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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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How do earthquakes shape economic behavior?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)14.11.19-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The economic cost of natural disasters is usually expressed in physical terms: Destruction of assets…
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Towards a sustainable ocean economy: An interview with Norway’s Minister of Fisheries and Seafood, Harald T Nesvik.
WorldFish14.11.19At the Our Ocean 2019 conference in Norway, recently, Tana Lala-Pritchard, Director, Communic…
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Policy seminar: What made Malawi’s community childcare centers successful platforms for an agriculture and nutrition program
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)13.11.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Community-based early childhood development centers have long provided affordable, quality care for …
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Policy transformation for achieving the SDGs: Can translational research help?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)12.11.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 will take major transformations of the …
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Why tree diversity in agroforestry matters: perspectives from the Comoros archipelago
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)12.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The island of Anjouan in the Comoros has experienced one of the highest deforestation rates…
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From Knowledge to Income – Martha Lawrance is recognised as a leading sweetpotato vine multiplier
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)11.11.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Martha Lawrance is a 49-year-old woman from the Chogsia, Wa West District of the Upper…
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Consolidated efforts to modernize crop improvement in Ghana
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)11.11.19-
Food security
A Regional Coordinated Trial (RCT) is helping Cowpea Improvement Program in Ghana, thanks to Acceler…
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New challenges for women’s land rights in Africa
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)11.11.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Second in a series of blog posts on the release of the 2019 Annual Trends and…
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Laying the ground for drone-based technologies to support development of climate-ready crops
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)11.11.19-
Food security
Globally, agriculture is witnessing significant technological advancement, best exemplified by the A…
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Trees in the mist: domesticating local forest trees to restore the Comoros archipelago
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)11.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Forming a part of the Madagascar and Indian Ocean biodiversity hotspot is the island of…
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ICRAF and FTA host first technical discussion on the development of a gender-responsive post-2020 global biodiversity framework
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)11.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
The unprecedented and accelerating loss of biodiversity is one of the greatest crises of our tim…
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New study identifies factors affecting spread of brucellosis in humans and livestock in northeastern Kenya
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)11.11.19-
Health
Brucellosis is an important zoonotic disease that affects wildlife and livestock. A study carried ou…
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Consolidated efforts to modernize crop improvement in Ghana
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)11.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
A Regional Coordinated Trial (RCT) is helping Cowpea Improvement Program in Ghana, thanks to Acceler…
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Spotlight on crop diversity as ICRISAT’s Genebank holds inaugural field day
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)11.11.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Cutting across disciplines of crop research, scientists gathered at ICRISAT to observe and evaluate …
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ILRI holds a livestock symposium at the International Tropical Agriculture Conference this week
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)10.11.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
The International Tropical Agriculture Conference, TropAg2019, is being held next week in Brisbane, …
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Putting people at the heart of agriculture
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)08.11.19Agricultural interventions that fail to address people’s needs and interests are not just a betray…
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Policy seminar: The Bridge Collaborative on bringing about bigger change faster
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)08.11.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The world faces complex, interwoven development challenges. Issues such as climate change, malnutrit…
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Influencing water investments to support women in Tajikistan
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)08.11.19Community water management investments in Tajikistan are now better targeted to women, with an aim…
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