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Agrifood Systems as Part of the Solution: Spotlight Conversations on Agriculture Innovation
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)30.01.23Are we investing enough to end hunger by 2030, the date set for its termination…
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Policy seminar: Leveraging Kenya’s new Bottom-Up Economic Plan for food system transformation
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)21.12.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Kenya’s new government has developed an ambitious Bottom-Up Economic Plan to tackle complex dome…
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Birds eye view of CGIAR’s Innovation Packages and Scaling Readiness (IPSR)
CGIAR16.12.22Climate, political and economic crises are putting millions at risk of poverty and hunger. We…
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CGIAR Wins International Recognition for Progress in Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
CGIAR15.12.22Paris, France, December 15, 2022 – CGIAR took top prize in the “Diversity and Inclusion” ca…
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Can we Still End Hunger by 2030? CGIAR and the Economist Discuss What it Will Take
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)13.12.22The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, to end hunger by 2030, has become…
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25th Meeting of the System Board & Retreat – A Communique
CGIAR12.12.22The CGIAR System Board meeting and retreat, held on December 8-9, 2022, in Nairobi, was…
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Water rights for millions of African farmers threatened by law rooted in colonial times, study finds
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)29.10.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Researchers at Africa Water Week call for efforts to “decolonize” and improve water permit syste…
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7th Africa Water Week
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)29.10.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
“Decolonizing” formal water law to pave the way for smallholder irrigation. An IWMI research re…
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Ramsar Convention COP13
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)25.10.18-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Sri Lanka wins international recognition for valuable but threatened urban wetlands.…
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Giving water a second life
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)17.10.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Launch of a major project on water reuse at Cairo Water Week.…
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International Day of Rural Women
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)12.10.18-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Groundwater is notoriously difficult to manage. One cannot easily see how much is available, who…
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Mobile phone app launched to strengthen new insurance scheme for India’s farmers
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)21.09.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The scheme aims to provide more than half of Indian farmers with crop insurance within…
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IWMI scientist awarded for contributions to water policy in South Asia
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)20.09.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
The International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) has named Tushaar Shah, a senior fellow with …
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Water, ecosystems, human development – we can’t have one without the others
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)18.09.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Keynote address by UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina MohammedPhoto by Adam Hunt / WLE…
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IWA-network.org: Re-examining the economics, engineering and water management paradigms – An interview with Claudia Sadoff
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)18.09.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
IWMI Director General, Claudia Sadoff, spoke to IWA about exciting initiatives that turn wealth fro…
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ICRISAT awarded Microsoft’s AI for Earth grant to promote environmental sustainability
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)10.09.18-
Big data
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As part of its worldwide AI for Earth program, Microsoft has recently announced grants to…
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DailyMirror.lk: Coordinated effort urged for Sri Lanka’s future water security
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)04.09.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
IWMI researchers expressed their views on Sri Lanka’s water security at the latest ‘Colombo Deve…
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Banking on nature
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)04.09.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
Projects that harness nature-based structures in places like Kenya and Sri Lanka are showing, green…
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ElPais.com: What to do in the absence of water
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)30.08.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
No development is possible without it. And more than 5,000 million people could suffer scarcity…
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Getting ahead of disaster risks
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)28.08.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Climate-smart technology to enhance flood and drought resilience.…
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World Water Week 2018
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)27.08.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
Throughout World Water Week 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden, researchers from IWMI (the International …
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How to pay for watershed rehabilitation
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)23.08.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Smallholders in the Ethiopian highlands pay a high price for reduced land productivity caused by…
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Water impact: When over 15,000 tanks were restored, how did lives of smallholder farmers change?
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)10.08.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Soil, water and socio-economic impact of Telangana state government’s Mission Kakatiya to be asses…
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Committed to soil and water conservation
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)08.08.18-
Environmental health
Initiatives to restore degraded land on a large scale have gained huge momentum during recent…
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