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Bill Gates on CGIAR and Adapting to a Warmer World
12.02.21Climate change is going to force us to consider entirely new needs. We need to…
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Today’s Climate and Food Crises Can Only be Solved in Tandem
09.02.21Extreme weather driven by climate change, conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic are driving worsening …
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CGIAR Joins Forces with World Food Programme to Tackle Post-Pandemic Hunger
26.01.21-
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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
25.01.21-
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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
04.01.21-
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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
18.12.20-
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Africa, compared to Asia, Europe and the US, has largely escaped the devastating death toll…
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Five lessons on how to encourage open sharing of standardized data for sustainable agricultural growth
20.10.20-
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Standardized data on agronomic traits - from soil types to weather patterns - can power…
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Indian PM Narendra Modi dedicates two ‘healthy oil’ groundnut varieties on World Food Day
20.10.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Two groundnut varieties with high oleic acid content, developed by ICRISAT together with the Indian…
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Climate-smart innovations can boost aquatic food systems productivity in Bangladesh, says climate change expert
20.10.20-
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Climate-smart innovations are urgently needed to help poor and vulnerable aquatic food system actors…
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Field Notes: Boosting small-scale aquaculture productivity in inland Myanmar
19.10.20-
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Myanmar is one of the largest fish producers in the world. The country ranks among…
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Bethany Smith – Emerging Scientist Series
19.10.20-
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Bethany Smith is a junior researcher working remotely from Australia for the WorldFish Myanmar team.…
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How alternative views on food systems lead to different food policies
19.10.20-
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The authors detail their recent study of differences and similarities among more than 30 recent…
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The impact of COVID-19 on the food system in Nairobi
18.10.20-
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There have been far reaching effects on Nairobi’s economy following the COVID-19 crisis, with the…
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Resource-poor women farmers benefit by forming collectives
18.10.20-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Collectives enhance productivity and improve livelihoods Poor and landless farmers can sustainably i…
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Indian PM Narendra Modi dedicates two ‘healthy oil’ groundnut varieties on World Food Day
16.10.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Two groundnut varieties with high oleic acid content, developed by ICRISAT together with the Indian…
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ICRISAT among 11 global ‘Hubs’ to accelerate the use of natural genetic diversity to advance crop improvement
16.10.20-
Genomics
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Using chickpea as the case species, one of the proposed 11 hubs of DivSeek International…
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Water and nutrition in a COVID-19 context: Where do we go from here?
16.10.20-
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Claudia Ringler is Deputy Director of IFPRI's Environment and Production Technology and a Co-Coordi…
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The Failing Food Systems: Can Aquatic Foods turn the tide?
15.10.20-
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Currently, 2 billion people around the world lack access to diverse, nutritious, and safe diets…
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What is sustainable intensification?
14.10.20-
Climate
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By 2050, the world’s population could grow to 9.7 billion, food demand is expected to…
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Biofortified Crops Map and New Table Show Global Reach Of Nutritious Staples
14.10.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
HarvestPlus released an updated global map of biofortified staple crops showcasing that 63 countri…
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Ceres2030 research: Ending hunger sustainably by 2030 requires doubling assistance
14.10.20-
Climate
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BY MARIE PARENT New research concludes that donor country governments must roughly double current am…
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Book launch: Ethiopia’s evolving agrifood system faces new challenges
13.10.20-
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BY TIMOTHY KAROFF Over the past two decades, Ethiopia’s economy has seen wide-ranging changes. Agr…
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HarvestPlus Webinar Focused on Path for Scaling Up Biofortification Amid COVID-19
13.10.20-
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HarvestPlus hosted a webinar on “Improving Nutrition Security with Biofortified Crops: Lessons Fro…
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In case of fall armyworm, watch this video
12.10.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
To the first-time observer, the aftermath of a fall armyworm infestation must be terrifying. The…
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