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Four Essential Podcasts Featuring Dr. Ismahane Elouafi: Science, Systems, and the Future of Food
CGIAR29.04.25In an era marked by mounting crises—climate extremes, deepening inequality, and growing food insec…
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The Road to Ending Malnutrition: How the Paris N4G Summit Sparked a Global Call to Action
CGIAR17.04.25The Paris Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit brought global leaders and organizations together in a…
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Ismahane Elouafi on TIME100 list of the most influential people in the world
CGIAR16.04.25CGIAR is delighted to announce that CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Ismahane Elouafi has been nam…
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Harvesting Collaboration for Food Security. CGIAR Science Week Closes.
CGIAR14.04.2511th April, Nairobi, Kenya: After a remarkable week of science, innovation, and cementing of partner…
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MEDIA RELEASE | New CGIAR flagship report translates insights into impact for food systems in crisis
CGIAR14.04.25Nairobi, Kenya, 14 April 2025 – With food systems under strain from climate change, conflict,…
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Science Week Opens: A Leap Forward in Science Collaboration for Food Security
CGIAR08.04.257th April, Nairobi, Kenya: Science Week was launched today by Special Guest H.E. Musalia Mudavadi,…
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COVID-19, food systems, and One Health in an urbanizing world: Research responses at a national level
International Potato Center (CIP)13.07.21The course and effects of COVID-19 have exposed new vulnerabilities in our global food system.…
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Breeding nutritious sweetpotatoes in Zambia
International Potato Center (CIP)08.07.21Dr. Martin Chiona is plant breeder and head of the root and tuber research team at the…
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AKILIMO digital platform improves potato yields in Rwanda
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Potato yields are highly-dependent on fertilizer use but pinpointing the amount of fertilizer to b…
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Three new CGIAR GENDER Platform grants awarded to better integrate women’s empowerment and nutrition into research design
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Gender equality
The CGIAR GENDER Platform has recently announced three recipients of its research grants to integrat…
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Catalyzing a greater supply of seed potato in Kenya
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As a food security crop and cash crop, potato is a source of income for farmers, traders and…
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Innovation, the key for bridging R&D with impact at scale
International Potato Center (CIP)14.06.21The need to innovate in agriculture is more urgent than ever. Rising populations will require…
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Agroecology: Possible pathways to inclusive and sustainable food systems in Latin America
International Potato Center (CIP)07.06.21A new research project in Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador will generate evidence on the contribution…
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CIP mourns the passing of Ron Gall
International Potato Center (CIP)31.05.21With heavy hearts, the International Potato Center (CIP) acknowledges the passing of Ron Gall, the…
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Biofortified sweetpotato making nutritious inroads in Zimbabwe
International Potato Center (CIP)24.05.21Micronutrient malnutrition is a major public health problem in Zimbabwe: One in four children betw…
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G+ Tools Provide a Clearer View to Crop Breeding
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In this famous optical illusion, some people see a rabbit, while others see a duck.…
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Digital Technologies Keep Farmers Productive During COVID 19
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The COVID 19 pandemic has made more clear than ever the need for and role…
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Georgia Seed Model Farm Opens
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Dignitaries, researchers, and private sector representatives gathered this week in southwestern Geor…
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Biofortified sweetpotato improving lives of smallholder farmers in Malawi
International Potato Center (CIP)23.04.21Historically, most of Malawi’s food has been produced by small-scale farmers operating on less tha…
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CIP’s remembered ancestors still relevant today: Robert Rhoades, agricultural anthropologist (1942–2010)
International Potato Center (CIP)13.04.21Scientists build on the evidence of their peers, passing it on, improving their methodologies and…
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A One Health approach to plant health
International Potato Center (CIP)07.04.21The post A One Health approach to plant health appeared first on International Potato Center.…
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Building Forward Better: Experts Echo the Call for Food System Transformation
International Potato Center (CIP)29.03.21The post Building Forward Better: Experts Echo the Call for Food System Transformation appeared…
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Trends in Varietal Diversity of Main Staple Crops in Asia and Africa and Implications for Sustainable Food Systems
International Potato Center (CIP)22.03.21A recent study from the International Potato Center (CIP) calls attention to downward trends in…
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Women hold the seeds of a stronger food system for Peru
International Potato Center (CIP)18.03.21The extremes of climate change and now COVID-19 have put Andean farmers at the sharpest end of…
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