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Official Launch of CGIAR’s “Crops to End Hunger” Initiative at Borlaug Dialogue
17.10.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
CGIAR announced its new global initiative, Crops to End Hunger, this week at the World…
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Our food systems are in crisis, and it's not just from climate change
16.10.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
While global leaders gathered in New York City last month to discuss the climate crisis,…
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The cereals imperative of future food systems
15.10.19-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Pioneering research on our three most important cereal grains — maize, rice, and wheat —…
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International Day of Rural Women 2019
15.10.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research is pleased to mark the International Day of Rural…
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International Day of Disaster Reduction
13.10.19-
Climate
We have to accept that in many cases we cannot stop floods or droughts, but…
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A fresh look at the genes behind grain weight in spring bread wheat
09.10.19-
Genomics
To meet the demand for wheat from a rising and quickly urbanizing population, wheat yields…
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Can boosting yields slow the global palm oil expansion and ease its environmental impacts?
26.08.19-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Over the past two decades, global palm oil production has increased rapidly to meet rising…
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World Water Week 2019
26.08.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Happy World Water Week! Join us this week as we discuss innovative water solutions for…
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Reuters.com: Water pollution an ‘invisible threat’ to global goals, economists warn
23.08.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
World Bank report warns of the ripple effects of water pollution on the health, economies,…
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Scientists use DNA fingerprinting to gauge the spread of modern wheat in Afghanistan
22.08.19Despite the severe social and political unrest that constrain agriculture in Afghanistan, many farme…
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Independent.co.uk: World health chiefs call for more studies on microplastics in drinking water
22.08.19-
Climate
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Research gap must be filled but meanwhile governments and businesses must urgently reduce plastic pr…
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Breaking Ground: Anani Bruce guards Africa’s maize harvest from insect pests
21.08.19Anani Bruce, maize entomologist at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) sin…
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To tackle climate change we need to rethink our food system
21.08.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The way we produce, consume and discard food is no longer sustainable. That much is…
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Raising a unified voice: Supporting African small-scale fishers and fish workers to be heard
21.08.19Bertha Kporvi (interviewee) at Sekondi market selling smoked fish in Sekondi, Ghana. Forty represent…
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‘I can’t catch enough fish’: Balancing water needs for farmers and fishers in Myanmar
21.08.19Water control infrastructure in Myanmar. These sluices are used to stop saltwater intruding up the…
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Understanding Nagoya
19.08.19-
Biodiversity
The Nagoya Protocol provides concrete mechanisms for countries providing plant genetic resources to …
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How climate change will impact agricultural productivity in Central America and the Andean Region
19.08.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Climate change poses a significant global threat to food security and nutrition, largely through its…
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AsiaTimes.com: The developing world’s water crisis has arrived
19.08.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A study across 15 cities in South Asia, Africa and South America shows that water…
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How nearshore devices increase fish catches and improve food security in Timor-Leste
19.08.19Small motor boats anchored off Uaroana, Atauro Island, Timor-Leste. New research from Timor-Leste ha…
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IndiaTimes.com: Can a single tribunal resolve water disputes between states?
19.08.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Shifting monsoon patterns and drying catchment areas in India’s river basins, of which there are…
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AfDB-TAAT promotes trailblazing hybrid rice technology adapted to Africa
16.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
16 August 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The Rice Compact of the African Development Bank-funded …
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Researchers call for a gendered approach in strategies for community uptake of livestock vaccines
16.08.19-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
The design of strategies for uptake of livestock vaccines by communities in East Africa should…
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Thomson Reuters: It’s time to look underground for climate resilience in sub-Saharan Africa
15.08.19-
Climate
A recent study sheds new light on the climate-groundwater relationship, finding that the 2015-2016 E…
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IPSNews.net: Is India on Track to Beat the Perfect Storm?
13.08.19-
Climate
“Those of us who work on water issues in (the global) South understand that there…
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