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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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Imagining challenging climate futures
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)29.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
This post was originally published on Ojo Al Clima (in Spanish) It has already happened to…
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Rebuttal letter sets the record straight on crop breeding for climate change resilience
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)28.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
In early 2019, an article published by European climate researchers in the Proceedings of the Nat…
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Colombia could lose 60% of land suitable for irrigated rice due to climate change
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)28.05.19Unchecked emissions will reduce land suitable for rice in Colombia, underscoring how geography limit…
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To transform the global food system and feed the world sustainably, start at the local level
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)28.05.19-
Food security
In a recent meeting with a developing country policy maker, I was asked which among…
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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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In China, the largest bamboo structure of its kind proclaims the plant’s future
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)27.05.19With its graceful arches blanketed by a landscape garden and reflected in the shimmering pond…
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Restore Indigenous land rights to unlock traditional knowledge and repair ecosystems
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)27.05.19Despite general acceptance by scientists, governments and investors that traditional knowledge is as…
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Niger Minister meets India’s senior agriculture officials
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)27.05.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
To strengthen ties between Niger and India in areas of agriculture, Mr Ibrahima Guimba-Saïdou, Mini…
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SRFSI: The West Bengal story
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)27.05.19In India’s state of West Bengal, the success of men and women farmers and agri-entrepreneurs…
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Vulnerable to verdant: turning flood risk into farm resource
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)27.05.19-
Food security
Increasing production in agriculture is often a very long and arduous process. Agronomists, soil sci…
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Why Apple is investing in Colombia’s mangroves
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)26.05.19-
Biodiversity
It’s easy to get lost in the narrow channels of a mangrove forest. On either…
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FEATURE: Can we grow our way out of the charcoal crisis?
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)25.05.19-
Environmental health
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Health
Charcoal production in much of Africa is not only a major source of energy but…
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Vietnam can reduce emissions and save $2.3 billion with changes in agriculture and land usev
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)24.05.19Through cost-saving practices for coffee, rice, maize, and livestock production, Vietnam can increas…
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T20: Investments in irrigation and food system links can prevent food crises in Africa south of the Sahara
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)24.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food crises continue to plague the African continent, driven by conflict, climate change, and econo…
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ILRI annual report goes online
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)24.05.19-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
ILRI has published its annual report for 2018, and for the first time in its…
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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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Scaling up sustainable forestry projects key to attracting finance
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry24.05.19-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Continuing this new interview series on inclusive landscape finance, we hear from the corporate sect…
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Reversing ‘dangerous decline’ of nature requires global initiatives to engage both men and women
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry24.05.19-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
Our planet is in the midst of an ecological emergency, according to several recent reports. Deter…
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