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Four Essential Podcasts Featuring Dr. Ismahane Elouafi: Science, Systems, and the Future of Food
CGIAR29.04.25In 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
CGIAR17.04.25The 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
CGIAR16.04.25CGIAR 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.
CGIAR14.04.2511th 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
CGIAR14.04.25Nairobi, 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
CGIAR08.04.257th April, Nairobi, Kenya: Science Week was launched today by Special Guest H.E. Musalia Mudavadi,…
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Global Food Policy Report–EAT-Lancet Commission launch in The Hague: Rural revitalization and sustainable diets
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)01.08.19-
Environmental health
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How do two major reports with different emphases on the relationship between nutrition and agricultu…
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FEATURE: Why financing is tied to the future of a biodiverse planet
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)31.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
We will end the year 2019 without having completely achieved any of the Aichi Biodiversity…
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Linking local and global food systems for more healthy and sustainable communities
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)30.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Three new areas of investigation related to diets, nutrition and sustainability, starting with short…
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How do you protect what’s ‘everywhere but nowhere?’
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)30.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Ethiopia - This week Ethiopia began its ambitious 4 billion tree planting program. Ethiopia’s Prim…
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OPINION: Investing in soil health key to closing the yield gaps
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)30.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Even without climate change, there is an enormous challenge to meet the growing demand for…
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Could these crops save Peruvian forests?
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)29.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
As noted in a previous blog, a study conducted by CIAT confirms that cacao production…
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Can cheap loans nudge milk and meat production back within the limits of the Amazon – and the Earth?
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)26.07.19-
Environmental health
This year, Earth Overshoot Day falls on July 29, the earliest date yet, which tells…
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On farm: exploring the genetic diversity of RTB hotspots
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)24.07.19-
Biodiversity
This June, scientists from all over the world convened in the south of France for…
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Climate change and rising population put pressure on essential crops in low-income regions
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)22.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Crops such as bananas, potatoes, and cassava are essential to food security in the world’s…
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Multi-location evaluation of six pigeonpea pre-breeding lines through India’s national program
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)19.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Developed at ICRISAT, these lines have been selected by the All India Coordinated Research Project…
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The birth of an impatient and optimistic breed of community seed producers in Mali
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)19.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Jean Goita has come a long way since his days as a grain producer in…
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Helping groundnut retain its place in Nigeria through the Tropical Legumes Project
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)19.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Alhaji Sani Usman remembers what being a groundnut farmer in Nigeria’s Kano state entailed a…
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What’s next for Sustainable Land Management in Ethiopia and globally?
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)17.07.19-
Environmental health
With Ethiopia and the world working towards more Sustainable Land Management (SLM), global experts m…
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AfricaRice teams up with national partners to sustainably intensify rice-based systems in Africa
AfricaRice15.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
15 July 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), in close collaboratio…
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Drylands Development Programme: changed lives in the Sahel
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)15.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Many farming families in dryland Africa have been struggling to feed themselves and lead a…
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AfricaRice hybrid rice varieties spark seed companies’ interest in Africa
AfricaRice09.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
9 July 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. A set of four high-yielding hybrid rice varieties with…
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Regreening activities kick-off in Somalia
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)09.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Thousands of farmers are set to benefit from land restoration in the drought- and strife-stricken…
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New association formed to support smallholder native maize farmers in Mexico
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)08.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
Expert Mexican scientists and farmer cooperatives have formed a non-profit organization to support s…
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