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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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A Call to Action for World Leaders Preventing a Global Food Security Crisis while Combatting COVID-19
08.04.20COVID-19 is posing unprecedented challenges for food systems around the world. The Food and Land Us…
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An Alliance for Trees: Why forest biodiversity is "too precious to lose"
20.03.20From forest fires to COVID-19, this year has already presented grave challenges to human and planet…
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Enhancing soil fauna richness and abundance in low-input systems: Examples from Kenya
17.09.19Over the years, many discussions on the benefits of conservation agriculture vis-à-vis conventional…
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“We are receiving a free subsidy from nature, but it will not continue indefinitely” – Louis Verchot
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
“Many findings are important for us and for policy makers around the world. The report…
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Artificial intelligence helps banana growers protect the world’s most favorite fruit
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Biodiversity
Using artificial intelligence, scientists created an easy-to-use tool to detect banana diseases and …
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Heat-tolerant wild beans tapped to breed commercial beans for hotter climates
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Using the genetic traits of a wild bean species, CIAT and the Crop Trust are…
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Preparing Ghanaian cocoa farmers for changing climate conditions
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
CIAT collaborates with CocoaLink to help young farmers mitigate the negative effects of climate chan…
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Convention on Biological Diversity adopts indicator to track conservation of useful plants
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Developed by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture and the Crop Trust, the indicator pro…
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Linking local and global food systems for more healthy and sustainable communities
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Biodiversity
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Food security
Three new areas of investigation related to diets, nutrition and sustainability, starting with short…
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Could these crops save Peruvian forests?
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Biodiversity
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Environmental health
As noted in a previous blog, a study conducted by CIAT confirms that cacao production…
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Atlas of Climate Change Impact on cocoa production in Central America and the Caribbean
25.07.19What could be the impact of climate change on cocoa in the Central America and…
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Terra-i user manual for monitoring land-cover changes is now available
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Terra-i, a project by CIAT’s Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) and Agroecosystems and Sustainabl…
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What do you mean the hamburger isn’t American?
19.07.19Scientists and graphic designers are joining forces to strengthen the communication power of researc…
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CIAT and Grupo Papalotla signed an agreement for the development of new tropical pasture hybrids
12.07.19As global population grows so will demand for animal protein (Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving, 2009…
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CIAT leads project to reduce deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon
12.07.19The initiative, jointly coordinated with the Peruvian Ministry of Environment (MINAM) and Ministry o…
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African policy makers turn on to biofortification
12.07.19Biofortification, or the genetic improvement of crops for better nutritional value, is an effort tha…
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Is climate-smart agriculture the silver bullet to attract youth to agriculture?
11.07.19With the average African farmer’s age hitting nearly 60 years, the sector’s stakeholders have be…
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Mastercard partners with USADF and CIAT to open up new opportunities for smallholder farmers across Africa
10.07.19Kampala, Uganda July 10, 2019 - Mastercard has today announced the signing of two public-private…
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