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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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Making irrigation technology more affordable in Ethiopia
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)02.07.19-
Food security
“We will give due attention to the agricultural sector to bring about a fundamental change,…
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Considering Gender in Irrigation: Technology Adoption for Women Farmers
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)02.07.19-
Food security
Originally published on The Chicago Council on Global Affairs as part of the Uncharted Waters blog…
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A day to remember: Scientists and processors exchange on the changes in the cassava value chain in Colombia over the past 20 years
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)01.07.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
With funding from the Roots, Tubers and Bananas Research Program (RTB), the International Center for…
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Research approaches required for supporting the empowerment of pastoral dairy women
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)01.07.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
Maasai woman feeding her child milk (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). The especially rich and clearl…
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Fifty technologies in five years – Feed the Future, MISST project shares outcomes in Malawi
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)28.06.19-
Food security
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Health
Over 245,000 households reached 14,500 MT of seed produced, over 50 technologies developed – these…
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The case for rushing farmer access to BARI Gom 33
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)26.06.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
In 2016, the emergence of wheat blast, a devastating seed- and wind-borne pathogen, threatened an a…
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Agrobiodiversity essential to sustainable food systems for the future
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)25.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
A new book from MIT Press proposes and develops an expanded concept of agrobiodiversity, which,…
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CIMMYT global partnership fights mutating wheat rust
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)24.06.19-
Food security
Stem rust, which occurs mainly in warm and humid conditions, is a serious biotic threat…
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The role of phages: A fight against antibiotic resistance in poultry farms in Kenya
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)24.06.19-
Food security
Illustration of a bacteriophage (image credit: Flickr/Kevin Gill) In the early 1920s, William Twort …
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Seeding entrepreneurship in groundnut farmers of south India
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)21.06.19-
Food security
ICRISAT and PJTSAU partner to set up Seed Business Ventures in Telangana Groundnut cultivation in…
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Decadal experiences in harnessing chickpea value chain in Ethiopia
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)21.06.19-
Food security
Over 6 million households benefit through the years of the Tropical Legumes Project In early…
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Why now is the moment to invest in nutrition to transform our food systems
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)21.06.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
One in a series of guest blog posts from leading voices in global development on achieving long-t…
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The missing middle: how enabling environments will translate global commitments into local action
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)21.06.19-
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
Delegates at Global Soil Week 2019 push for effective land governance, local governance structures, …
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Bird’s-eye view
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)20.06.19-
Food security
A new study from researchers at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) shows…
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Countries make progress on carbon reduction pledges, but much work remains to be done
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)19.06.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
By all accounts, countries’ official pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—the nationally d…
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What developing countries can learn from Europe’s experience with rural revitalization
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)17.06.19-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
IFPRI's 2019 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) will be the focus of a June 19 European Development…
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From Jamaica to Togo to Vanuatu, agroforestry to help countries prevent climate breakdown
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)17.06.19-
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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Health
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Nutrition
In May, delegates from as far away as Papua New Guinea braved visa hurdles and…
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Scientists unravel genome and diversity of whitefly vector behind viral diseases devastating cassava in Africa
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)17.06.19-
Food security
As part of efforts to control the spread of the two viral diseases attacking cassava…
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