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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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First high oleic groundnut cultivars commercialized in India
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)26.07.21There is a demand for high-oleic groundnut varieties particularly by the food processing industry fo…
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Strengthening Public Breeding Pipelines by Emphasizing Quantitative Genetics Principles and Open Source Data Management
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)26.07.21-
Big data
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Food security
This opinion piece published in Frontiers in Plant Science briefly presents the breeder's equation a…
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CRP-GLDC Golden Eggs contribute to ‘healthy diets’, ‘management tools and ‘scaling methods’
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)26.07.21What are Golden Eggs? The R4D “products” developed during 10 years of CGIAR’s Research Program…
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Cereal-legume value chain stakeholders in WCA meet to develop demand-driven and gender-responsive product profiles
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)26.07.21Under the AVISA project funded by the Gates Foundation and USAID, supported by CRP-GLDC ICRISAT’s…
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Breaking BXW
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)26.07.21-
Food security
As the coronavirus can quickly spread amongst the human population, the bacteria that causes Xanthom…
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New CGIAR Initiatives announced to help radically realign food, land, and water systems
CGIAR26.07.21Rome, Italy (July 26, 2021) – Today at the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS)…
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Scientific breakthrough shows promise for disease-resistant tilapia
WorldFish24.07.21Researchers identified a region of the Nile tilapia genome associated with viral resilience, which c…
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Rwandan farmers help validate and disseminate new potato varieties
International Potato Center (CIP)23.07.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The triadic comparisons of technologies – or tricot – approach is being used in a citizen-…
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An example of best practice
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)23.07.21-
Environmental health
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is contributing to make Mexico’s agr…
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Biodiversity in EU agricultural landscapes goes from science to strategy
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)23.07.21-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Biodiversity is a vital factor in agricultural landscapes, with an importance that cuts across the…
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Five actions to strengthen the contribution of fish to food systems in Zambia
WorldFish23.07.21-
Nutrition
A review of the actions needed to enhance the contributions of fish and aquatic foods…
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Climate insurance solutions workshop held for industry professionals in Sri Lanka
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)23.07.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Experts in remote sensing shared the latest innovations in digital data with insurance professionals…
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Food system sustainability relies on potato’s “wild relatives”
International Potato Center (CIP)22.07.21-
Food security
Looking ahead to the next 50 years, potato researchers and farmers have significant concerns about…
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Agrobiodiversity Index guides decisions in the private sector
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)22.07.21-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Any entity that wants to enhance and maintain agrobiodiversity for sustainable food systems – whe…
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Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia—Future directions for scaling up the project’s interventions
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)22.07.21-
Health
In June 2021, food safety experts from Cambodia and a research project team led by…
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T20 Climate Forum: The post-pandemic future of food
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)21.07.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
BY SWATI MALHOTRA On top of climate-driven shocks, conflicts, and economic stresses, the COVID-19 pa…
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Groundwater to play a key role in transforming Africa's food systems, finds AMCOW event
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)21.07.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
Accelerating the development of sustainable groundwater use in Africa could be pivotal in the transf…
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When crop diversity pays off in food security: Evidence from Ethiopia
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)20.07.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Climatic uncertainty means that smallholder farmers need to have more confidence in the seeds they…
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