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CGIAR supports innovative new Brazil-led accelerator RAIZ
CGIAR20.11.25Launched at UNFCCC COP30 in Belém, the RAIZ accelerator will unite governments and investors behind…
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Over USD 142 million pledged at COP30 to advance CGIAR’s mission of a food-secure future
CGIAR15.11.25COP30 Delegates at the Embrapa/Gates Foundation Innovation Showcase The United Kingdom, Belgium, Den…
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The National (UAE): Brazil's Cop30 summit has high hopes for the planet - but will it signal a green future?
CGIAR Press Office12.11.25CGIAR Executive Managing Director Ismahane Elouafi explains in an article in The National ahead of…
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New CGIAR Evidence Sets Out Blueprint for a Low-Carbon, Regenerative and Equitable Food System Transition at COP30
Climate Action Science Program10.11.25-
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As countries prepare to gather in Belém for COP30, CGIAR today launched seven new evidence-based…
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Join Ismahane Elouafi at the CNN Global Perspectives - Soil to Scale event
CGIAR Press Office05.11.25Join Ismahane Elouafi discussing pathways to resileint food systems in Africa at the CNN Soil…
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Why we show up at climate COPs: Bridging local reality with global ambition
Climate Action Science Program04.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
By Ma. Eliza J. Villarino, Rhys Bucknall-Williams, Laura Cramer, and Chiara Colombo Every yea…
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First ever high-yielding chickpea variety developed using marker-assisted backcrossing (MABC) released in Ethiopia
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)30.08.19-
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Ethiopia has become the first country in the world to release such a chickpea variety…
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Can boosting yields slow the global palm oil expansion and ease its environmental impacts?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)26.08.19-
Environmental health
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Over the past two decades, global palm oil production has increased rapidly to meet rising…
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Understanding Nagoya
CGIAR Genebank Platform19.08.19-
Biodiversity
The Nagoya Protocol provides concrete mechanisms for countries providing plant genetic resources to …
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AfDB-TAAT promotes trailblazing hybrid rice technology adapted to Africa
AfricaRice16.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
16 August 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The Rice Compact of the African Development Bank-funded …
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“We are receiving a free subsidy from nature, but it will not continue indefinitely” – Louis Verchot
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)12.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
“Many findings are important for us and for policy makers around the world. The report…
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Artificial intelligence helps banana growers protect the world’s most favorite fruit
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)12.08.19-
Biodiversity
Using artificial intelligence, scientists created an easy-to-use tool to detect banana diseases and …
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Heat-tolerant wild beans tapped to breed commercial beans for hotter climates
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)09.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Using the genetic traits of a wild bean species, CIAT and the Crop Trust are…
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Alternatives to burning can increase Indian farmers’ profits and cut pollution, new study shows
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)09.08.19-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Published in Science, the article provides evidence for national policies that block stubble burning…
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Benefits from trees regreen land and livelihoods
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)05.08.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Smallholders in Ethiopia are set to benefit from development of tree value-chains. Wood-fuel, round …
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Convention on Biological Diversity adopts indicator to track conservation of useful plants
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)01.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Developed by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture and the Crop Trust, the indicator pro…
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CIMMYT and CGIAR staff join Ethiopia’s record-breaking tree-planting campaign
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)01.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
July 29, 2019, was a remarkable day for Ethiopia. People across the country planted 353,633,660 tre…
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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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Food security
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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