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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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Investing in soil health key to closing the yield gaps
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)30.07.19-
Environmental health
Originally published on Spore Magazine. Even without climate change, there is an enormous challeng…
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A ‘caloric calculus’ with big consequences—healthy foods are expensive in poor countries, unhealthy foods cheap in rich countries—New IFPRI paper
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)27.07.19-
Nutrition
Eggs and other nutrient-dense foods are expensive in poor countries, leading to child stunting, whil…
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The new challenges of wheat improvement
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)26.07.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
In the Green Revolution era, the focus for wheat breeders was on boosting yields to…
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Scientist Bekele Abeyo details research in Africa with BBC
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)26.07.19-
Food security
Most African countries have good potential for boosting wheat production if they are supported with…
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As water systems fail across South Africa, rural communities look to self-supply
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)23.07.19-
Environmental health
An Op-ed originally published on the Daily Maverick: About half of municipal wastewater and water…
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Sam Thevasagayam of the Gates Foundation receives the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons’ 2019 International Award
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)12.07.19-
Food security
Sam Thevasagayam, deputy director for global development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation …
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GatesNotes.com: You’ve probably never heard of CGIAR, but they are essential to feeding our future
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)11.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
It’s too bad that more people don’t know about CGIAR. Their work to feed our…
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Bill Gates Highlights Impact of CGIAR: Feeding our Future
CGIAR10.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Nutrition
You’ve probably never heard of CGIAR, but they are essential to feeding our future What’s…
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Bill Gates highlights impact of CIMMYT’s drought-tolerant maize
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)09.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
In a new blog post and video, Bill Gates discusses the essential role the CGIAR…
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Inequality, Agriculture and Climate Change: From a Vicious to a Virtuous Circle
CGIAR02.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
A new urgency is being felt on climate change. Schoolchildren are striking, there are protests…
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Six investments to help family farmers thrive in the next decade
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)06.06.19-
Food security
Family farmers produce more than 80% of the world’s food, but often have the least…
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BOOK LAUNCH: Towards low-emission landscapes in Viet Nam
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)05.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
For immediate release Bogor, Indonesia, 21 March 2019— A new book celebrates ten years of contr…
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Land restoration bringing food security to Ethiopia: Afro FM
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)27.05.19-
Environmental health
Rapid population increase, low vegetation cover, soil loss and erosion - all contributing to the…
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Hands-on training program on aflatoxin detection
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)03.05.19-
Environmental health
To check for aflatoxin contamination in their products, groundnut value chain stakeholders in Bangla…
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Plant breeding for the future—the time is now
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)15.04.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Think about the last food you ate. Maybe it was a meal or maybe you’re…
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Better data can help close the global gender gap
CGIAR03.04.19-
Gender equality
At the current pace of change, it is going to take us over a century…
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BOOK LAUNCH: Towards low-emission landscapes in Viet Nam
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)21.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Bogor, Indonesia, 21 March 2019— A new book celebrates ten years of contributions to a low-emis…
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The many gifts of livestock—A view from Kenya
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)17.03.19-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Andrew Tuimur, chief administrative secretary at the Kenya Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fishe…
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