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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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Policy seminar: Introducing the Food Systems Dashboard
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)25.02.20-
Food security
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Health
With as many as 32 major reports on food systems out in the past few…
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Study: Agroforestry may improve planetary health
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)25.02.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
A new study reports that agroforestry—a method integrating trees with crops and livestock—is l…
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Policy seminar: The European Union plans to tackle climate change, one value chain at a time
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)25.02.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
The European Commission (EC) Green Deal is a critical initiative aimed at making the whole of Eur…
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Spotlight on pearl millet – biofortification and drought tolerance
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)25.02.20Biofortification Pearl millet scientists discussed the ‘Future micronutrient breeding strategy in …
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Ugandan experts forecast 40-50% adoption of new bioengineered potato Victoria
International Potato Center (CIP)24.02.20Stakeholders working within the potato sector in Uganda are confident about the wide adoption of…
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Harnessing telecommunications network data for rainfall monitoring in developing countries
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)24.02.20-
Big data
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Food security
The lack of accurate rainfall measurements in developing countries poses problems in monitoring crop…
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Vast amounts of energy, nutrients, water could be recovered from world’s wastewater, says new report
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)24.02.20Vast, valuable amounts of energy, essential agricultural nutrients, and water could be recovered fro…
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ASEAN prepares for post-2020 biodiversity framework
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)24.02.20-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Governments of the 650 million people of the regional bloc are gearing up to embrace…
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Book launch: The making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)21.02.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
For decades, high fish prices contributed to poor nutrition in Bangladesh, placing a key source…
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India forum: Securing the harvest for food security
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)21.02.20-
Food security
Each year, about 1.3 billion tons of food produced for human consumption is lost after harvest…
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First public research facility to put agriculture on fast-forward launched at ICRISAT
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)21.02.20-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Efforts to modernize crop breeding took a giant leap today with the unveiling of ICRISAT’s…
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Spotlight on pearl millet – biofortification and drought tolerance
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)21.02.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Pearl millet scientists discussed the ‘Future micronutrient breeding strategy in pearl millet’, …
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Empowering young scientists with new skills to develop genomic-assisted climate-resilient crops
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)21.02.20-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A recent training course sought to enable young scientists, professors and breeders in the area…
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Complex but adaptive: a fresh look at smallholder value chains and their development
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)21.02.20-
Big data
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
“The Value Chain Development approach looks at market dynamics and relationships between the diffe…
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IRRI inks MoU furthering research cooperation with Nepal’s Agriculture & Forestry University
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)21.02.2014 February 2020, Kathmandu, Nepal – International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Director …
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MEDIA RELEASE| Growing trees on farms in post-soviet Kyrgyzstan faces significant obstacles but there are ways to overcome them: first study’s results
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)20.02.20-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Nairobi, Kenya. 20 February 2020 – Small plot-sizes, as well as lack of information and external…
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Disappearing wetlands show why we need to nurture nature
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)20.02.20Rainforests grab the headlines, but with 87% of wetlands lost globally, it is time to…
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Scaling Readiness: A scientific approach to scaling innovations
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)19.02.20-
Food security
Scaling innovations is one of the biggest challenges facing research and development organizations. …
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