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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 hungerÂ
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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IRRI partners with social enterprise to incubate women’s producer company
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)05.07.19As a concerted effort to test various models of women’s entrepreneurship development in rice agri-…
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From smallholders to entrepreneurs, growing farmer resilience through Farmer Business Schools
International Potato Center (CIP)04.07.19-
Gender equality
Rural Filipino farmers are reinventing themselves from smallholders to food-processing entrepreneurs…
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Sweetpotato jams and juices contribute to forest conservation in the Philippines
International Potato Center (CIP)04.07.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Once considered a survival food during times of drought or severe rains, sweetpotato cultivation is…
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Scaling out sustainable livestock production alternatives: financing schemes in the Colombian Amazon
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)04.07.19Peru and Colombia, countries harboring 23 per cent of the Amazon rainforest, are aware of…
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Pause, reflect, learn, adapt
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)04.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
Land restoration targets and commitments have been set at global, regional, national and local level…
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United States and Mali launch five-year partnership for food security and livelihood resilience
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)03.07.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Written by Assoumane Maiga Beneficiary Aoussata Coulibaly (left) talks with the Malian minister of a…
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Ruth Meinzen-Dick receives Elinor Ostrom Award
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)03.07.19-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
The 2019 Elinor Ostrom Award on Collective Governance of the Commons acknowledges Ruth Meinzen-Dickâ…
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IITA joins call for a global surveillance system to detect and halt the spread of crop disease
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)03.07.19-
Food security
A team of researchers has argued in Science that as nations collaborate to detect and stop human…
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De-risking agricultural value chains using climate-smart agriculture
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)03.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
In April 2019, professionals from the soft commodity sectors who represent diverse value chains acro…
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Understanding farmers’ willingness to pay for root, tuber and banana crop planting material
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)02.07.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Experimental auctions reveal the true willingness of farmers to pay (WTP) for various farming inputs…
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Rohingya in Bangladesh are surviving – but their long-term prospects are grim
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)02.07.19-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
Note: Join us July 10 as the authors and other participants discuss their survey of…
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Making irrigation technology more affordable in Ethiopia
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)02.07.19-
Food security
“We will give due attention to the agricultural sector to bring about a fundamental change,…
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Considering Gender in Irrigation: Technology Adoption for Women Farmers
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)02.07.19-
Food security
Originally published on The Chicago Council on Global Affairs as part of the Uncharted Waters blog…
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Science is not negotiable: Reflections from the UN climate talks in Bonn
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)02.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Two things struck us the most in this year’s intersessional climate talks: Firstly, countries fail…
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Cobs & Spikes podcast: Women in wheat science
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)01.07.19Demand for wheat is predicted to increase 70% by the year 2050. As demand for…
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Experimental stations in Mexico improve global agriculture
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)01.07.19The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) operates five agricultural experiment …
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A day to remember: Scientists and processors exchange on the changes in the cassava value chain in Colombia over the past 20 years
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)01.07.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
With funding from the Roots, Tubers and Bananas Research Program (RTB), the International Center for…
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IITA Youth Agripreneurs program wins international award for youth empowerment innovations
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)01.07.19-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In recognition of its commitment to improving both agribusiness opportunities and creditworthiness o…
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