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Agricultural solutions to tackle humanity’s climate crisis
06.12.19-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
More than 11,000 scientists signed on to a recent report showing that planet Earth is facing a…
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AfricaRice wins prestigious Al-Sumait Prize 2019
28.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Recognizing the important role of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) in enhancing food security in…
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Network analysis reveals where to act effectively in seed systems
26.11.19-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
An innovative approach to seed systems, spearheaded by scientists working with the CGIAR Research Pr…
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New world map rates food sustainability for countries across the globe
25.11.19-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A global food system sustainability study builds the first map of its kind to score…
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IITA joins other CGIAR centers to provide support to rebuild Somalia’s Agriculture sector
22.11.19IITA and eight other CGIAR centers have met with officials from the Government of Somalia and…
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Advancing gender equality through agriculture and natural resource management
21.11.19-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
What does research reveal about how agriculture and natural resource management can advance gender e…
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Guardians of the Native Potato: 5th Annual Assembly of AGUAPAN
05.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Indigenous farmers from the central Peruvian Andes gathered in Paucará, Huancavelica for the 5th An…
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Rurbanomics: The path to rural revitalization in Africa
05.11.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
The deadlines to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris climate goals dr…
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Hybrid rice review: Updating notions about hybrid rice
05.11.19-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Recent research and technological advancements have significantly improved the quality and viability…
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Scientists develop an early warning system that delivers wheat rust predictions directly to farmers’ phones
04.11.19-
Big data
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Using field and mobile phone surveillance data together with forecasts for spore dispersal and envir…
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2019 CAER-IFPRI Annual International Conference: Promoting a quality-driven food system in China
04.11.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Over the past seven decades, agricultural production has grown fast in China. According to a white…
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#OneHealthDay is this Sunday: Join ILRI in collaborative work for healthier people, animals and lands
03.11.19-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A Fulani boy in Niger herds his family’s animals (photo credit:ILRI/Stevie Mann) Written by Ekta…
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Celebrating One Health Day 2019 with a focus on ILRI’s One Health research
03.11.19-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
One Health Day is a global campaign marked annually on 3 November to bring attention…
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The road to women’s economic empowerment: Do women (and men) prefer on or off the farm?
01.11.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Improving women’s economic empowerment continues to be the focus of a wide range of development…
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Ethiopian practices bring returns on massive investments in soil and water management
01.11.19With significant advances on restoring degraded landscapes, and new policies on soil strategies an…
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Mobile-based monitoring tool rolled out for national partners in 7 African countries
01.11.19-
Big data
“The MLE [Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation] tool MEASURE (Monitoring and Evaluation of Agri-Sci…
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Modernizing NARS crop breeding programs for improved genetic gains in 14 countries
01.11.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
A course designed to modernize National Agricultural Research System (NARS) breeding programs for im…
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Modernizing NARS crop breeding programs for improved genetic gains in 14 countries
01.11.19-
Genomics
A course designed to modernize National Agricultural Research System (NARS) breeding programs for im…
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Unity in the face of the global climate crisis: How sharing expert knowledge translates to on-the-ground solutions
01.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
In the face of a global ecosystem collapse, the very foundations of our economies, livelihoods,…
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Fight against fall armyworm in Asia benefits from experience in other regions
31.10.19-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
When the destructive fall armyworm arrived in Asia in the summer of 2018, scientists were…
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Healthy diets at risk by expansion of industrial agriculture
31.10.19-
Climate
In the face of a global ecosystem collapse, the very foundations of our economies, livelihoods,…
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Revitalizing the rural economy: The power to make a change
31.10.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
In the effort to eliminate poverty worldwide, policies that address rural poverty must be central.…
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Poor in Africa south of the Sahara face rising disproportionate risks from extreme weather
30.10.19-
Climate
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Weather shocks driven by climate change pose huge and still uncertain risks to the world’s…
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ADB-IRRI eye increased investments for sustainable agriculture technologies
30.10.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have recently …
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