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Over USD 142 million pledged at COP30 to advance CGIAR’s mission of a food-secure future
CGIAR15.11.25COP30 Delegates at the Embrapa/Gates Foundation Innovation Showcase The United Kingdom, Belgium, Den…
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Brazil's Cop30 summit has high hopes for the planet - but will it signal a green future?
CGIAR Press Office12.11.25CGIAR Executive Managing Director Ismahane Elouafi explains in an article in The National ahead of…
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New CGIAR Evidence Sets Out Blueprint for a Low-Carbon, Regenerative and Equitable Food System Transition at COP30
Climate Action Science Program10.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
As countries prepare to gather in Belém for COP30, CGIAR today launched seven new evidence-based…
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Join Ismahane Elouafi at the CNN Global Perspectives - Soil to Scale event
CGIAR Press Office05.11.25Join Ismahane Elouafi discussing pathways to resileint food systems in Africa at the CNN Soil…
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Why we show up at climate COPs: Bridging local reality with global ambition
Climate Action Science Program04.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
By Ma. Eliza J. Villarino, Rhys Bucknall-Williams, Laura Cramer, and Chiara Colombo Every yea…
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Bridging knowledge systems: Indigenous practices for sustainable foodways
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)21.10.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Indigenous peoples’ food systems have existed for millennia: far longer than the industrialised fo…
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Rural populations face heightened COVID-19 risks
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)12.05.21-
Gender equality
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Health
BY JAWOO KOO, CLAUDIA RINGLER, ANIRUDDHA GHOSH AND CARLO AZZARRI India’s devastating second wave o…
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Scientists in Africa explore use of surrogate sires to improve small ruminant breeds
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)11.05.21-
Food security
In Pullman, Washington, the director and reproductive biologist at the Center for Reproductive Biolo…
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Policy responses to COVID-19: What worked and how to build resilience for the future
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)11.05.21-
Food security
BY JOHN MCDERMOTT, DANIELLE RESNICK, NICHOLA NAYLOR AND JESSICA WALLACH The COVID-19 pandemic has pr…
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IITA holds Climate Smart Agriculture awareness session for local-level policymakers
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)11.05.21As part of efforts to ensure sustainability and scalability of efforts to build capacity in…
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CGIAR Researcher from WorldFish, Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted, wins World Food Prize
CGIAR11.05.21-
Nutrition
Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, a CGIAR scientist and nutrition expert from WorldFish, was named…
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Farmers’ Hubs for quality seed and input supply and market linkage launched in Nigeria
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)11.05.21The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) launched 13 Farmers’ Hubs to service 13…
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Public and private sector scientists pick pearl millet material for their breeding programs
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)11.05.21Public and private sector scientists visited 20,000 pearl millet breeding plots at ICRISAT this week…
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Lessons Learned from the CGIAR Research Programs and What’s Coming Up Next
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service10.05.21More than ever before, remote evaluations and evaluation approaches that require a rapid and cost-ef…
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Vietnam’s MARD minister calls on promotion of climate-smart practices to reduce GHG emissions at COP26’s Ministerial Dialogue
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)10.05.2126 April 2021 - Mr. Le Minh Hoan, Leader of Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and…
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Solar for all: Enhancing access to affordable and sustainable solar-powered irrigation
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)08.05.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
Around 2 billion people globally are food insecure. Yet strategies to reduce chronic hunger and…
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Global Food Policy Report 2021: The challenges of food system transformation
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)07.05.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY YING VISSER AND MARIËLLE KARSSENBERG IFPRI’s recently-released 2021 Global Food Policy Repor…
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Community participation: greening the Aba Gerima watershed in Ethiopia
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)05.05.21-
Biodiversity
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Food security
The rolling plains of the Aba Gerima watershed cover the upper portion of Lake Tana…
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Women’s voices in civil society organizations: Evidence from a civil society mapping project in Mali
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)04.05.21-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY KATRINA KOSEC AND EVGENIYA ANISIMOVA How can women’s voices be amplified in a situation…
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Digitization equipment set to accelerate Kenya’s breeding programs
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)04.05.21Last month, the CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB) platform handed over digitization equipment to th…
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Supporting the Food System Dialogues for Honduras ahead of UN summit
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)04.05.21-
Food security
We have never had a better understanding of the need to transform food systems. The…
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Future Thinking for Present Decisions: On the Importance of Foresight and Trade-Off Analyses in Agricultural Research Portfolio and Investment Plans
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The Global Food Systems 5050 Initiative: Tracking and promoting progress on gender equality amid food systems transformation
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)03.05.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY JEMIMAH NJUKI Women play critical roles in food systems—as producers, processors, traders, cons…
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Smallscale composting can help put the brakes on youth immigration in Niger
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)03.05.21A small group of youth from Niger learned a fast-paced composting technique. Their learnings are…
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