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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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Our food systems are in crisis, and it's not just from climate change
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)16.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
While global leaders gathered in New York City last month to discuss the climate crisis,…
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Global Report on Food Crises mid-year update tracks world’s food insecurity hotspots
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)15.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
For the past three years, the number of people around the world in urgent need…
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CGIAR centers push recommendations for CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Nutrition and Diets
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)15.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Placing the Global South front and center Among the critical conversations had at the recently…
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The cereals imperative of future food systems
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)15.10.19-
Food security
The world urgently needs a transformation of the global food system, leading to healthier diets…
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Cassava and Climate Change: Boosting the IQ of a Naturally Climate-Smart Crop
CGIAR15.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Cassava is hardy root crop consumed by millions of people across Africa—but largely ignored by…
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International Day of Rural Women 2019: Measuring what matters for gender equality
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)14.10.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
So far, 99 organizations have used the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), an innova…
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Ghanaian farmers can now control Aflatoxin, earn big
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)14.10.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A study has identified the best non-toxic strains that can limit aflatoxin contamination in laborato…
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CGIAR and Somali officials and donors come together at ICRAF to support agricultural development in Somalia
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)10.10.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Goats at the Hargeisa Livestock Market selected for export (photo credit: ILRI/Peter Ballantyne). Ag…
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Agricultural growth is key to spur Ghana's economic growth
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)09.10.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Ghana has been viewed as one of Africa's political and economic success stories, from maintaining…
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Sustainable livestock systems for sustainable lives
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)08.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Paul Cezanne, Still Life with Bread and Eggs. This month, in a new issue of…
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Achieving policy impact with political economy research: frameworks, applications, and lessons learned
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)07.10.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Danielle Resnick shares her reflections about the recent "Political economy for improved policy anal…
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India establishes separate ministerial livestock portfolio, a sector outperforming crop agriculture
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)05.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
All illustrations by Bengali artist Jamini Roy, 1887–1972. ‘The creation of a separate ministeri…
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Make food a priority in land reforms
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)04.10.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
While land titles and other reforms in forest-dwelling communities in Indonesia, Uganda and Peru hav…
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Brisk promotion of improved groundnut and sorghum varieties to take adoption to the next level
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)04.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Five improved varieties of groundnut and three of sorghum with the best market traits were…
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Brisk promotion of improved groundnut and sorghum varieties to take adoption to the next level
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)04.10.19-
Food security
Five improved varieties of groundnut and three of sorghum with the best market traits were…
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Steering the seed revolving fund initiative to meet growing farmers’ demand for certified seed
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)04.10.19-
Food security
Adoption of new varieties can never be successful until efficient seed delivery systems are in…
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Enlarging on the EAT-Lancet planetary diet report—A fresh look by CSIRO’s Mario Herrero, one of the authors
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)02.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Mario Herrero, a scientist formerly with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and n…
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Conference highlights need for increased climate funding for rice agri-food systems
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)02.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
A global conference is calling for more investment in climate change initiatives for the world’s…
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