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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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Biocontrol reduces Maruca pod borer population by 85%
03.04.20Scientists based at CGIAR-IITA’s climate change station in Benin are happy with the results of…
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IRRI committed to working with partners, governments to ensure continued food and nutrition security amid COVID-19 outbreak
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Food security
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Nutrition
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across almost 200 countries and territories around the world…
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How we can use the COVID-19 disruption to improve food systems and address the climate emergency
03.04.20At first glance, the COVID-19 crisis appears to have nothing to do with the climate…
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A compendium of knowledge on tropical roots and tubers
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Food security
A second edition of the indispensable handbook Tropical Root and Tuber Crops: Cassava, Sweet Potato,…
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How COVID-19 may disrupt food supply chains in developing countries
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Food security
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Health
BY THOMAS REARDON, MARC F. BELLEMARE AND DAVID ZILBERMAN The organization of food supply chains (F…
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Building synergy between sweetpotato breeding and seed systems in East and Central Africa
02.04.20SweetGAINS (Genetic Advances and Innovative Seed Systems) is a program to accelerate and expand the…
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Insecurity in Niger: reversing the gains made in land restoration
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Gender equality
Just two years into the implementation of the Reversing Land Degradation in Africa by Scaling-up Ev…
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Wheat curl mites: What are they and how can we fight them?
01.04.20The wheat curl mite, a pesky wheat pest which can cause up to 100% yield…
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Economic impact of COVID-19 on tourism and remittances: Insights from Egypt
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Gender equality
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Health
BY CLEMENS BREISINGER, ABLA ABDEL LATIF, MARIAM RAOUF AND MANFRED WIEBELT As COVID-19 reaches eve…
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IRRI, CCAFS, CCAC boost GHG mitigation in Vietnam to reach NDC targets
01.04.20In Vietnam, rice is a dominant and important crop. Yet, traditional paddy rice production…
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COVID-19 lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade
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Gender equality
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Health
BY DANIELLE RESNICK Informal food markets are vital to feeding African cities, venues the poor…
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COVID19 Highlights Need To Ensure Good Nutrition
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Health
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Nutrition
“Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.” This well-known quote from Hippocrates…
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Remembering Peter Huxley: One of the ‘giants’ of agroforestry research
31.03.20Peter Huxley was one of the ‘giants’ of agroforestry research; one of his greatest legacies…
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Nutrix – the big reach of small fish in nourishing Cambodia
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Nutrition
Lyndon Paul offers a tube-shaped wafer for me to try. It fractures as I bite,…
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From sledgehammer to scalpel: Scientists say a ‘moonshot effort’ is needed to end social distancing and this pandemic
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Health
Earthrise, as seen from Apollo 8, Dec 1968 (photo credit: astronaut William Anders). Scientists say…
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Tackling agricultural water pollution – a 21st century challenge
31.03.20Agriculture is critical to the economies of developing countries. It is the basic source of…
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Lockdowns are protecting China’s rural families from COVID-19, but the economic burden is heavy
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Gender equality
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Health
By Scott Rozelle, Heather Rahimi, Huan Wang and Eve Dill COVID-19 lockdowns have major impacts on…
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Lessons from the AIDS epidemic on how COVID-19 may Impact Food and Nutrition Security
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Health
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Nutrition
By Stuart Gillespie and Alan Whiteside Given the speed at which COVID-19 is spreading, we must…
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