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Four Essential Podcasts Featuring Dr. Ismahane Elouafi: Science, Systems, and the Future of Food
29.04.25In 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
17.04.25The 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
16.04.25CGIAR 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.
14.04.2511th 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
14.04.25Nairobi, 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
08.04.257th April, Nairobi, Kenya: Science Week was launched today by Special Guest H.E. Musalia Mudavadi,…
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Youth or Young mothers? The paradox of transitions in the rural women’s lives
16.10.20-
Gender equality
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Health
Year 2020 is a unique year. We have spent most of it ‘surprised’ by the…
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ICRISAT among 11 global ‘Hubs’ to accelerate the use of natural genetic diversity to advance crop improvement
16.10.20-
Food security
Using chickpea as the case species, one of the proposed 11 hubs of DivSeek International…
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Resilient rural women of the drylands
15.10.20-
Gender equality
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Health
Special Feature: International Day of Rural Women – October 15 Long before COVID constraints crept…
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Au revoir, Paco
09.10.20-
Gender equality
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Health
ICRISAT bids an emotional farewell to Dr Paco Sereme, a member of ICRISAT’s Governing Board…
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On a mission to nurture hunger-free drylands
09.10.20-
Gender equality
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Health
The 95th Governing Board meeting, held virtually, affirmed ICRISAT’s commitment to a hunger-free …
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Prof Prabhu Pingali takes the baton as Chair of ICRISAT Governing Board
09.10.20-
Gender equality
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Health
Prof Prabhu Pingali, Founding Director, Tata-Cornell Institute, took charge as ICRISAT Governing Boa…
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A One CGIAR initiative to unlock the potential of gene editing for agriculture
02.10.20-
Environmental health
Experts from public, private and non-profit research sectors emphasized the importance of working to…
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A new digital hub to consolidate learnings from global food legume initiatives
02.10.20-
Health
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Nutrition
To enable crop researchers and policymakers access information on the three Tropical Legumes project…
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Seven villages, 700 women, one story: Plant nurseries in Niger are changing lives
25.09.20-
Gender equality
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Health
A group of women across four regions of south-western Niger have grown 84,000 trees to…
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Striding towards streamlined crop improvement programs
25.09.20-
Food security
To better accomplish its mission by providing improved crop varieties to smallholder farmers, ICRISA…
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Developing a five-year Strategic Plan for ICRISAT WCA Research Program
18.09.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Leveraging stakeholder partnerships, improving risk management efforts, enhancing farm production sy…
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Seed consortium to bring improved sorghum to Indian farmers post rains
18.09.20-
Gender equality
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Health
To make quality seeds of improved sorghum easily accessible, a consortium of institutions is taking…
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What rising CO2 does to one of world’s most important protein sources
11.09.20-
Biodiversity
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Health
In their effort to ensure food and nutrition security in the face of rising carbon…
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Increased funding support to AVISA to accelerate crop improvement and improve seed delivery systems
11.09.20-
Health
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Nutrition
One year after it began, Accelerated Varietal Improvement and Seed Delivery of Legumes and Cereals…
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How long do seeds live? A 100-year experiment in the Arctic to reveal the secret
04.09.20-
Food security
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Health
Genebanks of six global research institutions including ICRISAT have begun a 100-year experiment at …
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Rising fodder shortage prompts release of two pearl millet varieties with superior and higher forage in south India
28.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Health
Two pearl millet varieties with 7.0% and 5.4% higher green forage yields as compared to…
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Genetic molecular markers to accelerate genetic gains in crops
28.08.20-
Gender equality
Dr Rajeev Varshney from the Center of Excellence in Genomics and Systems Biology, ICRISAT, sheds…
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Five-year plan for driving Grain Legume and Dryland Cereals seed delivery systems through commodity value chains
21.08.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
For those seeking to create a win-win for farmers, marketers and consumers of grain legumes…
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