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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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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
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-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Africa, compared to Asia, Europe and the US, has largely escaped the devastating death toll…
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Press Release: IWMI project enables fast access to petabytes of analysis-ready water data in Africa
20.03.20-
Big data
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Climate
A new IWMI partnership with Digital Earth Africa (DEA) will leverage state of the art…
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Amazon rainforest could disappear within 50 years, scientists report
11.03.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Large scale ecosystems the size of the Amazon forests could collapse within 50 years and…
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(Enteric methane) greenhouse gas emissions in cows are cut 25% with feed supplement (3-NOP)
01.03.20-
Climate
The addition of 3-Nitrooxypropanol to the feed of dairy cows reduced their enteric methane emissions…
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Pests and diseases and climate change: Is there a connection?
27.02.20-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Temperature and rainfall are the big drivers of shifts in how and where pests and…
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AfricaRice inaugurates the Rice Biodiversity Center for Africa
27.02.20-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Genomics
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 27 February 2020 - The Rice Biodiversity Center for Africa (RBCA) was of…
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Study: Agroforestry may improve planetary health
25.02.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate
A new study reports that agroforestry—a method integrating trees with crops and livestock—is l…
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Policy seminar: The European Union plans to tackle climate change, one value chain at a time
25.02.20-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
The European Commission (EC) Green Deal is a critical initiative aimed at making the whole of Eur…
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Spotlight on pearl millet – biofortification and drought tolerance
21.02.20-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Pearl millet scientists discussed the ‘Future micronutrient breeding strategy in pearl millet’, …
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Press Release: Project makes water from the sun for climate smart farming
18.02.20-
Climate
World’s largest user of groundwater for agriculture looks to solar for a more sustainable future.…
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Second Biennial Review report highlights urgent need to accelerate progress toward achieving Malabo Declaration goals by 2025
17.02.20-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
In the 2014 Malabo Declaration, African leaders pledged to conduct a continent-wide Biennial Review…
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Planting trees or growing them. Do the words matter for restoring land?
17.02.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Every year, millions of dollars are spent on attempting to restore landscapes to health by…
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Working together with the Makueni County Government to combat land degradation
07.02.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Drylands cover more than 40% of the world’s land surface and are home to more…
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Payments for ecosystem services in the Philippines: a win-win approach for communities, businesses, and the environment
05.02.20-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
As the rate of environmental degradation continues to increase, the need for more effective and…
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'Getting gender right' is essential for the sustainability of food systems
04.02.20-
Climate
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
The growing emphasis on sustainability of food systems (rather than of agriculture alone) highlights…
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Addressing Africa’s deteriorating food security should be Africa’s top priority—World Bank
31.01.20-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
‘A key priority for Africa over the next decade should be to address a deteriorating…
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Conservation agriculture is helping farmers adapt to climate change: Lessons from southern Africa
29.01.20-
Climate
Christian Thierfelder, senior cropping systems agronomist at the International Maize and Wheat Impro…
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Interdisciplinary research key to making India’s Green Revolution sustainable
24.01.20-
Climate
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Around a hundred scientists from varied disciplines, who gathered to discuss an India-UK joint resea…
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What is conservation agriculture?
23.01.20-
Climate
If not practiced sustainably, agriculture can have a toll on the environment, produce greenhouse gas…
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