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Bill Gates on CGIAR and Adapting to a Warmer World
12.02.21Climate change is going to force us to consider entirely new needs. We need to…
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Today’s Climate and Food Crises Can Only be Solved in Tandem
09.02.21Extreme weather driven by climate change, conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic are driving worsening …
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CGIAR Joins Forces with World Food Programme to Tackle Post-Pandemic Hunger
26.01.21-
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The Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN agency will work with CGIAR to bolster food systems amid…
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Investment into Research Must Double to Halt Climate and Food Crises by 2030
25.01.21-
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World’s largest agricultural research partnership seeks to increase funding to $2 billion annually…
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Agricultural Research Unties the Gordian Knot
04.01.21-
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Agricultural research and innovation to transform our food system is the only way to cut…
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How Africa can Lead the World in the COVID-19 Recovery
18.12.20-
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Africa, compared to Asia, Europe and the US, has largely escaped the devastating death toll…
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Red hot potato market could spell trouble for farmers in India
28.09.20-
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Potato prices in India started rising in December 2019 due to the delay in harvesting…
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Resilient, inclusive aquatic foods systems key to tackling climate change and COVID-19, say researchers
25.09.20-
Climate
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Employing a systems approach to build the resilience of all actors in aquatic food systems…
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Developing a five-year Strategic Plan for ICRISAT WCA Research Program
18.09.20-
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Leveraging stakeholder partnerships, improving risk management efforts, enhancing farm production sy…
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WorldFish’s Shakuntala Thilsted joins experts to lead UN Food Systems Summit
18.09.20-
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Nutrition
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WorldFish’s Program Leader for Value Chains and Nutrition Shakuntala Thilsted was appointed a…
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Regreening Africa's consolidated seven-country baseline survey
16.09.20-
Biodiversity
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Regreening Africa recently published a significant consolidated baseline survey report, synthesizin…
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Gendering migration: how straightforward is it?
11.09.20-
Biodiversity
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Drawing on the narratives of women and men who have domestic or international migration experience,…
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Transforming African food systems for a resilient future
10.09.20-
Climate
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By Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and I…
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Diving into diverse human-ocean relationships bares the base of a fair blue economy
09.09.20-
Biodiversity
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We are all ocean people, whether we live by the sea or not. Life on…
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New alliance for better dairy animal nutrition in Kenya will work to advance ‘human nutrition, success and progress’
08.09.20-
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Nutrition
Lilian Satia, a young dairy entrepreneur in Nakuru, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Georgina Smith). Yeste…
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Prioritising agroforestry in the policy agenda: six recommendations to scaling
03.09.20-
Biodiversity
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Integrating trees in farming and pastoral landscapes – agroforestry is one of the most effective…
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CIP uses social media to distribute more sweetpotato in Bangladesh
03.09.20-
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An International Potato Center project (CIP) in Bangladesh is making creative use of technology and…
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Potato diversity leads to economic gain in Uganda
29.08.20-
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The genebank of the International Potato Centre (CIP) holds more than 6000 accessions of potatoes a…
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Sustainable Finance for Peace
27.08.20-
Climate
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Written by Nam Nguyen. Image credit: CIAT CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security explores the role of…
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Policy seminar: Unpacking the impacts of COVID-19 on economies, food systems, and poverty in African and Asian countries
26.08.20-
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BY EVGENIYA ANISIMOVA Countries around the world have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by implemen…
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What does it take to change the Earth? India’s National Agroforestry Policy and beyond
24.08.20-
Biodiversity
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In 2014, India became the first country in the world to adopt a national agroforestry policy.…
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Five-year plan for driving Grain Legume and Dryland Cereals seed delivery systems through commodity value chains
21.08.20-
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For those seeking to create a win-win for farmers, marketers and consumers of grain legumes…
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Harnessing aquatic foods research is vital to COVID-19 recovery, sustainable food systems transformation, say agriculture for development experts
20.08.20-
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The role of aquatic foods in COVID-19 recovery and the sustainable food system transformation demand…
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Bigger, bolder, high-yielding confectionery groundnut variety released in Karnataka, India
14.08.20-
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Nutrition
A superior export-quality confectionery groundnut variety that comes with a higher benefit-cost rati…
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