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CGIAR Joins Forces with World Food Programme to Tackle Post-Pandemic Hunger
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The Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN agency will work with CGIAR to bolster food systems amid…
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Investment into Research Must Double to Halt Climate and Food Crises by 2030
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World’s largest agricultural research partnership seeks to increase funding to $2 billion annually…
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Agricultural Research Unties the Gordian Knot
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Agricultural research and innovation to transform our food system is the only way to cut…
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How Africa can Lead the World in the COVID-19 Recovery
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Africa, compared to Asia, Europe and the US, has largely escaped the devastating death toll…
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Good Nutrition is Crucial for the Coronavirus Vaccine to Work Effectively
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Vaccines are harder to deliver and potentially less effective at stimulating an immune response in…
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New Study: CGIAR Innovations Reach Nearly 80 Percent of Ethiopia’s Rural Households
CGIAR09.11.20An independent study published last month has documented the extensive reach of CGIAR-related agricu…
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Three new drought-adapted ICARDA/ARIA wheat varieties released in Afghanistan
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)01.12.20ICARDA and the Agricultural Research Institute of Afghanistan (ARIA) have released three new Drought…
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Gender dynamics in seed systems development: Emerging research of critical importance
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)30.11.20-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
New PIM Synthesis Brief provides analysis of current issues and an outlook for future research…
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2020 CAER-IFPRI Annual Conference: Boosting China's urban-rural integrated development
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)30.11.20-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
By Donghe Li China’s rapid economic growth has been driven by urbanization, and vice versa.…
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Voices from the Field: Young women farmers anchor CGIAR session at Cultivate Africa
CGIAR GENDER Platform30.11.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Women must be included to successfully build inclusive and sustainable food systems in Africa. Yet,…
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Banana seed system innovations – assessing decision-making roles to increase their take-up
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)30.11.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Innovations in seed systems can have a powerful impact on crop production, particularly in…
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History meets hydrology in a South Indian district's perilous water gap
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)30.11.20-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Kolar district, in India's southern state of Karnataka, has been known for centuries as a…
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Newly launched millet food finder shows a revolution is underway
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)27.11.20-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Millets have sometimes been hailed as the next quinoa but researchers collating a global database…
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Use of scientific evidence for greater partnerships and better policies
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)27.11.20-
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Surveys on agricultural technology adoption in Nigeria carried out in 2019-2020 revealed gains made …
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Matching seed to farmer
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)27.11.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Since the earliest days of global wheat breeding at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement…
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Money-making machines
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)27.11.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
A new small-mechanization pilot initiative launched in July is equipping farmers with the business a…
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Molecular breeding speeds development of better seeds
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)27.11.20-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
To adequately confront rapidly changing plant pests and diseases and safeguard food security for a…
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WorldFish joins united effort to boost climate-smart food systems in Malawi
WorldFish27.11.20-
Climate
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Nutrition
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In Malawi, land and aquatic food systems engage 80 percent of the population playing a…
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Dried small fish powder provides opportunity for child health in Myanmar
WorldFish27.11.20-
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Nutrition
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As the COVID-19 pandemic underscores the need for nutritious diets, efforts to promote dried small…
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Timor-Leste president calls for expansion of aquaculture during hatchery visit
WorldFish26.11.20-
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The President of Timor-Leste, Francisco Guterres Lú Olo, visited the Gleno hatchery last week, lear…
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Q&A: CGIAR investment has generated returns of 10 times the amount invested
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)26.11.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Working with national agricultural research centers (NARS), CGIAR centers, including the Internation…
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Breaking Ground: Rahel Assefa thrives off witnessing impact
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)26.11.20Rahel Assefa works as a project manager and as the regional program manager for CIMMYT’s…
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Success despite Covid: Hope from a Water Users Association in Central Myanmar
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)26.11.20-
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The impact Covid-19 has had on farmers has been devastating. Harvest delays due to mobility…
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Landmark study generates genomic atlas for global wheat improvement
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)25.11.20-
Genomics
In a landmark discovery for global wheat production, an international team led by the University…
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