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IITA working on Africa’s first genome edited banana
13.09.19The new frontier for agricultural innovation is genome editing and IITA is already leading the…
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Combating hunger: Switzerland makes renewed contribution to CGIAR
13.09.19Climate change, land degradation and water scarcity increasingly affect agricultural production and …
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To adapt to climate change, double CGIAR research: Report
10.09.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
As the global food system comes under increasing pressure, research is needed to boost productivity,…
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Embracing change: How family farmers can face the future
09.09.19-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
This year opens the Decade of Family Farming (#FamilyFarmingDecade), which aims to improve the lif…
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Multiple bridges connecting the water-nutrition divide: What’s new?
06.09.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
This was the question discussed by experts at a session during this year’s World Water…
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Food policies for healthier diets
05.09.19-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Programs for improving diets often focus on demand, providing incentives to groups of consumers. How…
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How CGIAR research is helping close the global gender gap
07.03.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
A World Economic Forum article by IWMI director general Claudia Sadoff.…
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Making science and knowledge inclusive for gender equality
07.03.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Could women be the source of change? Advances in women’s representation in government show much…
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Gender solutions for sustainable water management in Western Nepal
07.03.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
IWMI study calls for investment in the social capital and capabilities of women and marginalized…
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Developmental promises made to women are not delivering. Here’s how we can do better.
07.03.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
This was originally published by the CGIAR Collaborative Network on Gender Research. For decades we…
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International Women’s Day 2019: Women in seed systems in Africa
06.03.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
The maize seed sector in eastern and southern Africa is male-dominated. Most seed companies operatin…
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What three Ethiopian women can show us about the promises – and pitfalls – of adopting technology
06.03.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Small-scale irrigation technologies are transforming the backyards of smallholder farmers. For this …
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How can you integrate gender and nutrition in your research?
05.03.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA), a CGIAR Res…
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On International Women’s Day, let’s think about gender equality
05.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
We interviewed our gender leaders Marlène Elias (M.E.) of Bioversity and Jennifer Twyman (J.T.) of…
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Beyond trees: Land restoration to enhance gender equality in Burkina Faso
05.03.19-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Not all farmers are able to adopt or benefit from landscape restoration practices equally. A…
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Growing mounds of waste offer African women unexpected business opportunities in the bioenergy sector
04.03.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
This op-ed first appeared on the Green Growth Knowledge Platform. New technologies and smart busines…
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New publications: Gender and agricultural innovation in Oromia region, Ethiopia
27.02.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Despite formal decentralization, agricultural services in Ethiopia are generally “top-down,” cla…
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The missing seed market: Promoting improved seeds for women farmers
27.02.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
In Ethiopia, a World Bank study found that female farm managers produce 23 percent less yield per…
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Celebrating women in science
08.02.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Join us in celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! On this…
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Misuse of the term ‘empowerment’ in daily conversations
28.01.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
In a world where ‘gender integration’ or ‘gender mainstreaming’ is prioritised and practic…
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Gaining a voice: First Women Fishers’ Forum held in Timor-Leste
23.01.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
In the remote fishing village of Adara, on Atauro Island in Timor-Leste, men have typically…
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Barking up the same trees: Water and forests 'cannot be separated' in East Africa's Rift Valley
18.01.19-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Africa - The forested mountains of East Africa deserve their ‘water towers’ moniker. Their sprin…
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Making small-scale irrigation work for women
15.01.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
As climate change makes rainfed agriculture an increasingly precarious venture, small-scale irrigati…
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CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research - 2018 fourth quarter newsletter issue
15.01.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
[caption id="attachment_13807" align="alignright" width="456"] Newsletter #8 (October-December 2018)…
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