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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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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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Understanding what impacts last, after the project ends
08.10.19-
Nutrition
Development projects set out to better understand and find ways to improve outcomes for people…
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Empowering Africa’s women farmers
07.10.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
More than 60% of all employed women in Africa south of the Sahara work in…
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Ruaraidh Sackville Hamilton: Learning new ways to maintain and use valuable resources
18.10.18-
Biodiversity
A look back at the career of the retiring Head of the T.T. Chang Genetic…
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AfricaRice Annual Report 2017 focuses on effective targeting of research to respond to stakeholder needs
11.10.18-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
AfricaRice is pleased to announce the release of its Annual Report 2017, themed ‘More effective…
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The World’s Rice Bowl: Protected in Perpetuity
11.10.18-
Biodiversity
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
(SINGAPORE – 12 October 2018) – THE WORLD’S LARGEST rice collection is to receive…
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Refining honey production through investing in bee houses
09.10.18-
Biodiversity
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Farmers in Uganda are learning new ways of managing their bees, avoiding conflict and making…
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ILRI’s Jimmy Smith on farm animal diversity for more sustainable and resilient global food systems
25.09.18-
Biodiversity
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), this week ma…
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More than a thousand vegetables, many of them forgotten
19.09.18-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Bioversity International and partners reveal that most of the world's vegetable species are poorly …
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Regenerating crop wild relatives in the Fertile Crescent
18.09.18-
Biodiversity
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
ICARDA is regenerating massive amounts of crop wild relatives in their place of origin –…
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Swapping pesticides for beetles could put money in farmers' pockets
11.09.18-
Biodiversity
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Combining insect sampling and household surveys, our research found significant economic benefits …
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Agroforestry Concessions are a strategic mechanism for smallholders in the Amazon. How do we make it work?
06.09.18-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Every year, the Peruvian Amazon loses more than 100,000 hectares of forest due to…
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Beyond selfies: African youth vow to restore the continent’s landscapes
05.09.18-
Biodiversity
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
On 27-28 August, over 60 youth from a dozen African countries gathered at the World…
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Indonesia looking to protect biodiversity through trees on farms
03.09.18-
Biodiversity
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Representatives from government and non-governmental organizations are working together to ensure th…
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Options for trees on farms in Kalimantan, Indonesia
28.08.18-
Biodiversity
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Researchers are exploring existing systems that mix trees with rice, oil palm and other species…
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Lessons from Kenya on how to restore degraded land
15.08.18-
Biodiversity
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
The state of the earth’s biodiversity – the world’s variety of living organisms – is…
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A global strategy for the conservation and use of coconut genetic resources
10.08.18-
Biodiversity
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
An updated global strategy launched by the International Coconut Genetic Resources Network/Bioversit…
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From farm to fork: strengthening direct sales between smallholders and consumers in Cusco, Peru
09.08.18-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Researchers say farmers need more help if they are to sell healthy farm products directly…
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Bamboo and rattan: Surprising tools for forest protection
03.08.18-
Biodiversity
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
A new declaration is paving the way for non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in forest conservation. …
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Cooling forest rainbow water vital contributor to farmer livelihoods
19.07.18-
Biodiversity
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Forests are widely recognized as critical to essential ecosystem services like clean water and air,…
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DNA sequencing of indigenous African cattle reveals vital clues to increasing productivity
19.07.18-
Biodiversity
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Genomics
Since their introduction to Africa thousands of years ago from the Middle East and the…
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