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CGIAR supports innovative new Brazil-led accelerator RAIZ
20.11.25Launched at UNFCCC COP30 in Belém, the RAIZ accelerator will unite governments and investors behind…
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Over USD 142 million pledged at COP30 to advance CGIAR’s mission of a food-secure future
15.11.25COP30 Delegates at the Embrapa/Gates Foundation Innovation Showcase The United Kingdom, Belgium, Den…
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The National (UAE): Brazil's Cop30 summit has high hopes for the planet - but will it signal a green future?
12.11.25CGIAR Executive Managing Director Ismahane Elouafi explains in an article in The National ahead of…
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New CGIAR Evidence Sets Out Blueprint for a Low-Carbon, Regenerative and Equitable Food System Transition at COP30
10.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
As countries prepare to gather in Belém for COP30, CGIAR today launched seven new evidence-based…
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Join Ismahane Elouafi at the CNN Global Perspectives - Soil to Scale event
05.11.25Join Ismahane Elouafi discussing pathways to resileint food systems in Africa at the CNN Soil…
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Why we show up at climate COPs: Bridging local reality with global ambition
04.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
By Ma. Eliza J. Villarino, Rhys Bucknall-Williams, Laura Cramer, and Chiara Colombo Every yea…
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Rising market pull for dryland crops prompts move for setting up efficient seed delivery systems
03.04.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Increasing market demand for dryland crops in Kenya and Tanzania owing to IFAD-funded project interv…
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Certified seed fetches twice the market rate: Farmers hitch onto seed production
03.04.20-
Gender equality
Growing certified improved seed of millets and legumes is a profitable business enterprise for farme…
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More stakes, more climbing beans, less malnutrition: Rwanda finds a solution in agroforestry
03.04.20-
Food security
In Rwanda, the demand for adequate and nutritious food continues to rise as the population…
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Biocontrol reduces Maruca pod borer population by 85%
03.04.20Scientists based at CGIAR-IITA’s climate change station in Benin are happy with the results of…
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IRRI committed to working with partners, governments to ensure continued food and nutrition security amid COVID-19 outbreak
03.04.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across almost 200 countries and territories around the world…
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How we can use the COVID-19 disruption to improve food systems and address the climate emergency
03.04.20At first glance, the COVID-19 crisis appears to have nothing to do with the climate…
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A compendium of knowledge on tropical roots and tubers
02.04.20-
Food security
A second edition of the indispensable handbook Tropical Root and Tuber Crops: Cassava, Sweet Potato,…
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How COVID-19 may disrupt food supply chains in developing countries
02.04.20-
Food security
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Health
BY THOMAS REARDON, MARC F. BELLEMARE AND DAVID ZILBERMAN The organization of food supply chains (F…
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Building synergy between sweetpotato breeding and seed systems in East and Central Africa
02.04.20SweetGAINS (Genetic Advances and Innovative Seed Systems) is a program to accelerate and expand the…
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Insecurity in Niger: reversing the gains made in land restoration
02.04.20-
Gender equality
Just two years into the implementation of the Reversing Land Degradation in Africa by Scaling-up Ev…
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Wheat curl mites: What are they and how can we fight them?
01.04.20The wheat curl mite, a pesky wheat pest which can cause up to 100% yield…
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Economic impact of COVID-19 on tourism and remittances: Insights from Egypt
01.04.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY CLEMENS BREISINGER, ABLA ABDEL LATIF, MARIAM RAOUF AND MANFRED WIEBELT As COVID-19 reaches eve…
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IRRI, CCAFS, CCAC boost GHG mitigation in Vietnam to reach NDC targets
01.04.20In Vietnam, rice is a dominant and important crop. Yet, traditional paddy rice production…
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COVID-19 lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade
31.03.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY DANIELLE RESNICK Informal food markets are vital to feeding African cities, venues the poor…
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COVID19 Highlights Need To Ensure Good Nutrition
31.03.20-
Health
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Nutrition
“Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.” This well-known quote from Hippocrates…
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Remembering Peter Huxley: One of the ‘giants’ of agroforestry research
31.03.20Peter Huxley was one of the ‘giants’ of agroforestry research; one of his greatest legacies…
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Nutrix – the big reach of small fish in nourishing Cambodia
31.03.20-
Nutrition
Lyndon Paul offers a tube-shaped wafer for me to try. It fractures as I bite,…
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From sledgehammer to scalpel: Scientists say a ‘moonshot effort’ is needed to end social distancing and this pandemic
31.03.20-
Health
Earthrise, as seen from Apollo 8, Dec 1968 (photo credit: astronaut William Anders). Scientists say…
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