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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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COVID-19’s impact on China’s small and medium-sized businesses
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)17.03.20-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Since the COVID-19 outbreak began in Nov. 2019 in Hubei Province, China, business activity in the…
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BROKERING RESEARCH CRUCIAL FOR CLIMATE-PROOFING DRYLANDS
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)17.03.20Of the 12 interventions identified for agriculture by the Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA) in…
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Circular agriculture: A vision for sustainability
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)16.03.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
The future of food production is an urgent issue. Imagine that our ecosystems deteriorate to…
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Backing up crop biodiversity collections for agriculture’s future
International Potato Center (CIP)16.03.20-
Biodiversity
The International Potato Center (CIP) recently joined 34 other organizations across the globe in dep…
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IITA BIP team sets new production per hectare record for yam farmers in Nigeria
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)16.03.20The Business Incubation Platform (BIP) of IITA has set a new record of 23 t/ha for yam productio…
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ICRISAT and local seed companies to build a seed industry for supply of high performing hybrids to small holder farmers
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)16.03.20Demand for sorghum and pearl millet as major food, feed and fodder crop continues to…
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Brokering research crucial for climate-proofing drylands
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)13.03.20-
Food security
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Health
Of the 12 interventions identified for agriculture by the Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA) in…
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ICRISAT and local seed companies to build a seed industry for supply of high performing hybrids to small holder farmers
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)13.03.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Demand for sorghum and pearl millet as major food, feed and fodder crop continues…
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Not just farmers: understanding rural aspirations is key to Kenya’s future
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)13.03.20About 8.3 million people living in Kenya’s rural areas farm to feed themselves. They typically…
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Study finds high potential for sustainable intensification of agriculture in Asia, but important questions remain
International Potato Center (CIP)12.03.20A recent study published by International Potato Center scientists Marcel Gatto and Guy Hareau sugge…
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National policy dialogue: Charting Rwanda's agricultural transformation
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)12.03.20-
Food security
Rwanda’s Fourth Strategic Plan for Agricultural Transformation (PSTA IV) presents an ambitious r…
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What ails India’s free trade agreements?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)12.03.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Lately, India’s trade policy seem to lack a vision. After actively pursuing membership in the Reg…
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As COVID-19 spreads, no major concern for global food security yet
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)12.03.20-
Food security
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Health
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread rapidly. So far, more than 116,000 cases and o…
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“Participatory” water and wastewater governance: an enabling development approach...or business as usual?
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)12.03.20Citizens’ participation in water resources management is a buzz word that has received attention f…
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Amazon rainforest could disappear within 50 years, scientists report
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)11.03.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Large scale ecosystems the size of the Amazon forests could collapse within 50 years and…
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Policy seminar: The changing challenges of hidden hunger
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)11.03.20-
Health
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Nutrition
Global efforts to improve nutrition require approaches that focus on the entire food system, leading…
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This 18th century sketch might be the map to our agro-ecological transformation
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)11.03.20To tackle today’s planetary-scale challenges of biodiversity loss and chemical pollution, tame sol…
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Ethiopia has a Nobel Prize and a fast-growing economy. Can it also gain a food secure future?
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)11.03.20Ethiopia is now Africa’s fastest-growing economy, and this week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is rece…
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