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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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Second national aquaculture forum takes place in Timor-Leste
WorldFish08.08.198 Aug 2019…
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‘One Nation One Ration Card’ can transform lives in India
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)06.08.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
On June 27, India Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan announced plans to move towards a system of…
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2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World: Persistent hunger and obesity increase the global burden of malnutrition
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)05.08.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
After decades of steady decline, the trend in world hunger—as measured by the prevalence of…
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New CIMMYT pre-commercial hybrids available from Asia maize breeding programs
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)05.08.19-
Food security
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is offering a new set of improved…
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Benefits from trees regreen land and livelihoods
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)05.08.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Smallholders in Ethiopia are set to benefit from development of tree value-chains. Wood-fuel, round …
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Rice Doctor -An innovative technological approach to enhance rice production
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)05.08.19-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Crop losses due to insect pests and diseases are a major threat to farming communities…
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Protect our food. Fund the seed.
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)02.08.19-
Food security
“It is the seed that controls the system, not the other way around.” Chef and…
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Transforming sorghum and millet cropping systems through diffusion of quality seed and best bet agronomic practices
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)02.08.19Eight months of the year was the most farmer Seydou Yolo’s harvest would last to…
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Convention on Biological Diversity adopts indicator to track conservation of useful plants
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)01.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Developed by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture and the Crop Trust, the indicator pro…
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CIMMYT and CGIAR staff join Ethiopia’s record-breaking tree-planting campaign
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)01.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
July 29, 2019, was a remarkable day for Ethiopia. People across the country planted 353,633,660 tre…
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Global Food Policy Report–EAT-Lancet Commission launch in The Hague: Rural revitalization and sustainable diets
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)01.08.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
How do two major reports with different emphases on the relationship between nutrition and agricultu…
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Joint Grasslands and Rangelands Congress will be held in Nairobi in Oct 2020
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)01.08.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) and Kenya State Department of Livestoc…
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Transform Nutrition West Africa publishes evidence brief on Nigeria's nutrition policy
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)01.08.19-
Nutrition
To help policymakers in Nigeria better understand the direction of nutrition-relevant policies and t…
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Cobs & Spikes podcast: Interview with Juan Gonzalo Jaramillo Mejia on social inclusion
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)31.07.19-
Gender equality
How can social protection programs be truly inclusive? Taking a social inclusion lens to agricultura…
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Biofortified staples may hold the key to India’s rural malnutrition
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)31.07.19-
Nutrition
Micronutrient deficiency affects a large section of the Indian population, as it does in many…
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After 75 years, agriculture and nutrition meet again
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)31.07.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
For the third year in a row, the recently-released FAO State of Food Insecurity and Nutrition repo…
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FEATURE: Why financing is tied to the future of a biodiverse planet
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)31.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
We will end the year 2019 without having completely achieved any of the Aichi Biodiversity…
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Kenyan livestock sector to grow ‘exponentially’—Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)31.07.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Cattle grazing at ILRI’s Kapiti Ranch Research Station, outside Nairobi, in Kenya (photo credit: I…
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