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Official Launch of CGIAR’s “Crops to End Hunger” Initiative at Borlaug Dialogue
17.10.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
CGIAR announced its new global initiative, Crops to End Hunger, this week at the World…
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Our food systems are in crisis, and it's not just from climate change
16.10.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
While global leaders gathered in New York City last month to discuss the climate crisis,…
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The cereals imperative of future food systems
15.10.19-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Pioneering research on our three most important cereal grains — maize, rice, and wheat —…
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International Day of Rural Women 2019
15.10.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research is pleased to mark the International Day of Rural…
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International Day of Disaster Reduction
13.10.19-
Climate
We have to accept that in many cases we cannot stop floods or droughts, but…
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A fresh look at the genes behind grain weight in spring bread wheat
09.10.19-
Genomics
To meet the demand for wheat from a rising and quickly urbanizing population, wheat yields…
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Ghanaian farmers can now control Aflatoxin, earn big
14.10.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A study has identified the best non-toxic strains that can limit aflatoxin contamination in laborato…
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International Day of Disaster Reduction
13.10.19-
Climate
We have to accept that in many cases we cannot stop floods or droughts, but…
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How air pollution is holding down wheat yields in India
11.10.19-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Since the start of the Green Revolution in the mid-1960s, India has tripled its wheat…
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CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research - 2019 third quarter newsletter issue (#11)
10.10.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Welcome to the eleventh issue of the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research’s quarterly…
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Resilience, nutrition and equity: We need progress on SDGs and the answers are all ‘under water’
09.10.19As the world struggles to lay out a path to feed its growing population, “Water…
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Agricultural growth is key to spur Ghana's economic growth
09.10.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Ghana has been viewed as one of Africa's political and economic success stories, from maintaining…
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A fresh look at the genes behind grain weight in spring bread wheat
09.10.19-
Genomics
To meet the demand for wheat from a rising and quickly urbanizing population, wheat yields…
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Using vignettes to understand decision-making processes within households
08.10.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Many surveys ask who in the household makes key decisions, but most fail to ask…
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Understanding what impacts last, after the project ends
08.10.19-
Nutrition
Development projects set out to better understand and find ways to improve outcomes for people…
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Mexico City to host Interdrought 2020
08.10.19-
Climate
Droughts affect crop production across the world. A central challenge for researchers and policymake…
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IITA research station in Kalambo, DRC to be named after former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo
08.10.19DR Congo President to officiate at naming ceremony and launching of biotechnology lab Today, 8…
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Achieving policy impact with political economy research: frameworks, applications, and lessons learned
07.10.19-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Danielle Resnick shares her reflections about the recent "Political economy for improved policy anal…
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Empowering Africa’s women farmers
07.10.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
More than 60% of all employed women in Africa south of the Sahara work in…
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Addressing food safety questions along the value chain
07.10.19-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
From consumers working back through production, a research new paper, Food safety in low and…
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Make food a priority in land reforms
04.10.19-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
While land titles and other reforms in forest-dwelling communities in Indonesia, Uganda and Peru hav…
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Voices from the field: Fighting aflatoxin in Nigeria
04.10.19-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Aflatoxin cause health and economic problems for farmers across Africa. IITA scientist Adebowale Aka…
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Incorporating prevention into community-based management of acute malnutrition: Insights from Mali and Burkina Faso
04.10.19-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Globally, 52 million children suffer from acute malnutrition. Children with moderate acute malnutrit…
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Brisk promotion of improved groundnut and sorghum varieties to take adoption to the next level
04.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Five improved varieties of groundnut and three of sorghum with the best market traits were…
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