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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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CIP uses social media to distribute more sweetpotato in Bangladesh
03.09.20An International Potato Center project (CIP) in Bangladesh is making creative use of technology and…
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Exploring farmer adoption of conservation agriculture using a lab-in-the-field approach
02.09.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
BY MIKE MURPHY, KATE AMBLER AND ALAN DE BRAUW Climate change poses a significant threat to livelih…
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Launch of AfricaRice Annual Report 2019: Toward rice-based food systems transformation in Africa
02.09.20-
Environmental health
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 2 September 2020 - At a time when the need for a…
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Wildlife markets in the pandemic: Prohibit or preserve them? Ban or promote them?
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Health
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Nutrition
Pork sold in a wet market in Cambodia (photo credit: ILRI/David Aronson). ILRI and UN…
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Initial Research Highlights Importance of Irrigation for Ethiopian Farmers During COVID-19
02.09.20-
Food security
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Health
Agriculture sustains the Ethiopian economy, and access to irrigation here is critical for food secur…
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Improving animal health in southern Africa—Why it matters and what to do
01.09.20-
Food security
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Health
Cattle being herded towards green pasture on the flood plain in western Zambia (photo credit:…
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Rising fodder shortage prompts release of two pearl millet varieties with superior and higher forage in south India
01.09.20Photo (ICRISAT): Forage variety pearl millet on the research field (left) and farmer’s field (righ…
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Coming together as One CGIAR: New CGIAR System Board membership announced
01.09.20CGIAR announced today the voting member composition of the board of the CGIAR System Organization,…
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The challenges of influencing consumer behavior to improve food safety
31.08.20-
Food security
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Health
BY VIVIAN HOFFMANN AND EMILY WU In Kenya, levels of exposure to aflatoxin—a contaminant produced …
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Agroecological management of fall armyworm: Africa, South Asia and South America
31.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Food security
When fall armyworm first arrived on the African continent in 2016, the potential loss of…
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Potato diversity leads to economic gain in Uganda
29.08.20The genebank of the International Potato Centre (CIP) holds more than 6000 accessions of potatoes a…
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Network makes headway in strengthening gender research at IITA
29.08.20The gender science network at IITA has made significant progress in its efforts to enhance…
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Early adopter of YIIFSWA-promoted improved yam varieties enjoys “fantastic” yield
29.08.20Beaming with pride, Chief Joshua Ojedele showed off his 2-hectare yam field cultivated from improved…
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Getting beyond ’empty signifiers’—Food policy expert Corinna Hawkes asks: What are food systems for?
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Nutrition
All children’s artworks on this page are from Artsonia Art Gallery. In the lead up…
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Rising fodder shortage prompts release of two pearl millet varieties with superior and higher forage in south India
28.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Health
Two pearl millet varieties with 7.0% and 5.4% higher green forage yields as compared to…
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Genetic molecular markers to accelerate genetic gains in crops
28.08.20-
Gender equality
Dr Rajeev Varshney from the Center of Excellence in Genomics and Systems Biology, ICRISAT, sheds…
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Potato diversity leads to economic gain in Uganda
27.08.20-
Biodiversity
The genebank of the International Potato Centre (CIP) holds more than 6000 accessions of potatoes…
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High altitudes linked to higher rates of stunting
27.08.20-
Health
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Nutrition
BY KALEAB BAYE, KALLE HIRVONEN AND EMILY WU Child stunting affects nearly 155 million globally, on…
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