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Addressing Inflation Requires Global Food Systems Transformation
20.09.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
With food prices playing such a significant role in inflation, particularly in the Global South,…
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Galvanizing Food Systems Transformation in South Asia
12.09.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
New Initiative builds on CGIAR’s collective strengths and brings together stakeholders to address …
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Africa Must Fast-track Adoption of Proven and Sustainable Solutions to Survive Food Crisis
05.09.22The repercussions of the global food crisis, coupled with a protracted drought and a challenging…
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CGIAR Scientist Receives the 2022 Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application
01.09.22Dr. Mahalingam Govindaraj explains how CGIAR helped him to develop the ground-breaking work which le…
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Namukolo Covic Appointed Regional Director, East & Southern Africa, Amid Boost to Regional Leadership
24.08.22Dr. Namukolo Covic, ILRI Director General’s representative to Ethiopia and CGIAR Country Convenor,…
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CGIAR Annual Performance Report 2021 Now Available Online
29.07.22In 2021, CGIAR celebrated its 50th year of delivering critical science and innovations to address…
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Designing gender-sensitive and climate-smart technologies: a must for the future of Guatemalan agriculture
01.11.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
A recent National Geographic article opened with the shocking headline: “Changing climate forces d…
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AfricaRice Council of Ministers sends strong signal of commitment to drive Africa’s rice agenda
26.10.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The 31st Ordinary Session of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Council of Ministers held recently…
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‘Merry-go-round’ groups spin Kenyan women farmers to success
22.10.18-
Food security
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Gender equality
Last month’s report from the United Nations’ scientific panel on climate change highlights wor…
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Discussion paper: What is the role of men in connecting women to cash crop markets? Evidence from Uganda
18.10.18-
Food security
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Gender equality
Programs that seek to increase women’s participation in marketing activities related to the princi…
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The elusive quest for the perfect chicken
16.10.18-
Food security
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Gender equality
A team of researchers investigating chicken diseases in Ethiopia has discovered that there is far…
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International Day of Rural Women 2018
15.10.18-
Gender equality
To celebrate the International Day of Rural Women on October 15th, the CGIAR Collaborative Platform…
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Gender mainstreaming in value chain development triggers women’s empowerment in Uganda
15.10.18-
Gender equality
A gender focus introduced in value chain development in Uganda has allowed women and men…
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A closer look at gender relations in forest landscape restoration
15.10.18-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
On this occasion of the International Day of Rural Women, Giulia Micheletti and Marlène Elias…
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From agronomic practices to gender norms and agency in banana disease management
15.10.18-
Food security
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Gender equality
On the International Day of Rural Women, our researcher François Iradukunda reflects on how a…
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Women’s hidden harvest: the AmaXhosa women and traditional culture survival practices
15.10.18-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
On the occasion of International Day of Rural Women, Dr. Katie Tavenner takes us on…
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How gender shapes responses to climate change: New tools for measuring rural women’s empowerment
15.10.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Gender equality
BY SOPHIE THEIS AND ELENA MARTINEZ This year’s International Day of Rural Women (Oct. 15) focu…
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Lessons from an early adopter of sorghum technologies in Kitui, Eastern Kenya
15.10.18-
Gender equality
As a gender researcher working in dryland agricultural research, one of the outcomes we strive…
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International Day of Rural Women
12.10.18-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Groundwater is notoriously difficult to manage. One cannot easily see how much is available, who…
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AfricaRice Annual Report 2017 focuses on effective targeting of research to respond to stakeholder needs
11.10.18-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
AfricaRice is pleased to announce the release of its Annual Report 2017, themed ‘More effective…
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Using vignettes to explore gender issues related to food security and nutrition
09.10.18-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
Giulia Micheletti, Marlène Elias, and Jessica Raneri of Bioversity International describe a nu…
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Playing a bigger role in global monitoring of SDGs
09.10.18-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
UN Women’s 2018 flagship report on gender and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offers a…
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IFPRI Partnership on Small Scale Irrigation Research Extended Five More Years with $12.5 Million Grant
05.10.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
October 5, Washington, D.C.: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced a f…
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A bureaucratic catch-22: Study in Bangladesh shows how safety nets can overlook the poorest
01.10.18-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY AKHTER AHMED AND JULIE GHOSTLAW Around the world, governments and development partners make hard…
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