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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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Only fair oceans can strengthen people and planet, argue researchers in new report
WorldFish17.07.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
A reset on ocean governance is needed to support a healthy and thriving relationship between…
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Can groundwater cushion Africa from future shocks, and spark development?
IWMI17.07.20-
Food security
Groundwater has thus far been a sleeping giant in most of sub-Saharan Africa. However, there…
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Targeted fertilizer recommendations improve maize productivity in Ethiopia
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)16.07.20-
Food security
A study on the impact of providing site-specific fertilizer recommendations on fertilizer usage, pro…
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Low-cost drought-proofing strategies help farmers in southern India
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)15.07.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Collaborative project with Power Grid Corp of India has significant scale-out potential Technologies…
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6 Ideas to transform food systems in a post-COVID-19 India
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)15.07.20-
Food security
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Health
The ongoing health crisis around COVID-19 has raised global concerns on food and nutrition security.…
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Coconut bashing?
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)15.07.20-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
While the worlds’ coconut beaches are all very quiet from the pause in global tourism…
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The DAFNE project in Omo Turkana and Zambezi basins: Achievements and experiences
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)15.07.20The project on developing a Decision Analytic Framework to explore the water-energy-food NExus (…
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Phone surveys to understand gendered impacts of COVID-19: A cautionary note
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)14.07.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As the health and economic impacts of COVID-19 continue to evolve, researchers have been using…
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A new vista emerging: local, diverse food chains
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)14.07.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerability of our economies to shocks, with governments desperately look…
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Building biodiverse food systems for an inclusive, resilient and safe future
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)13.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
COVID-19 has brought the world to a grinding halt. Alarmingly, this includes severe impact on…
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Gender research in One CGIAR: Where do we go from here?
CGIAR GENDER Platform13.07.20-
Gender equality
That’s the question gender researchers from across CGIAR will attempt to answer when they come…
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Farmer cooperatives across West and Central Africa help expand access to improved seeds, boosting yields
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)13.07.20Photo: Mr Fousseyni Mariko, seed producer, President of the Cooperative Djiguifa in Solabougouda wit…
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Legume farmer fab labs design seeds that work for family farms, women and the market.
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)13.07.20Photo: A Diama, ICRISAT Protein and micronutrient-packed legumes like cowpea, groundnut, beans or ch…
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Malian farmer sets an example as a successful seed producer
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)13.07.20Photo: Mrs. Aminata Diawara and her daughter showing samples of their sorghum produce. (ICRISAT) Far…
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New chickpea varieties on the way
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)13.07.20Photo: A chickpea crop in fruit at a demonstration field in Phalombe district (ICRISAT) Three…
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CIFOR annual report brings impact of 2019 forest research efforts into focus
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)12.07.20The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has honed its capacity to transform research …
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Science-based policies can unlock Africa’s access to genome-edited crop varieties
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)12.07.20CGIAR-IITA head of plant biotechnology Leena Tripathi has made an impassioned plea for genome editin…
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The carbon on your plate: mangrove and aquaculture
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)11.07.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Stinky and full of mosquitos, mangrove forests may easily be dismissed and marginalized. But in…
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