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Official Launch of CGIAR’s “Crops to End Hunger” Initiative at Borlaug Dialogue
17.10.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
CGIAR announced its new global initiative, Crops to End Hunger, this week at the World…
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Our food systems are in crisis, and it's not just from climate change
16.10.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
While global leaders gathered in New York City last month to discuss the climate crisis,…
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The cereals imperative of future food systems
15.10.19-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Pioneering research on our three most important cereal grains — maize, rice, and wheat —…
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International Day of Rural Women 2019
15.10.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research is pleased to mark the International Day of Rural…
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International Day of Disaster Reduction
13.10.19-
Climate
We have to accept that in many cases we cannot stop floods or droughts, but…
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A fresh look at the genes behind grain weight in spring bread wheat
09.10.19-
Genomics
To meet the demand for wheat from a rising and quickly urbanizing population, wheat yields…
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Investment in agricultural research key to offsetting climate change impacts
25.09.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
On Sept. 23, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank, the United Kingdom, the Neth…
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ILRI knowledge management recognized internationally
25.09.19Shirley Tarawali, assistant director general of ILRI, received the Knowledge Management Award from A…
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Call for proposals: The political economy of food system transformation
25.09.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) is issuing a call for…
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Programs need to focus on the double burden of malnutrition: Evidence from Guatemala
25.09.19-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Most countries, at all levels of development and in all regions of the world, today…
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UN-sponsored report acknowledges CIMMYT’s use of data and technologies to promote sustainable farming in Latin America
24.09.19-
Big data
CIMMYT’s projects in Latin America feature in a new report that aims to help countries…
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Policy seminar: Doing more, doing better, and doing new on climate adaptation
24.09.19-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
With the Sept. 23 UN Climate Action Summit and other events—including the recent release of the …
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Improved soybean varieties increase farmer incomes by 53% – study shows
24.09.19Without a doubt, maize is the giant of all food crops in Malawi. However, most…
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Scientists show which genetic loci is associated with bunch weight in highland banana
24.09.19Scientists have, for the first time, located the position of major quantitative trait loci associate…
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ILRI researchers propose traceability system for Kenya’s smallholder pig value chain
24.09.19-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
A traceability system in the smallholder pig value chain in Kenya could help address challenges…
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Breaking news from the United Nations climate action summit…New York
24.09.19-
Climate
CGIAR to get more than $650 Million to accelerate efforts to help 300 million smallholder…
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Immediate action needed to improve soil carbon sequestration: key messages for decision-makers
24.09.19-
Climate
Soil organic carbon (SOC) protection and sequestration in agriculture could contribute to the greenh…
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Fostering rural transformation under climate change: suggestions for the Global Commission on Adaptation
24.09.19-
Climate
WAGENINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS (19 September 2019) – The people least responsible for greenhouse gas …
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The future of aquatic foods – including lab-grown “synthetic” fish – spurs new agreement between WorldFish and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
24.09.19(Penang, Malaysia – 17thSept 2019) – The need to better understand the future of aquatic foods…
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Climate change is a youth issue
23.09.19-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Climate change ranks among the most important dynamics shaping livelihoods of young people now and…
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Large-scale genomics will improve the yield, climate-resilience, and quality of bread wheat, new study shows
23.09.19-
Genomics
Using the full wheat genome map published in 2018, combined with data from field testing…
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Equipping researchers with tools for geospatial and remote sensing data analysis
23.09.19-
Climate
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
A recent capacity-building exercise conducted in Nigeria trained a multidisciplinary team of researc…
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IFPRI at the African Association of Agricultural Economists conference
23.09.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The African Association of Agricultural Economists holds its 6th annual conference this week in Ab…
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Equipping researchers with tools for geospatial and remote sensing data analysis
23.09.19-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
A recent capacity-building exercise conducted in Nigeria trained a multidisciplinary team of researc…
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