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By working together, humanity will eventually weather the COVID-19 crisis
11.06.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
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
04.06.20-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
An international network of funders has just released its first assessment of CGIAR, the world’s…
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Global Hunger and Health Crises Exposed by the Coronavirus Pandemic
24.04.20In his recent opinion editorial published in The Telegraph, CGIAR System Organization’s Executive …
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Planting hope: the Syrian who risked her life to save virus-resistant super-seeds – Guardian UK
18.04.20-
Biodiversity
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Plant virologist Dr Safaa Kumari discovered seeds that could safeguard food security in the region.…
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Kanayo Nwanze to bring voice of One CGIAR to UN Food Systems Summit
07.04.20Dr Kanayo F. Nwanze will represent a unified CGIAR at next year’s United Nations Food…
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For a food system at risk, women are key yet often overlooked
08.03.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, and the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declara…
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What’s next for CGIAR?
20.02.20-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
If you don’t know what CGIAR is, stop reading or ask Bill Gates (“you’ve probably…
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Launch of the Seed Revolving Fund, Youth Engagement and Gender Inclusion Initiative in Tanzania
17.02.20A Seed Revolving Fund initiative for sorghum and groundnut value chains has been launched in…
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Feeding the future: Millet and sorghum grains make big gains in Mali
17.02.20USAID delegation visited Mali to see impacts from projects undertaken by three CGIAR institutions A…
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Super beans for a climate-stressed world
16.02.20-
Climate
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Genomics
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Nutrition
For hundreds of millions of people around the world, beans are a delicious, nutritious and…
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Cowpea receives more research support
10.02.20Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), also known as black eyed pea or niebé, is a legume crop grown…
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African farmers helping to grow quality seed for ‘neglected’ crops
05.02.20BY CHRISTOPHER BENDANA Though Uganda has some of the lowest agricultural productivity in the world,…
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Facilitating training programs for improving crop-livestock systems in Niger
03.02.20Training programs on silage making, animal health and laboratory management were held in Niger for…
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Interdisciplinary research key to making India’s Green Revolution sustainable
27.01.20Around a hundred scientists from varied disciplines, who gathered to discuss an India-UK joint resea…
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Sorghum goes pop: Success stories from a Nigerian initiative
27.01.20Have you heard of ‘pop’ sorghum or ‘diet’ sorghum flour? If you haven’t, you are…
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The Future of Food – Food Substitute Pills
21.01.20-
Biodiversity
Seed banks, like the one at CIMMYT’s headquarters in Mexico, are part of planning for…
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Industry plans to reach consumers with high oleic groundnut oil in 2-3 years
20.01.20Two new groundnut varieties with more than 78% oleic acid have captured the attention of…
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How Uganda’s millet drink ‘bushera’ saw a revival and India’s peanut ‘chikki’ went to Zambia
16.01.20If school children in Uganda have taken to a super-nutritious traditional fermented millet drink cal…
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Diet crisis in Africa’s low income urban zones but transition to nutritious foods possible
13.01.20CGIAR, the world’s largest global agricultural research network, has traditionally focused on rura…
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Assessing the downstream socioeconomic impacts of agroforestry in Kenya
09.01.20-
Biodiversity
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Scientists from World Agroforestry (ICRAF) have found modest, yet statistically significant, improv…
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Dynamic modelling to help improve farm output
06.01.20ICRISAT and ICAR scientists developing System Dynamics Modelling for Indian agriculture Can policy m…
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Short and mid-early pigeonpea varieties steal the show
30.12.19Pigeonpea Network Group (Asia) Workshop-cum-Field Day 2019 Pigeonpea researchers from across Asia ha…
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Understanding food systems transitions is key to achieve nutritional outcomes
30.12.19Food systems can be effectively transformed by identifying drivers of food choice and factors influe…
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MEDIA RELEASE | Reforestation may not be sufficient for fighting climate change
22.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
MEDIA RELEASE: Immediate Reforestation may not be sufficient for fighting climate change Could the E…
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