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Nourishing the world: The contribution of fish to sustainable food futures
27.05.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Globally, food production is exceeding sustainable limits while also failing to provide healt…
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CGIAR awarding 100K in Rapid Response Grants to digital innovations tackling COVID-19 impacts
26.05.20-
Big data
In response to the unfolding food security issues brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, CGIAR’s…
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Getting farmers on the phone to protect livestock and livelihoods during COVID-19 – and beyond
25.05.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Continuous collaboration between farmers and scientists is the pinnacle of successful agricultural r…
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IFPRI’s COVID-19 Policy Response (CPR) Portal: Identifying trends and implications for food systems
20.05.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY DANIELLE RESNICK The COVID-19 health and economic crisis has stimulated multiple and varied polic…
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Champion Pollinators on World Bee Day 2020
19.05.20-
Biodiversity
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Around 75% of the world’s food crops depend entirely or in part on animal pollination…
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Could bamboo-based agroforestry systems be the latest kind of climate smart agriculture?
18.05.20-
Biodiversity
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Bamboo is not just this new hipster material used for producing alternative clothes. Bamboo can…
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Consolidated efforts to modernize crop improvement in Ghana
11.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
A Regional Coordinated Trial (RCT) is helping Cowpea Improvement Program in Ghana, thanks to Acceler…
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CIFOR and ICRAF join 11,000 scientists to declare ‘climate emergency’
08.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
More than 11,000 scientists worldwide signed a paper published by the journal BioScience on Tuesda…
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Participants call experience sharing and on-farm training an “eye-opener”
07.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Tesfaye Degaga, 54, is a farmer who lives near Meki, a town located in the…
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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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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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Chilling out for conservation
25.10.19-
Biodiversity
CGIAR genebanks are using cryopreservation for the long-term conservation of crops which can’t be …
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Positive impacts from 6 CGIAR Centers coming together to implement a range of climate-smart on-farm technologies
25.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
A package of climate-smart technologies implemented by a consortium of CGIAR centers has resulted in…
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Investing in education, research and innovation for climate-smart crops in India
25.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
To strengthen the competencies of Indian scientists in climate change-related topics and to foster a…
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MEDIA RELEASE | Reforestation may not be sufficient for fighting climate change
22.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
MEDIA RELEASE: Immediate Reforestation may not be sufficient for fighting climate change Could the E…
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NARS partners in Asia pick up advanced groundnut breeding lines with market traits for their national trials
18.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Advanced breeding lines which included high-oleic groundnut and those with market-preferred kernel s…
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Why the world needs to put forests on the global agenda
15.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Climate change has reached a tipping point, becoming a climate crisis that is having a…
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Nyando Climate-Smart Village launches community seedbank
07.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Farmers from across Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania traveled from their agricultural fields to Nyando in…
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Brisk promotion of improved groundnut and sorghum varieties to take adoption to the next level
04.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Five improved varieties of groundnut and three of sorghum with the best market traits were…
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Steering the seed revolving fund initiative to meet growing farmers’ demand for certified seed
04.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Adoption of new varieties can never be successful until efficient seed delivery systems are in…
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A new organization born from the merger of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
29.09.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
A new organization born from the merger of the CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH (CIFOR)…
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An in-depth look at ICRISAT’s engagement in West Africa
27.09.19-
Biodiversity
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Governing Board meeting in Senegal: The strategic plan for 2020 and beyond As members of…
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How do we estimate the consequences of global inaction on genetic diversity conservation, exchange, and use?
26.09.19-
Biodiversity
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Genomics
Target 2.5 of the SDGs calls for maintaining “the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants…
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How do we estimate the consequences of global inaction on genetic diversity conservation, exchange, and use?
26.09.19-
Biodiversity
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Genomics
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Target 2.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls for maintaining “the genetic diversi…
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