientists in Mali has found that ‘contour bunding’, technique helps…
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Using cognitive testing to improve measurement of women’s empowerment in nutrition and health
10.04.18-
Health
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Nutrition
In this blog post, Anika Hannan, a soon-to-be MPH graduate from Emory University, discusses cogniti…
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What can we learn from rising rice production in Senegal?
06.04.18-
Food security
BY KATRIN GLATZEL Ndèye lives in a small town in northern Senegal, close to the…
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Scaling sustainable rice farming practices to achieve food security in Asia
06.04.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
JAKARTA, Indonesia— Experts gathering at the 5th Responsible Business Forum (RBF) on Food a…
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More cassava for less time
05.04.18-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Cassava has a relatively long growth cycle compared to other important crops. It takes an…
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Bearish headlines overstate the extent of available global wheat stocks, analysts say
05.04.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The declining area sown to wheat worldwide, together with stockpiling by China, is masking significa…
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Rural vitalization: What lessons can China learn from international experiences?
05.04.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY XINYUAN SHANG Despite China’s impressive progress in reducing poverty, hunger, and nutrition ov…
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Sowing the seeds of rice self-sufficiency in Africa through capacity building
04.04.18-
Food security
Workshop participants discuss constraints in the production and delivery of quality rice seed in Uga…
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Agroforestry: Why don’t farmers plant more trees?
04.04.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
Agroforestry can make a key contribution to the UN’s Zero Hunger Challenge, which aims to…
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The sweet secrets of Mt. Mutis
02.04.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Once upon a time, there was a scientist who traveled to West Timor, Indonesia to…
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Water for Food: PhilRice and IRRI jointly organized field day to create awareness on sustainable water management
02.04.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
After the field demonstration, the participants were shown other water-saving technologies. Engr. Le…
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2018 GFPR India launch: India’s time to focus on farmers
30.03.18-
Food security
Against the backdrop of rising concerns over farm distress in India, and a farmers’ protest movem…
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Optimizing food assistance programs: Nutrition-sensitive approach lowers anemia prevalence in Burundi
29.03.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY TRACY BROWN AND JEF LEROY Evidence shows that food-assisted maternal and child health and nutri…
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