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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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Artificial intelligence helps banana growers protect the world’s most favorite fruit
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)12.08.19-
Biodiversity
Using artificial intelligence, scientists created an easy-to-use tool to detect banana diseases and …
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Heat-tolerant wild beans tapped to breed commercial beans for hotter climates
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)09.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Using the genetic traits of a wild bean species, CIAT and the Crop Trust are…
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Preparing Ghanaian cocoa farmers for changing climate conditions
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)08.08.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
CIAT collaborates with CocoaLink to help young farmers mitigate the negative effects of climate chan…
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Convention on Biological Diversity adopts indicator to track conservation of useful plants
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)01.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Developed by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture and the Crop Trust, the indicator pro…
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Linking local and global food systems for more healthy and sustainable communities
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)30.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Three new areas of investigation related to diets, nutrition and sustainability, starting with short…
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Could these crops save Peruvian forests?
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)29.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
As noted in a previous blog, a study conducted by CIAT confirms that cacao production…
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Terra-i user manual for monitoring land-cover changes is now available
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)24.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Terra-i, a project by CIAT’s Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) and Agroecosystems and Sustainabl…
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Climate change and rising population put pressure on essential crops in low-income regions
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)22.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Crops such as bananas, potatoes, and cassava are essential to food security in the world’s…
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A day to remember: Scientists and processors exchange on the changes in the cassava value chain in Colombia over the past 20 years
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)01.07.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
With funding from the Roots, Tubers and Bananas Research Program (RTB), the International Center for…
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Conservation agriculture meets relay cropping
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)28.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
In 2003, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) designed a set of long-term trials…
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Vietnam can reduce emissions and save $2.3 billion with changes in agriculture and land usev
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)24.05.19Through cost-saving practices for coffee, rice, maize, and livestock production, Vietnam can increas…
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Where do we see our world in 2050?
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)17.05.19What will food systems, agriculture and the environment look like in 2050? Given current trends,…
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The stories of ‘sorghum’ Agatha and ‘seed’ Mary
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)12.04.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Why linking with the private sector is important for the AVISA project Passion can be…
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Sustainable land use systems: A way to help achieve Colombia’s climate change mitigation and peacebuilding goals
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)12.03.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Colombia has set ambitious targets to mitigate climate change and achieve stability. One promising a…
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Dramatic rainfall changes for key crops expected even with reduced greenhouse gas emissions
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)11.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
By 2040, rainfall on wheat, soybean, rice and maize will have changed, even if Paris…
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USAID and NASA Harnessing Technology for Development in the Amazon
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)08.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. National Aeronautics and…
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Tracing high-iron beans to the genebank
CGIAR Genebank Platform08.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
A Genebank Platform Impact Fellow looks at the journey of beans from the genebank to…
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María Elker Montoya, champion creator of the method helping to fight off the Rice Hoja Blanca Virus
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)06.03.19-
Biodiversity
María, who started her career as a Research Assistant at the Latin American Fund for…
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