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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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
29.05.25Photo 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
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
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
16.05.25-
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
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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Strategizing on a national seed system in Kenya with special focus on climate-resilient crops
12.01.21A national seed systems strategy with special focus on drought tolerant crops such as sorghum…
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Historical socio-economic data critical for research and policy making, say agricultural economists
12.01.21ICRISAT’s socio-economic data sets for India at the district and village levels, collated over sev…
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GLDC Newsletter 2020
12.01.21It has been a year of both tremendous challenge and growth. Amid a global pandemic…
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New sorghum hybrid with preferred market traits developed in partnership with Zimbabwean seed company
12.01.21A new disease-resistant sorghum hybrid with 23-34% higher yield, best suited for brewing, food and…
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Genomics-assisted breeding delivers high-yielding, wilt resistant chickpea for commercial cultivation in central India
12.01.21A high-yielding and wilt resistant variety with a yield potential double to that of existing…
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Brainstorming sessions on groundnut value chain innovations
12.01.21Groundnut innovations with large kernels and high oleic content preferred by the confectionery indus…
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IITA-CSAT scaling activity flourishes; welcomes Norwegian Ambassador to Mali
12.01.21The IITA-Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies (CSAT) project continues to advance with activitie…
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FFAR grant develops climate-resilient wheat
11.01.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Wheat constitutes 20% of all calories and protein consumed, making it a cornerstone of the…
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Press Release: FFAR Grant Develops Climate-Resilient Wheat
11.01.21-
Food security
FFAR + CIMMYT NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Brian Oakes, FFAR: 202-604-5756, boakes@founda…
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Four ways One CGIAR breeding programs can walk the talk on innovation
11.01.21-
Food security
By Hugo Campos and Michael Quinn In the face of accelerated climate change, COVID-19 and…
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Agricultural value chain finance can help drive Myanmar’s agricultural growth
11.01.21-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY SIDDHARTHA BASU, ALAN DE BRAUW, KHIN PWINT OO AND RUSSELL TOTH Surrounded by some…
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New India National Family Health Survey data shows worrying trends on anemia, overweight
08.01.21-
Health
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Nutrition
Children's heights are a bellwether indicator for all the things that can go wrong, or…
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Unleashing the potential of plant health
08.01.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
The UN has designated 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health. CGIAR Centers have…
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Young Malian researchers gear up for grand challenges with crop modeling
08.01.21-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
UE-APSAN Mali project trains next generation of modeling experts Budding agricultural researchers ar…
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Taking stock of value chain development
07.01.21-
Food security
In 1967 Albert O. Hirschman, the pioneering development economist, published Development Projects Ob…
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Big costs, bigger rewards: How $33 billion in spending each year can help end hunger sustainably by 2030
07.01.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
BY SWATI MALHOTRA The Ceres2030 project has shown the urgent need for additional investments—a…
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Shrimp Farming and Research in Bangladesh Adapts to COVID-19 Pandemic
07.01.21-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted tremendously every aspect of the economy in Bangladesh, including…
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Thriving with complexity
06.01.21-
Food security
Visiting Margaret Nalujja with Elliot Baligeya of UFVEPA. You can see the charcoal cooler behind…
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