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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 hungerÂ
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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Not just farmers: understanding rural aspirations is key to Kenya's future
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)10.03.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
About 8.3 million people living in Kenya’s rural areas farm to feed themselves. They typically…
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No time to waste: Tropical forests become source of global warming
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)10.03.20-
Environmental health
Terry Sunderland, a collaborating author of the Nature article “Asynchronous carbon sink saturatio…
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More than a bank: Reflections on the history of the Inter-American Development Bank
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)09.03.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
First of two parts. In 2019 the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) celebrated the 60th annive…
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What keeps Bill Gates up at night? A (highly prescient) 2015 article spells out our COVID-19 challenges today
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)08.03.20Bill Gates (photo credit: Marcos Fuentes via Flickr). What keeps Bill Gates up at night?…
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On this International Women’s Day 2020, ILRI commits to strengthening women’s rights in livestock systems and enterprises
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)07.03.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
This International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) i…
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Open data to boost Groundnut breeding initiatives: a testimony by Dr. Janila Pasupuleti
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)07.03.20Groundnut is among the key grain legumes playing a vital role in enhancing human nutrition…
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IITA-BIP sets record for maize production per hectare in Nigeria
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)07.03.20-
Food security
The Business Incubation Platform (BIP) of IITA has set a new production record for maize in Nige…
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How wasps are used to control the destructive cowpea pest—Maruca vitrata
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)07.03.20-
Health
Maruca vitrata, also known as Maruca pod borer, is one of the most devastating insect…
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Preventing global food security crisis under COVID-19 emergency
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)06.03.20-
Food security
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Health
The COVID-19 outbreak is showing a new trend. While the situation in China has improved…
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International Open Data Day 2020: Crowdsourcing global insights from national data in Bangladesh
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)06.03.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
Collecting and sharing data and other information publicly is crucial for researchers, policy makers…
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Celebrating the ‘WILD’ (‘Women In Livestock Development’) at ILRI on International Women’s Day—Video
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)06.03.20-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Check out this video short highlighting women working at the International Livestock Research Instit…
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Four tools ILRI is using to help livestock systems transform to greater gender equality
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)06.03.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
By Zoë Campbell The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is ‘I Am Generation…
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Towards equality for women and men in root and tuber agri-food systems
International Potato Center (CIP)06.03.20-
Gender equality
UN Women notes that 2020 represents a crucial opportunity to mobilize global action to achieve gend…
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New EU-funded project to improve food and nutrition security in Mali, to benefit 40,000 people
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)06.03.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
A new project aimed at improving food and nutrition security in Mali by enhancing crop…
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Partnering to scale big data from small-scale fisheries
WorldFish06.03.20Our communications team sat down with Alex Tilley, scientist at WorldFish, and Dave Solomon, CEO…
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Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights
WorldFish06.03.20"An encounter thirty years ago in rural Costa Rica stays with me to this day.…
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Four (very) short stories of ‘Aha!’ moments—when the central importance of gender issues really hit home
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)06.03.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
All images here are of a sculpture, ‘Tete’, by Amedeo Modigliani (this picture credit: Christieâ…
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Delivering equality means systems change, say IWMI experts
IWMI06.03.20-
Gender equality
On International Women’s Day, Deepa Joshi shares a lesson from South Africa to demonstrate why …
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