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Famine in Gaza
CGIAR18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
CGIAR14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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How to implement "innovation portfolio management" in a public R&D organization
CGIAR07.03.24To feed and nourish ten billion people by mid-century, and to do so sustainably, our…
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Invest in women, ignite change in food systems
CGIAR05.03.24By Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR Executive Managing Director On this International Women’s Day, we celeb…
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New report: CGIAR's Transformative Crop Technologies Drive $1.3 Trillion Impact
CGIAR27.02.24The cumulative impact of CGIAR-related crop technologies reached US$1,334 billion from 1961 to 2020,…
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Urban wetlands and the built environment: how Colombo’s green spaces enhance city life
IWMI02.02.24-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombo must justify the renewal of its Ramsar Wetland City status this year. Has the…
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New App brings Commodity Prices at Farmers' Fingertips
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)02.08.21-
Big data
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Mon, 08/02/2021 “Kolfa” is a brand-new app which provides commodity price information to Tunisia…
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Strengthening Public Breeding Pipelines by Emphasizing Quantitative Genetics Principles and Open Source Data Management
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)26.07.21-
Big data
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Food security
This opinion piece published in Frontiers in Plant Science briefly presents the breeder's equation a…
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“I see your point!” How data visualization and facilitating access to data can help stakeholders make more impactful decisions
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)15.07.21-
Big data
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Environmental health
How to tailor data visualization and evidence sharing for improved stakeholder uptake and applicatio…
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Identifying market segments and aligning breeding pipelines will focus CGIAR investments
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)05.07.21-
Big data
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Food security
There is an urgent need for public breeding programs to prioritize and focus their efforts.…
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AKILIMO digital platform improves potato yields in Rwanda
International Potato Center (CIP)01.07.21-
Big data
Potato yields are highly-dependent on fertilizer use but pinpointing the amount of fertilizer to b…
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Computer simulations are helping CGIAR breeders develop better varieties faster
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)30.06.21-
Big data
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Food security
In the past, plant breeding has helped avert entire famines by changing a handful of…
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New platform harnesses data – and unleashes breeders’ time
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)22.06.21-
Big data
A bold new data management platform, the Enterprise Breeding System (EBS), is helping breeders har…
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Innovation, the key for bridging R&D with impact at scale
International Potato Center (CIP)14.06.21-
Big data
The need to innovate in agriculture is more urgent than ever. Rising populations will require…
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African breeding programs leap forward by accessing new genotyping data
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)09.06.21-
Big data
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Food security
With newly accessible genotyping technologies, African crop breeding programs have partnered with Ei…
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World Food Prize Laureate Shakuntala Thilsted urges UN Assembly to act on aquatic foods
WorldFish08.06.21-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
WorldFish’s Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted, who was recently …
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Equitible digital tools can boost small-scale fisher livelihoods
WorldFish08.06.21-
Big data
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
While some specific applications of mobile technologies are well understood, their role in governanc…
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A view from above
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)25.05.21-
Big data
Scientists at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) have been harnessing the…
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G+ Tools Provide a Clearer View to Crop Breeding
International Potato Center (CIP)19.05.21-
Big data
In this famous optical illusion, some people see a rabbit, while others see a duck.…
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Digital Technologies Keep Farmers Productive During COVID 19
International Potato Center (CIP)14.05.21-
Big data
The COVID 19 pandemic has made more clear than ever the need for and role…
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WorldFish Science Director Prof. Eddie Allison named among world’s top cited
WorldFish29.04.21-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Prof. Eddie Allison, WorldFish’s interim director of science and research, was named in the worl…
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New genotyping services launched across CGIAR and partners
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)14.04.21-
Big data
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding has launched new low-cost, high throughput genotyping services, positio…
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Nepal launches digital soil map
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)07.04.21-
Big data
A new digital soil map for Nepal provides access to location-specific information on soil properties…
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Revisiting the inverse size-productivity relationship
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)07.04.21-
Big data
Quantifying agricultural productivity relies on measures of crop production and land area. Those mea…
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