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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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Possible pathways for development in Africa: What's missing?
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)23.05.19-
Biodiversity
This week the world marks the International Day for Biological Diversity. Coming on the heels…
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Tracing maize landraces, 50 years later
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)22.05.19-
Biodiversity
The fascinating diversity of maize in Mexico is rooted in its cultural and biological legacy…
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Recipes to the rescue
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)22.05.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Nutrition
Bioversity International partners with chefs, nutritionist, local communities and researchers to lev…
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Our health linked to our food linked to our biodiversity
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)22.05.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Dorothy Shaver, Global Sustainability Lead for Knorr, Unilever, marks the International Day for Biol…
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Agroforestry at 40: how tree-farm science has changed the world
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)22.05.19-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Coffee bushes in a shade-grown plantation in the Andes, Ecuador.Morley Read/Shutterstock Meine van N…
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Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)22.05.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
In his first blog, Juan Lucas Restrepo, Director General of Bioversity International, recognizes the…
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Behind the scenes of new BBC series “Dynasties”
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)21.05.19-
Biodiversity
Every living thing on this planet has a family, but some species will fight to…
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UN Drylands ambassador calls for greater focus on restoration of tropical drylands
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)17.05.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Dennis Garrity, United Nations Drylands Ambassador, called for increased attention on restoring trop…
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David Ellis: Finding the balance between manager and scientist
CGIAR Genebank Platform17.05.19-
Biodiversity
Dave Ellis, who recently retired as leader of the International Potato Center genebank in Lima,…
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IPBES recognizes why agrobiodiversity matters
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)13.05.19-
Biodiversity
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) report,…
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Extinction crisis on its way, according to new global report
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)10.05.19-
Biodiversity
A major new report is warning that human activity could lead to the extinction of…
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Ask the researchers: The Retail Diversity for Dietary Diversity project
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)03.05.19-
Biodiversity
A4NH researchers at Bioversity International and Wageningen University & Research, along with pa…
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Ask the researchers: Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition project
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)26.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Researchers with Bioversity International recently shared information on the Biodiversity for Food a…
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Reasons for low uptake of climate change technologies
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)25.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Factors such as lack of funding for scale-up are impeding uptake of climate change technologies.…
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CGIAR Science Council urges focus on urbanization in Agriculture & Food Systems 2050 Report
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)24.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
The CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC) recently launched 'Agriculture & F…
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EARTH DAY: Can Sumatran elephants and people coexist?
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)22.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Palembang, Indonesia – Present day South Sumatra looks a lot different from its heyday as…
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Five ways food systems can make or break our Earth
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)22.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
From the year 2013 to 2016, Lao banana exports increased to $200 million, a tripling in…
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Healthy Foods You Haven’t Heard Of (Yet): The Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Database
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)16.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
A new database compiles nutrition information on over 185 neglected and underutilized food species a…
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