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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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Nurture soil as our food and climate insurance
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)05.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Kassim Massi and Joyce Makawa have learned how conservation agriculture nurtures the soil of their…
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Aljazeera.com: Forget about water at your peril
IWMI05.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
IWMI's Rachael McDonnell stresses the need for a more central role for water in climate…
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Unveiling the Honghe Innovation Centre for Mountain Futures
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)05.12.19-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The sunlight struggled to pierce the dusty air. Faint rows of mango and jujube trees…
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Adaptations Thirst: Accelerating the Convergence of Water and Climate Action
IWMI05.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Climate-resilient water management should be the unifying agenda for water and climate change adapta…
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Cloud computing to help the rice sector in the Philippines
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)05.12.19In the photo are (from L to R): Dr. Ajay Kohli, IRRI Strategic Innovation…
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Chronic Kidney Disease in Sri Lanka
IWMI05.12.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Groundwater sources and treatment practices may not be the sole risk factors, and further research…
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Is research capturing the multiple, overlapping climate risks farmers face?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)04.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Second in a series of blog posts examining the role of risk in agriculture under…
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Ethiopia is making maps to help improve soil health
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)04.12.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Healthy soils are vital to human survival. They play a pivotal role in feeding global…
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Change in behaviour needed for improved drought management in Jordan and the MENA region
IWMI04.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Adopting water-saving technology is not enough on its own to stem groundwater depletion in the…
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Scaling out climate-smart agriculture in southern Africa
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)04.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Adoption rates for climate-smart agricultural practices remain low in many of the countries which st…
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Overlooked, underused crops: An answer to our food system problems?
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)03.12.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Despite the existence of over 5,500 food crops globally, we are eating a smaller array…
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Capacity building for Africa’s future agrifood system: challenges and the way forward
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)03.12.19-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
An expert panel at the recent African Conference of Agricultural Economists discussed what should be…
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Evidence and lessons from a 3-year research study on agricultural extension in Malawi
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)03.12.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
Agricultural extension services are among the most important factors driving smallholder farmers’ …
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Why gender matters in forest restoration
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)02.12.19-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
Effective forest and landscape restoration interventions need to take into account socio-political …
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How is economic security linked to gender-based violence? New insights from the Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum 2019
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)02.12.19-
Gender equality
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Health
The relationship between economic insecurity and gender-based violence is complex and poorly unders…
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Leading change in nutrition: Transform Nutrition West Africa holds first Francophone ‘short course’
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)01.12.19-
Nutrition
An all-African team from Transform Nutrition West Africa and the African Nutrition Leadership Progra…
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Decade-long trials prove efficacy of Nigeria’s aflatoxin biocontrol product
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)29.11.19-
Food security
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Health
An IITA-led partnership has honed aflatoxin biocontrol for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for over 15 year…
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Rethinking poverty eradication and food security through agriculture in Africa
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)29.11.19Nairobi, Kenya, 28 November 2019 — Agriculture in Africa is expected to meet the dual objectives…
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