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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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Nutrition-sensitive approaches from pond to plate in Myanmar
WorldFish19.01.21-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Looking at aquaculture through a nutrition lens is leading production and dietary shifts toward dive…
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Increased sustainability and research capacity for tilapia aquaculture in Zambia
WorldFish19.01.21-
Biodiversity
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Aquaculture is currently the main consumer of global fishmeal production. Sustainability concerns in…
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The AsiaBlight Network Looks to the Future
International Potato Center (CIP)18.01.21The post The AsiaBlight Network Looks to the Future appeared first on International Potato Cent…
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Improving the prospects for breeding better bananas
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)18.01.21-
Food security
Progressive heterobeltiosis for bunch weight in bred ‘Matooke’ banana hybrids (NARITAs), when gr…
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: 2nd International Agrobiodiversity Congress
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)18.01.21-
Biodiversity
UPDATE: The Call for Abstracts is now closed. For the latest information on the 2nd…
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Gender equity in the food environment: Considerations for low- and middle-income countries
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)18.01.21-
Food security
To truly understand the role of gender and inequities in the food system, nutrition and…
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Digital nutrient management tool reduces emissions, improves crop yields and boosts farmers’ profits
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)15.01.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
An international team of scientists, led by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CI…
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A Place for Foresight and Trade-Offs
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service15.01.21As policymakers across the world grapple with the possible trade-offs from shutdowns to decrease wha…
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Developers unite around a common platform to liberate breeding data
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)14.01.21As public sector breeding has modernized, it has become a more data intensive enterprise. Numerous…
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Update on the CGIAR research response to COVID-19
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)14.01.21-
Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global health crisis and massive disruptions to economies and…
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CGIAR researchers share COVID-19 work from across the system
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)13.01.21-
Health
One key function of the CGIAR COVID-19 Hub, established in July 2020, is to gather…
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WEF event: Building gender equitable food systems
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)13.01.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
By SOKHNA SALL SECK Empowering women and girls and the recognition and respect of their…
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Forman Lecture: Ellen Piwoz’s playbook for the future of global nutrition
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)12.01.21-
Health
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Nutrition
BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN When Ellen Piwoz joined the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2007, th…
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Establishing guidelines and engaging stakeholders to promote high-oleic peanut value chain in India
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)12.01.21Demand for peanut oil in India is increasing and a dependable supply of quality seed…
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Young Malian researchers gear up for grand challenges with crop modeling
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)12.01.21UE-APSAN Mali project trains next generation of modeling experts Budding agricultural researchers ar…
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Agriculture remains preferred occupation in rural Nigeria despite pandemic-related challenges
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)12.01.21A survey in rural parts of Northern Nigeria shows that in spite of problems in…
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10 new chickpea varieties released in 2020 in collaboration with NARS
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)12.01.21To meet the growing global market demand for protein-rich chickpea, scientists have created new vari…
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Strategizing on a national seed system in Kenya with special focus on climate-resilient crops
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)12.01.21A national seed systems strategy with special focus on drought tolerant crops such as sorghum…
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