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Using the MARPLE kit to diagnose wheat rust in Ethiopia
12.08.19- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
MARPLE (Mobile and Real-time PLant disEase) Diagnostics is a revolutionary mobile lab developed by a…
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New drought monitoring system will reduce climate risks for South Asian farmers
12.08.19- Climate
- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
To mitigate the food security and economic risks of South Asia’s frequent and intense droughts,…
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Artificial intelligence helps banana growers protect the world’s most favorite fruit
12.08.19- Biodiversity
Using artificial intelligence, scientists created an easy-to-use tool to detect banana diseases and …
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Alternatives to burning can increase Indian farmers’ profits and cut pollution, new study shows
09.08.19- Creating JOBS and GROWTH
- Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Published in Science, the article provides evidence for national policies that block stubble burning…
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Guiding farmers to safer use of pesticides in Rwanda and Burundi
08.08.19- Creating JOBS and GROWTH
- Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
It’s hard to overstate the importance of root, tuber, and banana (RTB crops) for smallholder…
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‘One Nation One Ration Card’ can transform lives in India
06.08.19- Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
On June 27, India Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan announced plans to move towards a system of…
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Could these crops save Peruvian forests?
29.07.19- Biodiversity
- Climate
- Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
As noted in a previous blog, a study conducted by CIAT confirms that cacao production…
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How we can protect the world’s most vulnerable countries against climate shocks
29.07.19- Climate
- Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Extreme weather events and other climate change-linked disasters have devastated communities globall…
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How we can protect the world's most vulnerable countries against climate shocks
29.07.19- Climate
Extreme weather events and other climate change-linked disasters have devastated communities globall…
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Can cheap loans nudge milk and meat production back within the limits of the Amazon – and the Earth?
26.07.19- Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
This year, Earth Overshoot Day falls on July 29, the earliest date yet, which tells…
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Atlas of Climate Change Impact on cocoa production in Central America and the Caribbean
25.07.19What could be the impact of climate change on cocoa in the Central America and…
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Timely, high-quality data are key for scaling up nutrition interventions
25.07.19- Nutrition
To turn a commitment to scale up nutrition into reality, we need high-quality actionable data…
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Talking to farmers about the impact of CCAFS’ work
25.07.19- Climate
One of the first activities undertaken when the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agricultur…
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The high price of healthy food … and the low price of unhealthy food
24.07.19- Nutrition
- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Poor diets are now the No. 1 risk factor in the global burden of disease (GBD), accounting…
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Terra-i user manual for monitoring land-cover changes is now available
24.07.19- Climate
Terra-i, a project by CIAT’s Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) and Agroecosystems and Sustainabl…
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On farm: exploring the genetic diversity of RTB hotspots
24.07.19- Biodiversity
- Genomics
This June, scientists from all over the world convened in the south of France for…
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Empowering Congolese women: IITA participates in UN Women’s conference
24.07.19As part of its interventions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), IITA participated in…
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Policy seminar: Rohingyas displaced to Bangladesh face an uncertain future
23.07.19- Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
In 2017, more than 600,000 Rohingya people fled violence in Myanmar and crossed into southeastern…
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India honors CIMMYT climate-smart farming expert
22.07.19- Climate
​The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) honored a cropping systems agronomist from the…
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Effects of rising CO2 on protein, iron, and zinc availability in global diets
22.07.19- Climate
- Nutrition
Taking a new and more comprehensive approach to quantify the impacts climate change will have…
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Climate change and rising population put pressure on essential crops in low-income regions
22.07.19- Climate
- Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Crops such as bananas, potatoes, and cassava are essential to food security in the world’s…
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The intersection between climate change, food, and migration
22.07.19- Climate
Today, the global food system finds itself facing major challenges. Mainly, they relate to changing…
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New manual provides quantitative approach to drought stress phenotyping
22.07.19- Climate
- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Since 1900, more than two billion people have been affected by drought worldwide, according to the…
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Digging deeper into gender and equity at ANH Academy Week
21.07.19- Nutrition
At this year’s Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week held in Hyderabad, India in…
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