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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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India’s first ‘high oleic’ groundnut varieties ready to go commercial
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)30.05.19-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
Will serve up healthier oil with longer shelf life After eight years of collaborative work,…
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HarvestPlus welcomes new UK commitment to support biofortification
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)30.05.19-
Nutrition
On May 23, HarvestPlus announced a major new commitment by the government of the United Kingdom to…
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Principles, practice, and the private sector’s role in malnutrition: Time to review red lines?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)29.05.19-
Nutrition
The framing of malnutrition as a global problem that affects us all is long overdue.…
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Banana improvement project team meets to take stock, track progress and plan
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)27.05.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
An international team of researchers that is revolutionizing banana breeding in Eastern Africa are t…
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Conference on Advances in Classical Breeding and Application of Modern Breeding Tools for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)24.05.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Plant breeding provides sustainable options to increase domestic food supply and dietary diversity i…
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Recipes to the rescue
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)22.05.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Nutrition
Bioversity International partners with chefs, nutritionist, local communities and researchers to lev…
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Our health linked to our food linked to our biodiversity
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)22.05.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Dorothy Shaver, Global Sustainability Lead for Knorr, Unilever, marks the International Day for Biol…
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Agroforestry at 40: how tree-farm science has changed the world
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)22.05.19-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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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
Coffee bushes in a shade-grown plantation in the Andes, Ecuador.Morley Read/Shutterstock Meine van N…
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2019 Global Food Policy Report Mumbai launch: Building partnerships to spur rural revitalization
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)20.05.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
India’s report card on rural development presents a mixed picture: While a number of rural…
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Looking for the right tree for the right place? Agroforestry Species Switchboard Version 2
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)18.05.19-
Nutrition
The updated Agroforestry Species Switchboard is a ‘one-stop shop’ to retrieve data about plant s…
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Public–private–people partnership for cocoa and forests in Côte d’Ivoire
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)17.05.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
For decades, Côte d’Ivoire has been the world’s largest producer and exporter of cocoa. Its…
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Eradicating hunger through the African Orphan Crops Consortium
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)17.05.19-
Nutrition
Training scientists in advanced plant genomics is set to transform nutrition in Africa. The Food…
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The human face of urban food systems
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)16.05.19-
Nutrition
The Urban Food Systems for Better Diets, Nutrition and Health program aims to provide evidence…
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Innovating for change: Interview with Maria Andrade a sweetpotato champion
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)15.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
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Nutrition
An accomplished sweetpotato breeder and tireless advocate for improving the nutrition and wellbeing …
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Ethiopian farmers help researchers select potato varieties that the market demands
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)14.05.19-
Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Potato is important to food security and a cash crop in Ethiopia with high potential…
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Ethiopian farmers help researchers select potato varieties that the market demands
International Potato Center (CIP)14.05.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Potato is important to food security and a cash crop in Ethiopia with high potential…
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Evidence from Malawi: Why agricultural and nutrition education programs should engage both women and men in households
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)14.05.19-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
Gender norms and inequalities are an important factor in Malawi’s ongoing food security problems. …
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Study endorses processing of biofortified sweetpotato-based baby food in reducing malnutrition
International Potato Center (CIP)10.05.19-
Nutrition
Scientists at the International Potato Center (CIP) have welcomed a recent study supporting the comm…
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