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Unleashing Africa’s Agricultural Potential is Key to Food Security
CGIAR30.11.22-
Food security
Africa is in a race against time on food security and the stakes could not…
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Claudia Sadoff on Transforming Food Systems - Devex COPcast
CGIAR18.11.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As part of a series of COP27 podcasts, CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Claudia Sadoff, sat down…
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Opinion: If COP 27 Ignores Farmers, Global Food Security will Suffer
CGIAR15.11.22We are already living in a world that is 1.2 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial times,…
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CGIAR Welcomes Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s $1.4 Billion Pledge to Climate Adaptation
CGIAR10.11.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Low-income country leaders gathered at COP27 have repeatedly called for climate finance to support t…
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CGIAR Country, Region and Funding Partners Signal Strong Support for Integration
CGIAR09.11.22A united, integrated CGIAR seen as vital to enabling farmers to meet 21st century challenges…
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The Economist: Farmers Have Stayed Ahead of Climate Change so far; with Help (including from CGIAR) They may Continue to
CGIAR08.11.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Economist spotlights work enabling farmers to adapt to climate change in its pre-COP27 report…
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By working together, humanity will eventually weather the COVID-19 crisis
CGIAR11.06.20-
Food security
The global coronavirus pandemic is exposing vulnerabilities in many of the systems we normally take…
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The new MOPAN report includes some old news about CGIAR
CGIAR04.06.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
An international network of funders has just released its first assessment of CGIAR, the world’s…
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COVID-19 makes a strong case for urban farming
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)28.05.20-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In Eastern Africa, supporting urban and peri-urban farming would help respond to the devastating eff…
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WEBINAR - Building biodiverse food systems for an inclusive, resilient and safe future
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)27.05.20-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerability of our economies to shocks, and it has laid bare…
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Communities managing forests: a tale of prophets, profits, prove it
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)26.05.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Nairobi, Kenya, 26 May 2020 – Today, more than 7 billion humans share the planet with…
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MEDIA RELEASE| Mapping agroforestry and trees outside forest in India
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)13.05.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
New Delhi, India, 13 May 2020 — A new book, Mapping agroforestry and trees outside forest, was…
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Poor communities: Ground zero for emerging animal-to-human diseases—and for the existential crises they beget
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)12.05.20-
Health
Typical household compound in a village in Busia, western Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Charlie Pye-Smit…
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Land restoration in Africa: practical perspectives from the Regreening Africa Programme
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)11.05.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Nairobi, Kenya. 11 May 2020 — Africa is faced with potentially devastating challenges owing to th…
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COVID-19 highlights need to boost resilience of Africa’s rural poor
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)04.05.20-
Food security
Apart from the novel coronavirus’ tragic toll in terms of human health and lives lost,…
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Global Hunger and Health Crises Exposed by the Coronavirus Pandemic
CGIAR24.04.20In his recent opinion editorial published in The Telegraph, CGIAR System Organization’s Executive …
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IFPRI, IRRI, CIMMYT, WorldFish make joint call for measures to avert risk to food system
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)22.04.20-
Food security
World’s leading food security think-tank and research centres have recommended Bangladesh to ensur…
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Planting hope: the Syrian who risked her life to save virus-resistant super-seeds – Guardian UK
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)18.04.20-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Plant virologist Dr Safaa Kumari discovered seeds that could safeguard food security in the region.…
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Lockdown: Centre, States Helped Agricultural Sector, But A Lot Yet To Be Done To Ensure Growth
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)16.04.20-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The disruptions on rural livelihoods and food supplies from COVID-19 lockdown have worried all stake…
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MEDIA RELEASE| Hot cows, less milk in China
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)15.04.20Nairobi, Kenya. 15 April 2020 — There are clear signs that growth in milk production in China…
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Vouchers instead of food: an analysis by Michael Hauser
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)15.04.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
COVID-19: How citizen-led social protection could help to cushion food systems in informal settleme…
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Kanayo Nwanze to bring voice of One CGIAR to UN Food Systems Summit
CGIAR07.04.20Dr Kanayo F. Nwanze will represent a unified CGIAR at next year’s United Nations Food…
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Food—a ‘hyper-local issue’—needs to keep MOVING, ‘from farm to fork’, says the World Bank’s Juergen Voegele
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)06.04.20-
Food security
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Health
Pablo Picasso, The Soup, detail, 1902–1903. Keep food moving, from farm to fork, in a…
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Thomson Reuters: Coronavirus – wake-up call to ensure water and sanitation for all
IWMI29.03.20-
Health
Today, many people lack access to the most basic weapons to shield themselves from COVID-19:…
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