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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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Five-year plan for driving Grain Legume and Dryland Cereals seed delivery systems through commodity value chains
21.08.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
For those seeking to create a win-win for farmers, marketers and consumers of grain legumes…
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Discussions on propelling India towards biofuel sees calls for more R&D
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Biodiversity
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ICRISAT’s efforts in feedstocks development appreciated on World Biofuel Day India has made good p…
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Double harvest for half the effort
21.08.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
Peter Mwangofi is a pigeonpea farmer from Karonga district in Malawi. He relies on the…
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Tackling drought with pro-vitamin A sweetpotato in Africa
20.08.20Over the last decade, sweetpotato has gradually become increasing more common and important in the…
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Lessons for gender in seed systems
20.08.20Seed systems are complex and dynamic, involving diverse, interdisciplinary actors. Women play an imp…
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Harnessing aquatic foods research is vital to COVID-19 recovery, sustainable food systems transformation, say agriculture for development experts
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The role of aquatic foods in COVID-19 recovery and the sustainable food system transformation demand…
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WorldFish climate change leader Essam Yassin Mohammed seeks a systems approach for resilient aquatic foods
20.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Nutrition
Marine and freshwater resources provide a lifeline for millions of impoverished people around the wo…
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The Role of Climate and Food Systems Science in Conflict Prevention and Peace-building
19.08.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Written by Nam Nguyen and Diego Osorio. Image credit: Tobin Jones/UN Photo CGIAR FOCUS Climate…
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Tree roots reduce landslide risk
19.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Researchers in Indonesia provide evidence of suitability of tree species in preventing landslides. &…
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Soil-borne pathogen new to chickpea growing regions in India detected
19.08.20Photo: File photo of Dr Mamta Sharma and her team at work in the pathogen…
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Former CIP board member and scientist appointed vice minister in Peru
18.08.20The International Potato Center (CIP) welcomes the appointment of Dr Alberto Maurer as Vice Minister…
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The missing link between maize seeds and trust
18.08.20The world population is expected to rise to almost 10 billion by 2050. To feed…
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Making sense of why spouses disagree in household surveys
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Gender equality
BY KATE AMBLER, CHERYL DOSS, CAITLIN KIERAN AND SIMONE PASSARELLI With women’s empowerment an i…
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Legumes grow money: success script of seed systems in Malawi
18.08.20Photo: Groundnut seed production improved Gertrude Ngoma and her family’s food security and income…
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Bigger, bolder, high-yielding confectionery groundnut variety released in Karnataka, India
18.08.20Photo: Pod and kernels of ICGV 06189. Photo: Dr Babu Motagi, UASD A superior export-quality…
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Book launch: COVID-19 and global food security - what have we learned so far?
17.08.20-
Food security
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Health
BY JOHN MCDERMOTT This post is based on remarks delivered during the Aug. 4 launch event for the…
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How many trees does a healthy watershed need?
17.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Indonesian spatial-planning law prescribes that every district needs to have 30% forest cover to sec…
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Digital defenses: Can high-tech insurance flood-proof vulnerable farmers?
14.08.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
When climate disasters strike, farmers are among the first to feel the consequences. This was…
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