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Famine in Gaza
CGIAR18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
CGIAR14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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How to implement "innovation portfolio management" in a public R&D organization
CGIAR07.03.24To feed and nourish ten billion people by mid-century, and to do so sustainably, our…
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Invest in women, ignite change in food systems
CGIAR05.03.24By Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR Executive Managing Director On this International Women’s Day, we celeb…
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New report: CGIAR's Transformative Crop Technologies Drive $1.3 Trillion Impact
CGIAR27.02.24The cumulative impact of CGIAR-related crop technologies reached US$1,334 billion from 1961 to 2020,…
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Urban wetlands and the built environment: how Colombo’s green spaces enhance city life
IWMI02.02.24-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombo must justify the renewal of its Ramsar Wetland City status this year. Has the…
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Catalyzing smallholder farming in Mexico
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)01.09.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Scientists from CIMMYT, founded in Mexico in 1966, have pursued decades of participatory research wi…
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Right-sizing solar irrigation pumps: in India, and beyond
CGIAR Initiative on NEXUS Gains01.09.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Solar irrigation pumps can bring significant benefits for food security, livelihoods, and the enviro…
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Smallholder Mexican farmers adopt resource-conserving innovations: slowly and in bits
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)26.08.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Small-scale farmers in Mexico often adopt conservation agriculture innovations gradually and pieceme…
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A Mexican farm research program gains praise and interest for use abroad
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)24.08.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Leveraging the leadership, science, and partnerships of the Mexico-based CIMMYT and the funding and …
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Deltaic Food Systems: A critical juncture for rural food vendors in Cambodia
WorldFish22.08.23-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Home to 177 million people – 36 percent of them poor and vulnerable – the…
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Enset farming in Ethiopia: explained by indigenous farmers
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)15.08.23-
Biodiversity
375 enset-farming households in 20 communities were interviewed to gain insight into multiple aspect…
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CIMMYT releases 32 new elite maize lines
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)10.08.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
CIMMYT is pleased to announce the release of a set of 32 new CIMMYT maize…
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More Work Needed To Unlock Mysteries of Asia’s Bees
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)09.08.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
According to a recent global analysis, only 1% of the global public data on bee…
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Managed aquifer recharge shows promise in the Ganges Basin
CGIAR Initiative on NEXUS Gains08.08.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
“Groundwater is the hidden water resource,” says Dr Andrew Ross, an honorary research fellow at…
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Homestead Aquaculture Pond: An affordable solution for household food and nutrition security
WorldFish04.08.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Cambodia has experienced consistent economic growth and a reduction in poverty over recent years, ho…
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As the demand for water rises, we need to re-think global water storage
IWMI04.08.23-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
The future of water storage requires a systems approach which fully integrates natural infrastructur…
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Enset root mealybugs: Are they a threat to bananas?
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)04.08.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
What are enset root mealybugs? Enset root mealybugs are an important pest affecting the cultivation…
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Appropriate farm scale mechanization can aid in agroecological transformation
CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology01.08.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
A case of the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology in Zimbabwe Authors of this blog: Vimbayi…
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Calculating environmental flows: safeguarding the future of rivers and livelihoods
CGIAR Initiative on NEXUS Gains01.08.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Across the globe, river flows are being altered by human activity, such as water extraction…
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Award-winning tool leverages agrobiodiversity for sustainable food systems
CGIAR Initiative on NEXUS Gains25.07.23-
Biodiversity
“The food system is at the center of multiple challenges that we're facing. This includes…
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The ‘tropical majority’ must steer ocean governance: A new paper makes the case
WorldFish24.07.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Ocean conservation is vital for sustaining aquatic food systems but multiple threats, including clim…
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Government of Nepal adopts new fertilizer recommendations
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)24.07.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Balancing the application of fertilizers based on the characteristics of soil leads to increased cro…
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Bridging the gap between traditional and regenerative agriculture with the agro-biodiversity index
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)24.07.23-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Regenerative agriculture presents a holistic approach to farming that not only focuses on enhancing …
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