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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has been officially accredited as an…
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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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IWMI welcomes new leadership to drive strategy 2024-2030
07.01.25Each of the new members will play a key role in guiding IWMI’s growth and…
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Freshwater canal grabs in Bangladesh are harming local communities
07.01.25IWMI's Paul Schulze and Deepa Joshi on how freshwater canals are being appropriated by leaseholders…
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September-October 2024 Research Journal Roundup
07.01.25Roundup of research, journal and other academic articles from September and October 2024. The post…
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Transferring flood waters underground builds community climate resilience in India
07.01.25IWMI began piloting underground transfer of floods for irrigation (UTFI) in a village in the…
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ShambaShield: Delivering inclusive finance and climate-smart solutions to Kenyan farmers
07.01.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
ShambaShield is a CGIAR project that seeks to bridge the gap between agro-advisories and financial…
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CGIAR Appoints Dr. Sandra Milach as Chief Scientist – New Role to Focus on Ensuring CGIAR Research and Innovation Deliver Impact
06.01.256 January 2025 — Montpellier, France CGIAR, the world’s largest publicly funded agrifood system …
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A smart—and smartly delivered—advisory service for Rwanda's small-scale farmers
06.01.25by Bester Mudereri A cost-effective fertilizer recommendation tool developed for six staple crops in…
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VarScout, a digital app for all seasons that is transforming crop varietal data collection—and visualization and use
06.01.25By Dinah Borus VarScout is a cloud- and mobile-phone-based application that transforms how crop vari…
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Fostering collaboration between CGIAR and French institutions toward agriculture and health
06.01.25-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
On 5–6 December 2024, CGIAR and French institutions gathered in Paris to forge a new…
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'ShambaShield'—Delivering inclusive finance and climate-smart solutions to Kenyan farmer
06.01.25by Shalika Vyas Millions of resource-poor smallholder farmers feed and nourish the people of Kenya.…
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Inclusive and equitable canal water management towards sustainable agriculture urged at Bangladesh policy dialogue
06.01.25-
Food security
In the southern coastal deltaic regions of Bangladesh, freshwater canals are a lifeline to multiple…
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Rewatch all Delta Talks: A journey through research on food systems and climate resilience in Asian Mega-Deltas
06.01.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
A collaboration between the CGIAR Initiative on Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD) and Wageningen University & …
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Canadian delegation finds huge potential in Vietnam’s one million-hectare program
06.01.25-
Nutrition
Can Tho City, Vietnam, December 20, 2024 —The Canadian Embassy in Vietnam delegation, led by…
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IRRI and Kubota partner up on experiment to reduce GHG emissions
06.01.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
(Photo) Gas sampling collection using the closed chamber method during land preparation Kubota and I…
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Quality seed potato for improved yields: A win for smallholder farmers
05.01.25In Rwanda, access to quality seed for improved and market preferred varieties is a challenge.…
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Editor’s picks: Our favorite stories of 2024
03.01.25In 2024, we published over 150 stories on topics including digital twins, drought, and urban…
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Elite domination of freshwater canals in coastal Bangladesh adversely affects local communities and livelihoods
01.01.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Despite significant progress in food production and human development, Bangladesh continues to face …
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Women's advocacy trainings stabilize livelihoods and build inclusive rural communities in southwestern Nigeria
31.12.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In many rural areas of Nigeria, women face significant barriers to participation in labor markets…
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