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Famine in Gaza
CGIAR18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
CGIAR14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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How to implement "innovation portfolio management" in a public R&D organization
CGIAR07.03.24To feed and nourish ten billion people by mid-century, and to do so sustainably, our…
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Invest in women, ignite change in food systems
CGIAR05.03.24By Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR Executive Managing Director On this International Women’s Day, we celeb…
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New report: CGIAR's Transformative Crop Technologies Drive $1.3 Trillion Impact
CGIAR27.02.24The cumulative impact of CGIAR-related crop technologies reached US$1,334 billion from 1961 to 2020,…
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Urban wetlands and the built environment: how Colombo’s green spaces enhance city life
IWMI02.02.24-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombo must justify the renewal of its Ramsar Wetland City status this year. Has the…
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Change in behaviour needed for improved drought management in Jordan and the MENA region
IWMI04.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Adopting water-saving technology is not enough on its own to stem groundwater depletion in the…
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Scaling out climate-smart agriculture in southern Africa
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)04.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Adoption rates for climate-smart agricultural practices remain low in many of the countries which st…
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Evidence and lessons from a 3-year research study on agricultural extension in Malawi
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)03.12.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
Agricultural extension services are among the most important factors driving smallholder farmers’ …
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Decade-long trials prove efficacy of Nigeria’s aflatoxin biocontrol product
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)29.11.19-
Food security
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Health
An IITA-led partnership has honed aflatoxin biocontrol for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for over 15 year…
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Do smallholders get the right seed and inputs from their agrodealer?
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)28.11.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Many Tanzanian smallholder farmers fail to produce even 1 ton of maize grain per hectare.…
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AfricaRice wins prestigious Al-Sumait Prize 2019
AfricaRice28.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
Recognizing the important role of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) in enhancing food security in…
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Planetary health, agroforestry and Sub-Saharan Africa
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)27.11.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
MEDIA RELEASE: Immediate Planetary health, agroforestry and Sub-Saharan Africa Nairobi, Kenya, 26 No…
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Contributions of biodiversity to the sustainable intensification of food production
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)27.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Biodiverse agriculture is critical for the survival of the world’s food systems. A new study…
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Network analysis reveals where to act effectively in seed systems
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)26.11.19-
Food security
An innovative approach to seed systems, spearheaded by scientists working with the CGIAR Research Pr…
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Alternative meat can sustain food systems
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)26.11.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Pork prices in China have increased significantly of late thanks to an African swine fever…
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New world map rates food sustainability for countries across the globe
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)25.11.19-
Food security
A global food system sustainability study builds the first map of its kind to score…
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How a disease without borders was contained
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)25.11.19-
Food security
t’s been eight years since maize lethal necrosis (MLN) was first reported on the African…
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Gambling and scrambling: betting on trees for biodiversity
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)22.11.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The farmer set the stage: as relatives and neighbours crowded around, he borrowed research scientist…
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University of Illinois bestows its 2019 International Alumni Award on ILRI chief Jimmy Smith
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)22.11.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has bestowed its Madhuri and Jagdish N Sheth Internat…
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IITA scientist highlights healthy diets at World Food Day seminar
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)22.11.19-
Food security
World Food Day (WFD) is celebrated annually on 16 October and dedicated to tackle hunger…
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Policy seminar: Advancing gender equality through agriculture and natural resource management
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)21.11.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
What does research reveal about how agriculture and natural resource management can advance gender e…
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More vaccination, not antibiotics, needed for Kenyan livestock—Straight talk by Sidai Chair Christie Peacock
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)21.11.19-
Food security
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Health
The following interview of Christie Peacock was conducted at the February 2019 launch of the…
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Can we ignore risk when we study the effects of climate change on agriculture? Research in Zambia tells us that we should not
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)20.11.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Climate change is already affecting vulnerable populations in many developing countries and those im…
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