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Four Essential Podcasts Featuring Dr. Ismahane Elouafi: Science, Systems, and the Future of Food
29.04.25In an era marked by mounting crises—climate extremes, deepening inequality, and growing food insec…
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The Road to Ending Malnutrition: How the Paris N4G Summit Sparked a Global Call to Action
17.04.25The Paris Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit brought global leaders and organizations together in a…
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Ismahane Elouafi on TIME100 list of the most influential people in the world
16.04.25CGIAR is delighted to announce that CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Ismahane Elouafi has been nam…
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Harvesting Collaboration for Food Security. CGIAR Science Week Closes.
14.04.2511th April, Nairobi, Kenya: After a remarkable week of science, innovation, and cementing of partner…
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MEDIA RELEASE | New CGIAR flagship report translates insights into impact for food systems in crisis
14.04.25Nairobi, Kenya, 14 April 2025 – With food systems under strain from climate change, conflict,…
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Science Week Opens: A Leap Forward in Science Collaboration for Food Security
08.04.257th April, Nairobi, Kenya: Science Week was launched today by Special Guest H.E. Musalia Mudavadi,…
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Banning charcoal isn’t the way to go. Kenya should make it sustainable
17.05.18A woman sells charcoal in Nairobi, Kenya. Flickr/Laura Rantanen By Mary Njenga, World Agroforestry C…
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Ebola returns in area scientists predicted ‘highly favorable’ for outbreak
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Ebola, the deadly hemorrhagic virus that can kill up to 90 percent of those it…
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South-South collaboration in tackling antimicrobial resistance in Asia
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Agriculture and health experts from five southern Asian countries have pledged to work together to…
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Uganda will use trees on farms to meet national biodiversity targets
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Environmental health
Trees on farms in Uganda are the focus of a new strategy aimed at increasing…
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Scientists meet to tackle challenges facing root, tuber and banana seed systems
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Have you ever wondered what the potatoes, cassava, bananas and sweetpotatoes you eat are grown…
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CIMMYT Board of Trustees: Out of the Boardroom and into the field
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Food security
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)’s Board of Trustees visits the Cente…
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2018 GFPR Rome launch: How open trade impacts global nutrition
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Food security
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR “We are not dealing with [just] hunger anymore … we have a…
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How collaboration can help grow and transform agriculture in Africa
16.05.18It’s been four years since African leaders met in Equatorial Guinea to commit themselves to…
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Towards greater genetic gains in rice based agri-food systems in South Asia and Africa
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Environmental health
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Food security
On a mission to make Asia and sub-Saharan Africa more food secure, IRRI’s Stress-Tolerant Rice…
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Groundnut researchers in Asia move towards modernization of breeding program
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Biodiversity
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Nutrition
The first meeting of the Groundnut Network Group-Asia (GNG-A) on 30-31 March 2018 at ICRISAT-India…
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Bangladesh Government honors former IRRI Agronomist Dr. Md. M Abdul Mazid for contributions to Bangladeshi food security
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Dhaka, Bangladesh—25 March 2018—The government presented the “Swadhinata Padak 2018” award t…
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Oil palm for the people
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Palm oil might seem an odd proposition for reducing poverty and preserving rainforests. In recent…
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GLF summit: Leveraging investment portfolios to manage sustainable landscapes
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Environmental health
More than 900,000 people living off the electrical grid now have improved access to renewable…
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Ivorian seed producers trained in quality rice seed production at AfricaRice M’bé Research Station
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Biodiversity
About 30 Ivorian seed producers participated in a training workshop organized by the Food and…
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Canadian perspectives on the 2018 GFPR: Building women’s empowerment and food security
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Food security
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR “To achieve gender equality, we need to address social and economic power…
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How drone-assisted breeding can help stop rice hoja blanca disease
15.05.18CIAT and FLAR are collaborating to breed more rice varieties that are highly resistant to…
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From the soil to the law, climate change efforts in Indonesia
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Environmental health
Despite growing pressures of development and urbanization, community members from Sendangsari villag…
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IFAD conference: Can development really succeed if rural inequalities are rising?
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Food security
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Gender equality
BY HAZEL MALAPIT “Do policies to reduce rural poverty also reduce rural inequality? Should we…
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