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Bill Gates on CGIAR and Adapting to a Warmer World
12.02.21Climate change is going to force us to consider entirely new needs. We need to…
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Today’s Climate and Food Crises Can Only be Solved in Tandem
09.02.21Extreme weather driven by climate change, conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic are driving worsening …
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Agricultural Research Unties the Gordian Knot
04.01.21-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Agricultural research and innovation to transform our food system is the only way to cut…
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How Africa can Lead the World in the COVID-19 Recovery
18.12.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Africa, compared to Asia, Europe and the US, has largely escaped the devastating death toll…
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Good Nutrition is Crucial for the Coronavirus Vaccine to Work Effectively
26.11.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Vaccines are harder to deliver and potentially less effective at stimulating an immune response in…
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Are Food Systems ‘Broken’ – or Just Out of Sync?
16.10.20Our food systems are not broken; they are out of sync with what we need…
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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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AfricaRice commits to global effort towards healthy diets on World Food Day 2019
16.10.19-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The theme for this year’s World Food Day is “Our actions are our future –…
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Donors commit USD790m to help smallholder farmers cope with climate change; Global Commission on Adaptation calls for doubling of investments in CGIAR
26.09.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Plate with Cutlery and a Kettle, by Vincent van Gogh. Food systems face unprecedented challenges…
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Global Coalition Promises More than $650 Million to Accelerate CGIAR Efforts to Help 300 Million Smallholder Farmers Adapt to Climate Change
23.09.19-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
With only 11 growing seasons left to achieve 2030 goal to eliminate hunger, leaders respond…
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ILRI opinion piece in the Financial Times on the place of ‘alt-meats’ (aka ‘meat without feet’) in poorer countries
23.09.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
“‘Alt meats’ are not the answer for poorer countries”https://t.co/NcN5tgiGTT — Susan MacMi…
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‘Alt meats’ are not the answer for poorer countries
18.09.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
All paintings by Olivia Pendergast, an American artist living and working in Kenya. This opinion…
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Combating hunger: Switzerland makes renewed contribution to CGIAR
13.09.19Climate change, land degradation and water scarcity increasingly affect agricultural production and …
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To adapt to climate change, double CGIAR research: Report
10.09.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
As the global food system comes under increasing pressure, research is needed to boost productivity,…
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As monsoon death toll climbs across South Asia, new maps show damage to crops could be severe
30.07.19-
Climate
Published on Agrilinks: Over 200 people are dead and millions affected due to the recent…
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Investing in soil health key to closing the yield gaps
30.07.19-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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
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
26.07.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
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
26.07.19-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
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
23.07.19-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
An Op-ed originally published on the Daily Maverick: About half of municipal wastewater and water…
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