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Four Essential Podcasts Featuring Dr. Ismahane Elouafi: Science, Systems, and the Future of Food
29.04.25In an era marked by mounting crises—climate extremes, deepening inequality, and growing food insec…
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The Road to Ending Malnutrition: How the Paris N4G Summit Sparked a Global Call to Action
17.04.25The Paris Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit brought global leaders and organizations together in a…
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Ismahane Elouafi on TIME100 list of the most influential people in the world
16.04.25CGIAR is delighted to announce that CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Ismahane Elouafi has been nam…
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Harvesting Collaboration for Food Security. CGIAR Science Week Closes.
14.04.2511th April, Nairobi, Kenya: After a remarkable week of science, innovation, and cementing of partner…
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MEDIA RELEASE | New CGIAR flagship report translates insights into impact for food systems in crisis
14.04.25Nairobi, Kenya, 14 April 2025 – With food systems under strain from climate change, conflict,…
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Science Week Opens: A Leap Forward in Science Collaboration for Food Security
08.04.257th April, Nairobi, Kenya: Science Week was launched today by Special Guest H.E. Musalia Mudavadi,…
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Kenya adopts ‘Rice Sector Development Hub’ approach to achieve rice self sufficiency
23.09.20-
Food security
Rice is one of the priority crops in the Big4 Agenda in Kenya and a…
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Evaluative reviews: a streamlined approach to accountability and learning
23.09.20In the first in a series of blogs on the CGIAR Research Program (CRP) Review…
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Tree planting is critical for sustainable future but can’t fix climate change on its own
22.09.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Around 40 kilometers south-west of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, native and exotic trees stand…
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Promoting nonfarm businesses in Papua New Guinea can improve rural diets
22.09.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
BY GRACIE ROSENBACH AND EMILY SCHMIDT Rural nonfarm enterprises (NFEs) can provide a variety of ben…
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CIMMYT and IITA collaborate to increase adoption of conservation agriculture in southern Africa
21.09.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International Maize and Wheat Imp…
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Seed consortium to bring improved sorghum to Indian farmers post-rains
21.09.20Photo: Sorghum in a farmer’s field in India. (Punna S, ICRISAT) To make quality seeds…
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Catch-up growth cannot undo damage from undernutrition
20.09.20-
Nutrition
Linear growth retardation is a widely used marker of undernutrition. While the development community…
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Sustainability of food systems: Five steps beyond the EAT-Lancet report
19.09.20-
Food security
A new paper highlights five areas of research and action that require more attention if…
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IITA and CIMMYT collaborate to enhance adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa
19.09.20Lilongwe, Malawi. The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International …
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IITA and regional grains body to work towards producing aflatoxin-free grain for health and trade
19.09.20CGIAR-IITA and the Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) have signed a memorandum of understanding…
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New insights to help advance cassava breeding worldwide
19.09.20Researchers at IITA, along with partners from the NextGen Cassava Breeding Project, have uncovered…
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African seed system gets a boost with purchase of 18-ton trucks to ease quality seed delivery to farmers
19.09.20On 7 August, IITA GoSeed, in Ibadan and Umudike Seeds based at the National Root Crops Research…
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Developing a five-year Strategic Plan for ICRISAT WCA Research Program
18.09.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Leveraging stakeholder partnerships, improving risk management efforts, enhancing farm production sy…
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Seed consortium to bring improved sorghum to Indian farmers post rains
18.09.20-
Gender equality
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Health
To make quality seeds of improved sorghum easily accessible, a consortium of institutions is taking…
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Big data and new technology can help us understand and respond to climate change and conflict risks – here’s how
18.09.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Written by Elisabeth Gilmore, Senior Associate Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO…
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WorldFish’s Shakuntala Thilsted joins experts to lead UN Food Systems Summit
18.09.20-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
WorldFish’s Program Leader for Value Chains and Nutrition Shakuntala Thilsted was appointed a…
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Bihar State in India to Promote Biofortified Crops to Address Nutrition Security
17.09.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
The Government of Bihar, India’s third most populous state, is making a major commitment to…
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Optimism for sustainable peatland agriculture is here - and growing
17.09.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
Due to El Niño events, the rainfall pattern in Indonesia has changed. During the dry season, rain…
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