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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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History meets hydrology in a South Indian district's perilous water gap
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)30.11.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
Kolar district, in India's southern state of Karnataka, has been known for centuries as a…
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Why Bibliometrics Matter for Assessing Quality of Science
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service27.11.20As the CGIAR Research Program 2020 Reviews reach their halfway point, Paolo Sarfatti (CAS Senior…
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Newly launched millet food finder shows a revolution is underway
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)27.11.20-
Food security
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Health
Millets have sometimes been hailed as the next quinoa but researchers collating a global database…
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Use of scientific evidence for greater partnerships and better policies
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)27.11.20-
Environmental health
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Health
Surveys on agricultural technology adoption in Nigeria carried out in 2019-2020 revealed gains made …
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Matching seed to farmer
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)27.11.20-
Food security
Since the earliest days of global wheat breeding at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement…
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Money-making machines
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)27.11.20-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A new small-mechanization pilot initiative launched in July is equipping farmers with the business a…
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Molecular breeding speeds development of better seeds
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)27.11.20-
Food security
To adequately confront rapidly changing plant pests and diseases and safeguard food security for a…
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WorldFish joins united effort to boost climate-smart food systems in Malawi
WorldFish27.11.20-
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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Health
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Nutrition
In Malawi, land and aquatic food systems engage 80 percent of the population playing a…
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Dried small fish powder provides opportunity for child health in Myanmar
WorldFish27.11.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
As the COVID-19 pandemic underscores the need for nutritious diets, efforts to promote dried small…
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Timor-Leste president calls for expansion of aquaculture during hatchery visit
WorldFish26.11.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The President of Timor-Leste, Francisco Guterres Lú Olo, visited the Gleno hatchery last week, lear…
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Q&A: CGIAR investment has generated returns of 10 times the amount invested
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)26.11.20-
Food security
Working with national agricultural research centers (NARS), CGIAR centers, including the Internation…
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Breaking Ground: Rahel Assefa thrives off witnessing impact
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)26.11.20Rahel Assefa works as a project manager and as the regional program manager for CIMMYT’s…
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Success despite Covid: Hope from a Water Users Association in Central Myanmar
IWMI26.11.20-
Food security
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Health
The impact Covid-19 has had on farmers has been devastating. Harvest delays due to mobility…
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Landmark study generates genomic atlas for global wheat improvement
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)25.11.20In a landmark discovery for global wheat production, an international team led by the University…
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Press release: Landmark study generates genomic atlas for global wheat improvement
CGIAR Research Program on Wheat25.11.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada), November 25, 2020. In a landmark discovery for global wheat produc…
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2020 ReSAKSS Conference: Learning from past policy mistakes and achievements to transform African agrifood systems
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)25.11.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY TSITSI MAKOMBE Last in a series of blog posts on the release of the 2020…
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Progress and opportunities for CIMMYT spring wheat breeding
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)25.11.20Wheat scientists in the Accelerating Genetic Gains in Maize and Wheat for Improved Livelihoods (AGG)…
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Gross Margin Analysis – A tool for better farm management
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)25.11.20Photo: A training session for farmers in Niger (ICRISAT) In order to guide farmers in…
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