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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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Art exhibition showcases artist and farmer view of livestock development in Vietnam
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)12.10.21-
Biodiversity
About 120 artworks and photos on livestock from the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum and…
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WorldFish key contributor to formation of Shanghai Declaration
WorldFish12.10.21WorldFish’s Director General Gareth Johnstone voiced support for the development of a stainable aq…
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Join the PABRA Parallel session at Africa Plant Breeders Conference 2021
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)11.10.21The Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA-Africa) is a great example of a successful CGIAR-NARES …
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New climate-resilient, disease-resistant chickpea varieties coming farmers’ way
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)11.10.21Developed through genomics-assisted breeding by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) a…
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Young farm entrepreneurs look at high-biomass sorghum and pearl millet for biofuel feedstock
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)11.10.21The Government of India’s concerted efforts to replace 20% fossil fuels with ethanol blends by…
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Nutrient-rich bean varieties and market linkages changing fortunes for farmers in Bomet County
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)11.10.21I was stranded and did not know where to get school fees for my children.…
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Trial by pasta: new uses for traditional Ethiopian wheat varieties
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)11.10.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
The Alliance has joined with Ethiopian research partners and Italian pasta makers to explore a…
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Promoting sustainable food production by upscaling best performing varieties of finger millet and bean through seed and product value chains: experiences from Hoima, Uganda
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)11.10.21Background Food and nutritional security of resource poor farmers globally is increasingly under thr…
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Can Weather Index Insurance be a win for all?
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)11.10.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
Developing countries are already enduring the worst of climate change. Floods and droughts are impac…
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Machine hiring centers create jobs for youth while saving time, cost and labor for farmers
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)11.10.21-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A farm machine-hiring center set up in two villages in South India is showing how…
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The challenge of securing women's land rights in the pastoral areas of Ethiopia
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)11.10.21-
Gender equality
Land rights remain a complex and ambiguous subject for the majority of people in sub-Saharan…
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ILRI researchers contribute to Scientific and Technical Review special issue on veterinary services
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)10.10.21-
Health
A special issue (Aug 2021) of the Scientific and Technical Review journal of the World…
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Former WorldFish researcher awarded prize for young career scientists
WorldFish09.10.21Jessica Bogard, a dietician and public health nutritionist from Australia, was awarded the 2021 APEC…
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Thinking fish: A prerequisite for multifunctional landscape management
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)07.10.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
HIGHLIGHTS Researchers call for the integration of fisheries into rice systems and irrigation scheme…
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Policy seminar: AATM report outlines opportunities and challenges for intra-African agricultural trade
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)07.10.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY SWATI MALHOTRA African agricultural trade has yet to reach its potential, despite progress over…
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Alliance and FAO celebrate International Year for Fruits and Vegetables
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)07.10.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
To celebrate the International Year for Fruits and Vegetables, the Alliance teamed up with the…
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National breeding institutes deliver initial program costing at in-person training course
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)07.10.21-
Big data
A new costing tool is helping national breeding programs get the financial data needed to impr…
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Diverse aquatic food production key to sustainable diets, finds new research
WorldFish07.10.21-
Nutrition
A landmark study has shown significant potential for aquatic foods to become more sustainable, compa…
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