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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-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
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-
Climate
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-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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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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Hand-holding outgrowers to produce certified seed in drought-stricken Ghana – a model to emulate
10.01.20-
Climate
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Access to quality seed remains a big challenge for farmers in Africa. With increasing drought…
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A prototype for massive-scale capacity building for farmers
03.01.20-
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
A massive capacity building initiative involving elaborate logistical arrangements covering all the …
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Seven climate resilience questions to help guardians of nature
11.12.19-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Third in a series of blog posts examining the role of risk in agriculture under climate…
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Agricultural solutions to tackle humanity’s climate crisis
06.12.19-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
More than 11,000 scientists signed on to a recent report showing that planet Earth is facing a…
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Why gender matters in forest restoration
02.12.19-
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Effective forest and landscape restoration interventions need to take into account socio-political …
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AfricaRice wins prestigious Al-Sumait Prize 2019
28.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
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Recognizing the important role of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) in enhancing food security in…
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IWMI joins United Nations Global Compact initiative
28.11.19-
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IWMI is delighted to have become a participant in the United Nations Global Compact which…
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Planetary health, agroforestry and Sub-Saharan Africa
27.11.19-
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MEDIA RELEASE: Immediate Planetary health, agroforestry and Sub-Saharan Africa Nairobi, Kenya, 26 No…
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Students visit PATSPO BSO
26.11.19-
Genomics
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Grade one and two pupils of Lion Heart Academy, Addis Ababa, visited the Provision of…
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Putting new-age agronomy to test in Indian farms
22.11.19-
Climate
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A group of farmers in India’s Telangana state is breaking new ground in their farms…
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Advancing gender equality through agriculture and natural resource management
21.11.19-
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
What does research reveal about how agriculture and natural resource management can advance gender e…
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Policy transformation for achieving the SDGs: Can translational research help?
12.11.19-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 will take major transformations of the …
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Spotlight on crop diversity as ICRISAT’s Genebank holds inaugural field day
11.11.19-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Cutting across disciplines of crop research, scientists gathered at ICRISAT to observe and evaluate …
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Hybrid rice review: Updating notions about hybrid rice
05.11.19-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Recent research and technological advancements have significantly improved the quality and viability…
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FAO SOFA report 2019: New insights into food loss and waste
22.10.19-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Fourteen percent of the food produced globally is lost during the post-harvest production stage befo…
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NARS partners in Asia pick up advanced groundnut breeding lines with market traits for their national trials
18.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Advanced breeding lines which included high-oleic groundnut and those with market-preferred kernel s…
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The cereals imperative of future food systems
15.10.19-
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Pioneering research on our three most important cereal grains — maize, rice, and wheat —…
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How air pollution is holding down wheat yields in India
11.10.19-
Climate
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Since the start of the Green Revolution in the mid-1960s, India has tripled its wheat…
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