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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has been officially accredited as an…
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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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Food systems, gender and challenges faced by Dhaka’s textile workers
23.01.23-
Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
The textile industry is an important source of revenue and employment in Bangladesh, where an…
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Integrating gender in plant health research and action in Southeast Asia
12.01.23Pests and diseases destroy between 20 and 40 percent of crops globally, which makes plant…
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Strengthening collaboration for the benefit of India’s farmers
20.12.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
With almost 18 percent of the world’s population but less than 1.5 percent of its…
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Thermal imaging can help farmers optimize water use
14.12.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Agriculture uses 70% of the world’s fresh water supplies and farmer demand for water will…
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Towards equitable and inclusive climate adaptation policies and practices in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
12.12.22-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The ‘Science Connections for Better Governance and Sustainable Development in the Mekong Delta’ …
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The Future of Roots and Tubers under One CGIAR
02.12.22At the 19th Triennial Symposium of the International Society for Root and Tuber Crops (ISTRC)…
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196 degrees below zero: Latin American scientists to conserve agrobiodiversity in deep freeze
01.12.22In response to advancing climate change and global population growth, crop breeders are striving to…
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Sweetpotato farmers from Busoga region in Uganda form a cooperative for sustainable production
28.11.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Sweetpotato farmers have typically sourced planting materials from their own previous seasons’ gar…
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Focusing on food systems to make cities sustainable and resilient
21.11.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Urbanization and agriculture evolved together, but as cities grew, so did the distance between urban…
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Scaling out aeroponics technology for potato mini tuber production in Rwanda
16.11.22Rwandans eat more than 100 kg of potatoes per capita per year, and the hilly…
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Gender-responsive strategies to build climate resilience
15.11.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Women and girls in smallholder farming communities play key roles in climate adaptation, and the…
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A community of practice to make cities green, resilient and inclusive
08.11.22-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The Urban Food Systems Community of Practice is a collaboration of the CGIAR Resilient Cities…
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CGIAR Scientists and Partners Discuss Multiple-Win Solutions to the Global Food Crisis at Borlaug Dialogue 2022
31.10.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
This year’s Borlaug Dialogue, held under the theme of “Feeding a Fragile World,” focused on…
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A nutritious option for coping with Africa’s wheat shortage
20.10.22The post A nutritious option for coping with Africa’s wheat shortage appeared first on Interna…
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Climate-smart potatoes and sweetpotatoes boost resilience in the tropics
20.10.22The post Climate-smart potatoes and sweetpotatoes boost resilience in the tropics appeared first on …
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CGIAR launches initiatives to benefit millions in Peru
20.10.22CGIAR launched seven initiatives in Peru this month in an event in the city of…
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Improving potato yields and livelihoods in Georgia with innovations and training
17.10.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The potato may be known as the “second bread” in Georgia, but the country’s average…
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Understanding rural women’s situations to generate gender-equitable benefits
14.10.22-
Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Results from a project led by the International Potato Center (CIP) to commercialize sweetpotato in…
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