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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program09.07.25-
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CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has been officially accredited as an…
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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
CGIAR29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
Digital Transformation Accelerator16.05.25-
Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator, explores progress of geospatial program for the Amazon on the campus of the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)08.08.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Palmira, Colombia. Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator and U.S. Senator, visited on August 2 the camp…
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Enset root mealybugs: Are they a threat to bananas?
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)04.08.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
What are enset root mealybugs? Enset root mealybugs are an important pest affecting the cultivation…
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¡El Niño ya está aquí! ¿qué es y qué hacer?
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)04.08.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
El pasado 4 de julio de 2023 la Organización Meteorológica Mundial – OMM, organismo técnico…
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Researchers map cadmium in cacao: “The problem isn’t as bad as we thought”
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)03.08.23In 2019, a wind of uncertainty was rustling through the thick green leaves of cacao…
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Enhancing Climate Information Services for Climate Change Adaptation in Kenya
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)03.08.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Climate change variability increases the vulnerability of small-scale farmers and reduces the effect…
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Bundling Social Technical Innovations for a Diversification, Inclusive and Resilient Agri-Food System in Kenya
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)02.08.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Every year, since 1901, the Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) has organized agricultural shows in…
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Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles (STIBs) for women’s empowerment and resilience in the agrifood system
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)27.07.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The climate is changing, with many negative effects, particularly making smallholder women and men f…
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CGIAR/Alliance of Bioversity Int’l & CIAT and Boost Biomes announce a project to evaluate biological treatment for critical diseases of bananas
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)26.07.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Berkeley, CA and Rome, Italy (July 26, 2023) – CGIAR research center Alliance of Bioversity…
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Navigating environmental and social risk in supply chains: how research supports sustainable business
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)26.07.23The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT has worked together with FMO, the Dutch entreprene…
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Gene Editing Training for Teachers in LAC
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)25.07.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT…
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An Appeal to G20 Policy Makers to Increase Public Funds Toward Agricultural R&D to Strengthen Enabling Environment for Innovation
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)25.07.23Amongst the multifaceted challenges in agriculture and food systems, technological innovation emerge…
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Validation, Collaboration, Digitalization, and more: Insights from 13 July Venture-Out Event
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)18.07.23Watch Venture-Out Events featuring Kuza One and Piatrika Biosystems: two digital agriculture startup…
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Capacity Building of National Agricultural Research System (NARES) Partners on common bean breeding
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)18.07.23As part of Alliance/PABRA’s initiative to modernize bean breeding, technicians and scientist from …
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Empowering women with digital solutions: Leveraging the potential of the private sector for socio-technical innovation
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)14.07.23-
Gender equality
The Gender Equality Initiative (HER+) conducts innovative gender and social science research to deve…
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More than a hundred elite rice lines for LAC, from the rice breeding programs (ALLIANCE-FLAR) to be adopted by all
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)14.07.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Year by year hundreds of elite rice lines are developed by the Alliance of Bioversity…
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Localizing climate finance in Kenyan Counties: Unlocking Opportunities for Climate-Smart Agriculture Investments
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)12.07.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Kenya’s heavy reliance on climate-sensitive natural resources makes the agricultural sector highly…
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Fortalecimiento agroecológico para cultivos biofortificados, basado en tecnologías con enfoque étnico y de género
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)11.07.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
El fortalecimiento de la autonomía alimentaria en las comunidades étnicas Arhuacas realizado por m…
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Peruvian producers are banking on cacao with the aroma of sustainability
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)11.07.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
The Ucayali rainforest region, located in Peru, has managed to position itself as the third…
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