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Four Essential Podcasts Featuring Dr. Ismahane Elouafi: Science, Systems, and the Future of Food
CGIAR29.04.25In an era marked by mounting crises—climate extremes, deepening inequality, and growing food insec…
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The Road to Ending Malnutrition: How the Paris N4G Summit Sparked a Global Call to Action
CGIAR17.04.25The Paris Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit brought global leaders and organizations together in a…
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Ismahane Elouafi on TIME100 list of the most influential people in the world
CGIAR16.04.25CGIAR is delighted to announce that CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Ismahane Elouafi has been nam…
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Harvesting Collaboration for Food Security. CGIAR Science Week Closes.
CGIAR14.04.2511th April, Nairobi, Kenya: After a remarkable week of science, innovation, and cementing of partner…
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MEDIA RELEASE | New CGIAR flagship report translates insights into impact for food systems in crisis
CGIAR14.04.25Nairobi, Kenya, 14 April 2025 – With food systems under strain from climate change, conflict,…
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Science Week Opens: A Leap Forward in Science Collaboration for Food Security
CGIAR08.04.257th April, Nairobi, Kenya: Science Week was launched today by Special Guest H.E. Musalia Mudavadi,…
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Techniques to enhance the genetic gain in crop breeding programs
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)10.06.21Dr. Michael Baum, ICARDA’s Acting Deputy Director General for Research, Research Team Leader of Br…
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Changing rainfall erodes a landscape. Watershed interventions halt the downward spiral
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)10.06.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Watershed interventions have led to 1-2.5 meters higher groundwater levels, providing lifesaving irr…
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Winning, ‘climate-smart’, ways to feed India’s dairy cows—Jimmy Smith, of ILRI
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)09.06.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
(The post was written by Kennady Vijayalakshmy, research and communications officer with ILRI in Sou…
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2021 China and Global Agricultural Policy Forum: Food systems transformation from diets to policies
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)09.06.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY QIYUN HUANG As the shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded over the past year,…
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African breeding programs leap forward by accessing new genotyping data
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)09.06.21-
Big data
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Food security
With newly accessible genotyping technologies, African crop breeding programs have partnered with Ei…
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Never let good waste become a crisis: lessons for the Global South
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)09.06.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
As a global society, we waste a third – 1.3 billion metric tons – of…
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New report from UN Nutrition untangles risks and benefits of food from livestock for sustainable healthy diets, focusing on challenges linked to both abundance and scarcity
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)08.06.21-
Health
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Nutrition
A more balanced, sustainable approach to consuming food from livestock—one that meets nutrition ne…
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ILRI's Jimmy Smith on the livestock controversies holding back greater use of milk, meat and eggs to nourish the undernourished
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)08.06.21Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), today gave …
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Remote sensing for irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa: Promises and pitfalls
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)08.06.21-
Environmental health
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There is growing demand for sustainable development policy that is data driven, but our unprecedente…
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Digital innovations accelerated by COVID-19 are revolutionizing food systems: Implications for the UN Food Systems Summit
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)08.06.21-
Food security
BY THOMAS REARDON, JOHAN SWINNEN, ROB VOS AND DAVID ZILBERMAN The COVID-19 pandemic has caused…
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The Yams of Konguan
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)08.06.21-
Biodiversity
Once upon a time two women, one very beautiful and one not so beautiful, were…
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World Food Prize Laureate Shakuntala Thilsted urges UN Assembly to act on aquatic foods
WorldFish08.06.21-
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WorldFish’s Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted, who was recently …
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In the Spotlight: Tasnuva Zaman
WorldFish08.06.21-
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WorldFish and the CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH) are global leaders in…
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Cookbook celebrates aquatic foods for life and livelihoods in Timor-Leste
WorldFish08.06.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Since achieving its independence 20 years ago, Timor-Leste has set out to forge a cohesive…
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Equitible digital tools can boost small-scale fisher livelihoods
WorldFish08.06.21-
Big data
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
While some specific applications of mobile technologies are well understood, their role in governanc…
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Nutrition scientist Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted awarded the 2021 World Food Prize
WorldFish08.06.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health at WorldFish, was na…
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Small businesses fuel Zambia’s aquaculture sector
WorldFish08.06.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Northern Zambia’s growing small-scale aquaculture sector offers new opportunities to improve food …
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Zambian aquaculture provides new opportunities for youth
WorldFish08.06.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Zambia’s emerging aquaculture sector is set to be a key supplier of fish and other…
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