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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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Why youth here aspire to be farmers, the case of Burkina Faso
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)03.05.21Jobs that are intellectually satisfying, economically rewarding and low on drudgery are the biggest …
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Co-creating a Theory of Change for the Genebank Initiative
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)03.05.21-
Biodiversity
A new online process that enabled the Initiative Design Team (IDT) with a large group…
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ILRI and partners call for greater investment in global animal health in the fight against pandemics
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)01.05.21-
Health
To mark World Veterinary Day 2021, the International Livestock Research Institute joined a number of…
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CIMMYT and John Innes Centre announce strategic collaboration on wheat research
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)29.04.21The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and the John Innes Centre (JIC) have…
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El Niño can help predict cacao harvests up to 2 years in advance
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)29.04.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Long-term weather data is absent in many places, complicating rain predictions for crops. Researcher…
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WorldFish Science Director Prof. Eddie Allison named among world’s top cited
WorldFish29.04.21-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Prof. Eddie Allison, WorldFish’s interim director of science and research, was named in the worl…
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Can child wasting be prevented in times of crisis? Evidence from Burundi
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)28.04.21-
Health
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Nutrition
This post is the sixth in a series on a research project in Guatemala and Burundi…
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Survey: A major food transfer program in Bangladesh fell short during the COVID-19 pandemic
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.04.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY SHYAMAL CHOWDHURY, NAHIAN BIN KHALED, KALYANI RAGHUNATHAN, SHAHIDUR RASHID AND HONOR DEARLOVE Ban…
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NAQS honors IITA with “Service Support Award” for phytosanitary capacity development
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)27.04.21A long-time collaborator and partner, the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Services (NAQS), honored …
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Study: Examining wealth and residential inequalities in India’s double burden of malnutrition
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)26.04.21-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
The double burden of malnutrition—the coexistence of underweight and micronutrient deficiencies wi…
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Georgia Seed Model Farm Opens
International Potato Center (CIP)26.04.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Dignitaries, researchers, and private sector representatives gathered this week in southwestern Geor…
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Leaders Summit on Climate: USAID Announcements
CGIAR26.04.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
On April 22-23, President Biden hosted a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate to catalyze global…
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The golden eggs that keep on giving
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)25.04.21-
Food security
Ask any child who is well versed in Aesop’s fables and you will learn that…
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Biofortified sweetpotato improving lives of smallholder farmers in Malawi
International Potato Center (CIP)23.04.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Historically, most of Malawi’s food has been produced by small-scale farmers operating on less tha…
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A good pearl millet hybrid gets even better
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)23.04.21-
Food security
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Health
A team of researchers in India has bettered an immensely popular pearl millet hybrid, HHB…
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New project to recharge aquifers and cut water use in agriculture by 30 percent
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)23.04.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) announced a new three-year public–pr…
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Gender researchers highlight approaches to achieving equal opportunities
WorldFish22.04.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Gender transformative approaches (GTAs) are a WorldFish-pioneered innovation that has been in contin…
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Earth Day 2021: Restoring agriculture to transform food systems
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)22.04.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
BY CLAUDIA RINGLER COVID-19 may have forced the 50th anniversary of Earth Day to be commemorated o…
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