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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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Blueprints for new varieties: CGIAR prepares new lab service with release of key crop reference genomes
CGIAR Initiative on Breeding Resources24.05.23-
Big data
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Scientists at CGIAR are releasing several high quality reference genomes representing African crops …
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Harnessing crop breeding data: AfricaRice transitions to Enterprise Breeding System
CGIAR Initiative on Breeding Resources20.04.23-
Big data
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
If you visit AfricaRice breeding stations in Côte d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Nigeria and Senegal, you mi…
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Genetic gains in Uganda maize breeding are strong – and heading for improvement
CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding17.04.23-
Big data
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
In the face of complex climate risks in Uganda, maize breeders are ensuring smallholder farmers…
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Impressed with ChatGPT's agricultural knowledge? CGIAR's open access effort (probably)* enabled it.
CGIAR Initiative on Digital Innovation14.03.23-
Big data
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Featured image: "A group of researchers with diverse background amazed at chatgpt response on comput…
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CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform and Banca Sella Group Announce Partnership
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)06.03.23-
Big data
AG 4 Future Food Accelerator calls on innovation teams from around the world that can…
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Harnessing aquatic foods to tackle multiple global challenges
WorldFish23.02.23-
Big data
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Policymakers addressing food system challenges now have access to new analyses and online tools that…
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Updates from Breeding Resources: 2023
CGIAR Initiative on Breeding Resources20.02.23-
Big data
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
CGIAR Breeding Resource Initiative (led and managed by Genetic Innovation’s Breeding Research Serv…
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FishBase: An increasingly valuable resource
WorldFish03.02.23-
Big data
What do researchers in fields as diverse as agriculture, mathematics, economics, psychology and even…
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Five strides forward for CGIAR crop breeding resources and services
CGIAR Initiative on Breeding Resources24.01.23-
Big data
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Nutrition, health & food security
Sitting at the cutting edge of science, the crop breeding domain has been improving and…
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Breathing new life into FishBase and SeaLifeBase
WorldFish16.01.23-
Big data
There’s a website that’s a bit like a time machine – old-school text, no dynamic…
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On the ground at COP27
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)16.12.22-
Big data
Key takeaways on the outcomes of COP27 from the Accelerate for Impact Platform: A spotlight…
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Five ways new equipment and training help deliver crop breeding impacts
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)11.12.22-
Big data
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
If public crop breeding is to reach its lofty goals, breeders and breeding stations need to…
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New analysis finds pandemic didn’t dampen deforestation
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)28.11.22-
Big data
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Despite the massive upheavals in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, deforestation globally pro…
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The democratization of innovation
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)15.11.22-
Big data
When the Norwegian Red Cross hired Kristian Wengen and his consulting firm Tinkr to launch…
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AfricaRice Agronomist-Consultant wins 2022 IFA Emerging Scholar Award
AfricaRice11.11.22-
Big data
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Jean-Martial Johnson, a trailblazing young researcher who supports the Sustainable Enhancement Produ…
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How innovation ecosystems can enable systemic change of food systems; A Side-Event at the FAO S&I forum
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)03.11.22-
Big data
The virtual panel “Co-creating responsible innovation ecosystems that enable systemic change of fo…
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‘Farmer-Researchers’ Join Front Line in Testing Crops
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)24.10.22-
Big data
Jacob van Etten, Principal Scientist and Director for Digital Inclusion, explains that the idea for…
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Meet Don Roverto and Tatiana, the robotic vehicles helping to breed better beans
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)20.10.22-
Big data
Palmira, Colombia: While walking around the Alliance’s campus, in addition to the nearly one thous…
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