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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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Considering Gender in Irrigation: Technology Adoption for Women Farmers
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Food security
Originally published on The Chicago Council on Global Affairs as part of the Uncharted Waters blog…
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Science is not negotiable: Reflections from the UN climate talks in Bonn
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Two things struck us the most in this year’s intersessional climate talks: Firstly, countries fail…
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Cobs & Spikes podcast: Women in wheat science
01.07.19Demand for wheat is predicted to increase 70% by the year 2050. As demand for…
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Experimental stations in Mexico improve global agriculture
01.07.19The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) operates five agricultural experiment …
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A day to remember: Scientists and processors exchange on the changes in the cassava value chain in Colombia over the past 20 years
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Food security
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Nutrition
With funding from the Roots, Tubers and Bananas Research Program (RTB), the International Center for…
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IITA Youth Agripreneurs program wins international award for youth empowerment innovations
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In recognition of its commitment to improving both agribusiness opportunities and creditworthiness o…
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When small is beautiful – but not spectacular
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Taking stock of a widespread water intervention in Africa. New study highlights the need for…
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Research approaches required for supporting the empowerment of pastoral dairy women
01.07.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
Maasai woman feeding her child milk (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). The especially rich and clearl…
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Reconciling food security, resource depletion and environmental quality trade-offs in India
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
New research, by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), delved into linkages…
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Conservation agriculture meets relay cropping
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
In 2003, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) designed a set of long-term trials…
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The world needs a global system to detect and halt the spread of emerging crop diseases
28.06.19In the same manner that nations collaborate to detect and stop human pandemics, a global…
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Conference: Challenges of eliminating child labor in agriculture and food chains
28.06.19-
Gender equality
Around the world, more than 70% of child labor is found in the agriculture sector—an…
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Long-standing partnership with Myanmar strengthened
28.06.19-
Health
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Nutrition
The Department of Agriculture Research (DAR), Myanmar, has enhanced its partnership with ICRISAT for…
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Fifty technologies in five years – Feed the Future, MISST project shares outcomes in Malawi
28.06.19-
Food security
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Health
Over 245,000 households reached 14,500 MT of seed produced, over 50 technologies developed – these…
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Zimbabwe’s First Lady emphasizes crop research during visit to ICRISAT
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Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Looking to pull rural communities out of poverty through millets and sorghum, Zimbabwe’s First Lad…
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The role of biodiversity in agroforestry and other types of smallholder farming
28.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The global supply and consumption of food has increased over the last 50 years. However,…
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Policy Seminar: Faster than you think – renewable energy and developing countries
27.06.19-
Environmental health
Ten years ago, predictions for the adoption of renewable energy around the world made it…
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The case for rushing farmer access to BARI Gom 33
26.06.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
In 2016, the emergence of wheat blast, a devastating seed- and wind-borne pathogen, threatened an a…
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