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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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New study fills critical gap in understanding pandemic impact on food value chains and offers solutions
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)08.03.21In a new paper in the journal Sustainability, ICRISAT researchers analyzed the double burden of t…
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Revival of groundnut production continues to change lives of smallholder farmers in Northern Nigeria
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)05.03.21-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
In a remarkable turnaround, farmers in Northern Nigeria organized themselves into innovation platfor…
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Far-reaching impact of technology and innovation: Saving time, boosting income and reducing household conflict in Zimbabwe and beyond
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)05.03.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
Simple agricultural innovations, such as soil probes to detect water and salinity levels at differen…
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African women join forces to overcome COVID-19 challenges in aquatic food systems
WorldFish05.03.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Across Africa, women working in aquatic food value chains are banding together to support their…
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In her words: one woman fighting COVID-19 in Nairobi
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)05.03.21-
Biodiversity
This International Women’s Day, we spoke with Elizabeth Nduta Njeri, a community health volunteer …
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Gathering Pieces of the Adoption Puzzle: Induction Meeting for the Small Grants Program
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service04.03.21Moved by the need to create an active community of research around agricultural innovations, SPIA…
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Model: Impact of falling remittances amid COVID-19 on Yemen’s war-torn economy
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)04.03.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY DALIA ELSABBAGH, SIKANDRA KURDI AND MANFRED WIEBELT The day-to-day hardships of the COVID-19 pand…
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Savings groups support women’s financial independence during COVID-19 in Bangladesh
WorldFish04.03.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Already suffering from climate disasters and persistent floods, Bangladesh’s coastal communities w…
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Gender assumptions harm progress on climate adaption and resilience, new study finds
WorldFish04.03.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Outdated assumptions around gender continue to hinder effective and fair policymaking and action f…
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FTA 2020 Science Conference: Forests, trees and agroforestry science for transformational change
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry04.03.21FTA, the largest research programme for development program of forests, trees and agroforestry ran a…
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FTA’s 11 game-changing solutions for UNFSS
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry04.03.21A contribution from the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) and its…
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Finding effective ways to ensure sustainable supplies of forest-risk commodities
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry04.03.21Cross-sectoral jurisdictional approaches offer promise The increased consumption and production …
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International Day of Women & Girls in Science 2021 – Beyond the Borders: Equality in Science for Society
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry04.03.21This year’s international day of women and girls in science (11 February 2021) focuses on…
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Petén’s community forest concessions: A pillar of forest conservation and livelihoods development in Guatemala
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry04.03.21FTA-PIM research documents show strong benefits of community forest concessions A quarter-century-lo…
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Forests and agroforestry taking its place for climate adaptation
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry04.03.21New FAO-FTA supplementary guidelines on NAPs The potential of forests and trees to mitigate global…
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The One Health research-for-development agenda: Enhancing the holistic health of people, animals and environment
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)03.03.21-
Food security
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Health
Nephew of a dairy entrepreneur near Nairobi, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Georgina Smith). JIMMY SMITH,…
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Bill Gates highlights CIMMYT’s innovation in latest climate book
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)03.03.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Global thought leader, philanthropist and one of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Cente…
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WorldFish announces leadership team to guide 2030 strategy on aquatic food systems
WorldFish03.03.21-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
WorldFish has announced a new, restructured leadership team to guide the implementation of its …
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