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IRRI scientist honored with Borlaug Field Award for her work on farmer engagement and empowerment
20.09.23-
Food security
LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES (September 19, 2023) – International Rice Research Institute (IRRI…
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Smart investments in agricultural innovation can propel Africa towards food security
07.09.23Photo: suheyp / Adobe Stock By: Lindiwe Agnes Kalibata, Lindiwe Majele Sibanda Transforming food sys…
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Climate-Smart Food Systems are Essential in A Burning World
07.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
By Mr. Aly Abousabaa, ICARDA Director General and CGIAR Regional Director CWANA. Climate scientists …
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Joint Statement from CGIAR System Board and ICRISAT Board Chairs
30.08.23Following the April 2023 resolution by the Governing Board of the International Crops Research Insti…
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Buffalo dairy value chain in Nepal showing symptoms of change
17.08.23-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On 20 July 2023, a team from the CGIAR initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity (SAPLING)…
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Inclusive Agribusiness: Transforming the Landscape for Women and Youth in Agriculture
17.08.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
In Africa, women's contributions to agriculture are immense, as they form the largest share of…
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A theory of change for better monitoring of the Philippine Enhanced National Greening Program
23.05.18-
Environmental health
A theory of change is guiding the development of a monitoring and evaluation framework for…
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TheDiplomat.com: Asia’s Environment Is at a Tipping Point
23.05.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
Better application of scientific knowledge and technology can improve food, water, and energy securi…
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Sharing the knowledge from Mỹ Lợi climate-smart village in Việt Nam
22.05.18-
Environmental health
The widespread adoption of climate-smart agriculture in Việt Nam is underway through knowledge-s…
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Preserving native maize and culture in Mexico
22.05.18-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
These indigenous farmers are custodians of maize biodiversity, growing seeds passed down over genera…
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International Biodiversity Day: Diversifying agroecosystems to suppress crop pests
22.05.18-
Environmental health
BY WEI ZHANG Insect pests are a major cause of crop yield losses around the…
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The Global Biodiversity Informatics Outlook: delivering biodiversity knowledge in the information age
22.05.18-
Big data
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Biodiversity
The Global Biodiversity Informatics Outlook is a new framework to deliver biodiversity knowledge. Fi…
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Harmonizing crop trait data: Crop Ontology
22.05.18-
Big data
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Biodiversity
Crop Ontology provides scientists and breeders with a common language that describes crop phenotypes…
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Disrupting agricultural and tree biodiversity science – a review of Bioversity International’s 2017
22.05.18-
Biodiversity
On the International Day of Biological Diversity, which in 2018 marks 25 years of action…
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How planting trees can protect cocoa plants against climate change
18.05.18-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Worldwide, areas suitable for cocoa production are predicted to shrink by up to 20-30% over…
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Uganda will use trees on farms to meet national biodiversity targets
16.05.18-
Biodiversity
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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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Towards greater genetic gains in rice based agri-food systems in South Asia and Africa
16.05.18-
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
16.05.18-
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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GLF summit: Leveraging investment portfolios to manage sustainable landscapes
15.05.18-
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
15.05.18-
Biodiversity
About 30 Ivorian seed producers participated in a training workshop organized by the Food and…
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From the soil to the law, climate change efforts in Indonesia
15.05.18-
Environmental health
Despite growing pressures of development and urbanization, community members from Sendangsari villag…
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Firm to pitch $150 million Treenewable Climate Fund in GLF Dragons’ Den
10.05.18-
Environmental health
An investment company managing almost $5 billion in land assets will make a $150 million…
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Disentangling natural resource management impacts – one evaluation at a time
10.05.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Last week was a tough one for our small group of IFPRI researchers in Accra.…
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Workshop on data management in agriculture
10.05.18-
Big data
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Biodiversity
PhenoHarmonIS workshop 2018 on harmonization of germplasm, phenotypic and agronomic data for plants…
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