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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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What is wheat blast?
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)11.12.19-
Food security
There are no widely available resistant varieties, and fungicides are expensive and provide only a…
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Global symposium brings scientists and policymakers together for a “new vision” of sustainable fisheries
WorldFish11.12.19Fish harvested from naturally occurring stocks in ocean, coastal and inland waters are crucia…
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The crippling of the multilateral trading system
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)10.12.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As of today (Dec. 10), the dispute settlement mechanism of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has…
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Policy seminar: Digital technologies are crucial to transforming Africa’s food systems
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)10.12.19-
Big data
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Food security
Digital technologies are key to transforming food systems and agriculture across Africa. A Nov. 26…
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Screening cycle for deadly MLN virus set to begin in Kenya in January 2020
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)09.12.19-
Food security
The maize lethal necrosis (MLN) artificial inoculation screening site in Naivasha, Kenya, will begin…
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Overlooked, underused crops: An answer to our food system problems?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)09.12.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
A recent report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change rang alarm bells about the…
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African Plant Breeders Association launched in Ghana
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)09.12.19The African Plant Breeders Association (APBA) was launched recently to bring together plant breeders…
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New dual-purpose pearl millet shows promise as excellent fodder in Niger
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)09.12.19Two varieties of dual-purpose (food and fodder) pearl millet were shown to increase weight and…
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The challenge of ensuring water supply in the Philippines
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)09.12.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Creating incentives for communities to help secure water supply is a win-win situation but without…
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Workshop on gene editing held at ICRISAT
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)09.12.19Twenty crop scientists from Asia and Africa were trained for two weeks at ICRISAT on…
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Oceans will be key to future food security – new expert report
WorldFish09.12.19A new report estimates that the ocean could provide six times more food than…
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2019 ReSAKSS Annual Conference: Gender equality in rural Africa, from commitments to outcomes
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)06.12.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
Third in a series of blog posts on the release of the 2019 Annual Trends and…
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New dual-purpose pearl millet shows promise as excellent fodder in Niger
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)06.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Two varieties of dual-purpose (food and fodder) pearl millet were shown to increase weight and…
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African Plant Breeders Association launched in Ghana
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)06.12.19-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The African Plant Breeders Association (APBA) was launched recently to bring together plant breeders…
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International training in agroforestry for policy makers
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)06.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Twenty-six mid-level policymakers from Africa and Asia — Bangladesh, Botswana, Cambodia, Malawi, M…
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Agricultural solutions to tackle humanity’s climate crisis
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)06.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
More than 11,000 scientists signed on to a recent report showing that planet Earth is facing a…
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Policy seminar: Countries pivotal actors as food systems transform
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)05.12.19-
Food security
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Health
Food systems in developing countries are undergoing a rapid transformation, much of it shaped by…
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Time to act on global groundwater
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)05.12.19Also published as an Op-Ed in Thomson Reuters. Authored by signatories of the Global Groundwat…
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