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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
WorldFish19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now…
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IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systems
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o…
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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program09.07.25-
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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
CGIAR29.05.25Photo 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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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International Women’s Day: Indigenous women off the charts
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)08.03.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
All maps tell a story – a story about our relationship to the land. In…
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International Women’s Day 2019
AfricaRice08.03.19-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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Innovating for change: Spotlight on a champion rice processor in Africa On the occasion of…
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Take a look at some of ILRI’s WILD women (aka ‘Women in Livestock Development’)
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)08.03.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Friday, March 8, 2019 Check out ILRI’s WILD— Women in Livestock Development— by clicking open…
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How CGIAR research is helping close the global gender gap
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)07.03.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A World Economic Forum article by IWMI director general Claudia Sadoff.…
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Making science and knowledge inclusive for gender equality
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)07.03.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
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
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)07.03.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
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.
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)07.03.19-
Gender equality
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
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)06.03.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
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
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)06.03.19-
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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?
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)05.03.19-
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Gender equality
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
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)05.03.19-
Biodiversity
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We interviewed our gender leaders Marlène Elias (M.E.) of Bioversity and Jennifer Twyman (J.T.) of…
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How soil scientists can do a better job of making their research useful
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)05.03.19-
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Gender equality
Soil is a vital part of the natural environment. It supports the growth of plants,…
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Beyond trees: Land restoration to enhance gender equality in Burkina Faso
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)05.03.19-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
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
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)04.03.19-
Gender equality
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
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)27.02.19-
Gender equality
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
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)27.02.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
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
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)08.02.19-
Gender equality
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
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)28.01.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In a world where ‘gender integration’ or ‘gender mainstreaming’ is prioritised and practic…
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