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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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Intellectual Property Day 2020 - Nurturing Innovation by protecting its architects
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)26.04.20-
Big data
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
ICARDA has long committed to Open Data & Open Access of research by applying approaches…
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Reshaping food systems after COVID-19
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)26.04.20-
Food security
Food systems are undergoing transformations all over the world. How will COVID-19 shape those transf…
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India groundnut farmers’ seed business debut yields big profits
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)26.04.20High seed rates, low seed multiplication ratio and quick loss of seed viability are some…
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A farewell to IFPRI Africa Director Ousmane Badiane
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)24.04.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR Over his 30 years at IFPRI, recently-retired Director for Africa Ousmane Badiane…
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8 Food Security Implications of the COVID-19 Crisis
CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture24.04.20-
Big data
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Food security
From disrupting agricultural input supply chains to carving out new crisis response roles for social…
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Is a pandemic the time to think about genebanks?
CGIAR Genebank Platform24.04.20-
Biodiversity
Reasons to consider seeds in the time of the coronavirus Perhaps you think that the…
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India groundnut farmers’ seed business debut yields big profits
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)24.04.20-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
A group of Indian farmers who made their entrepreneurial debut last year increased their income…
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Reimagining ecosystem-based adaptation practices based on community priorities and preferences in The Gambia
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)24.04.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Report of 2005 have changed the global percept…
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Expert review examines impact of mycotoxins on dairy cattle health in sub-Saharan Africa
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)24.04.20-
Health
A new review paper published in the journal Toxins (April 2020) describes the major mycotoxins,…
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Integrating gender and nutrition in Ugandan policy: An assessment
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)24.04.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
Most of Uganda’s population relies on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihoods. Agriculture is h…
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Global Report on Food Crises: 135 million in 55 countries faced acute hunger in 2019
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)23.04.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY SARA GUSTAFSON An estimated 135 million people in 55 countries around the world faced…
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Out of the classroom and into the field
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)23.04.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
When farmers in rural Kasungu, Malawi, are asked to list some of the challenges they…
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The COVID-19 nutrition crisis: What to expect and how to protect
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)23.04.20-
Health
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Nutrition
BY DEREK HEADEY AND MARIE RUEL Nutrition has been a development priority for a decade. Many…
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Seeds of rural recovery: States must consider accommodating returnee migrants in small-farming
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)23.04.20-
Food security
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Health
Small and marginal farmers remain the dominant food producer and major workforce in India, and…
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COVID-19 and what it means for wild meat
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)23.04.20The spread of diseases from animals to humans—called zoonoses—is a public health issue as eviden…
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Policy seminar: COVID-19's implications for food security, nutrition, and poverty
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)22.04.20-
Food security
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Health
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, disruptions in…
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The response from the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT to COVID-19 impacts on global food systems
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)22.04.20The number of people affected by hunger, already a staggering 800 million, could double as…
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Why gender matters in COVID-19 responses – now and in the future
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)22.04.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY AGNES QUISUMBING, NEHA KUMAR, RUTH MEINZEN-DICK AND CLAUDIA RINGLER Controlling the COVID-19 p…
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