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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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New CIMMYT pre-commercial hybrids available from Asia maize breeding programs
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)05.08.19-
Food security
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is offering a new set of improved…
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Protect our food. Fund the seed.
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)02.08.19-
Food security
“It is the seed that controls the system, not the other way around.” Chef and…
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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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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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Joint Grasslands and Rangelands Congress will be held in Nairobi in Oct 2020
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)01.08.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) and Kenya State Department of Livestoc…
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After 75 years, agriculture and nutrition meet again
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)31.07.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
For the third year in a row, the recently-released FAO State of Food Insecurity and Nutrition repo…
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Kenyan livestock sector to grow ‘exponentially’—Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)31.07.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Cattle grazing at ILRI’s Kapiti Ranch Research Station, outside Nairobi, in Kenya (photo credit: I…
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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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Conference: Confronting the challenges in transforming Ethiopia’s economy
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)30.07.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Ethiopia has made substantial progress in recent decades, but is now confronting mounting economic c…
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Knowledge + passion: Women’s recipe in millet and sorghum production in Mali
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)26.07.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Two women’s associations in Sikasso, Mali are changing the status of pearl millet and sorghum,…
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The high price of healthy food … and the low price of unhealthy food
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)24.07.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Poor diets are now the No. 1 risk factor in the global burden of disease (GBD), accounting…
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New manual provides quantitative approach to drought stress phenotyping
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)22.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Since 1900, more than two billion people have been affected by drought worldwide, according to the…
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Multi-location evaluation of six pigeonpea pre-breeding lines through India’s national program
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)19.07.19-
Food security
Developed at ICRISAT, these lines have been selected by the All India Coordinated Research Project…
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Helping groundnut retain its place in Nigeria through the Tropical Legumes Project
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)19.07.19-
Food security
Alhaji Sani Usman remembers what being a groundnut farmer in Nigeria’s Kano state entailed a…
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The birth of an impatient and optimistic breed of community seed producers in Mali
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)19.07.19-
Food security
Jean Goita has come a long way since his days as a grain producer in…
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PIM Newsletter: April – June 2019
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)19.07.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
PIM news and updated from the second quarter of 2019: new research, publications, PIM webinars,…
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Multi-location evaluation of six pigeonpea pre-breeding lines through India’s national program
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)19.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Developed at ICRISAT, these lines have been selected by the All India Coordinated Research Project…
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The birth of an impatient and optimistic breed of community seed producers in Mali
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)19.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Jean Goita has come a long way since his days as a grain producer in…
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