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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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Charting new ‘sustainable agricultural pathways’ in Brazil
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)17.04.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
Originally published as a blog in CoSAI news. Brazil is a large country spanning several…
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Little millet that are big on nutrition and yield identified at ICRISAT
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)16.04.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
A team of researchers has zeroed in on little millet germplasm with high nutrients, high…
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Zimbabwe agriculture minister: Government, ICRISAT should unite against hunger, poverty and malnutrition
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)16.04.21-
Health
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Nutrition
Dr Anxious Masuka, Zimbabwe’s Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlem…
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Teaming up for more impactful breeding
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)16.04.21-
Food security
Breeders, economists, gender specialists, and food technologists gathered to advance new approaches …
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Why subseasonal weather forecasts are key to avoiding crop losses from droughts and floods
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)16.04.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
As experts meet online for the Future Directions of Subseasonal to Seasonal Predication over South …
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Africa needs empowered youth to keep pace with its population explosion—Youth champions
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)15.04.21With Africa’s population predicted to double by 2050, creating challenges such as high unemploymen…
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Cowpea variety IT89KD-288: A dry-season grain and fodder legume
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)15.04.21The value added of new cowpea variety The IT89KD-288 dual-purpose cowpea variety, producing grain …
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Ghana farmers’ group raises groundnut yield five-fold with improved varieties, breaks three-decade productivity barrier
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)15.04.21Two improved groundnut varieties have helped a group of farmers in Ghana increase their yields…
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New genotyping services launched across CGIAR and partners
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)14.04.21-
Big data
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding has launched new low-cost, high throughput genotyping services, positio…
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Call for Expression of Interest: The impacts of digital support tools in agriculture
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Tana Lala-Pritchard awarded 2020 Distinguished Alumna by Alpha Chi National Honor Society
WorldFish14.04.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
WorldFish executive director of Strategy, Innovation, and Communications, Tana Lala-Pritchard, is…
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Experts call for increased investment in One Health to reduce the burden of neglected zoonoses
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)14.04.21-
Health
One Health is a concept that recognizes that the health of people is linked to…
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CIP’s remembered ancestors still relevant today: Robert Rhoades, agricultural anthropologist (1942–2010)
International Potato Center (CIP)13.04.21Scientists build on the evidence of their peers, passing it on, improving their methodologies and…
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Gender mainstreaming in research – from design to measurement – made easy
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)13.04.21-
Biodiversity
Ever wonder how to integrate gender into your research? In this blog, Alliance gender researchers…
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Bridging the “last mile” in bringing climate-informed agro-advisories to smallholder farmers in the Mekong Delta and beyond
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)13.04.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
To help equip farmers with necessary tools and information to weather the worsening climate crisis,…
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New ‘Wheat Rust Genomics’ website connects researchers
CGIAR Research Program on Wheat13.04.21-
Food security
A new website has been launched as a hub of genomic data and resources for…
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Far-reaching impacts
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)12.04.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In 1966, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) hosted a training event tha…
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Cassava program in Asia brings together stakeholders in Lao PDR for 2 days of training and the official launch of the country’s first cassava clean stem multiplication facility
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)12.04.21-
Food security
To combat the spread of pests and diseases in cassava, the Alliance of Bioversity International…
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