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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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CGIAR EMD Ismahane Elouafi discusses food security and climate solutions on Agro América
04.10.24Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR's Executive Managing Director, joins Gabriel Estrela on this week’s episod…
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Food security leader calls for women's voices in convenings
04.10.24From aspiring fighter pilot to a powerful food systems leader, Ismahane Elouafi impacts the globe…
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The Nation: Why we need to invest in sustainable food systems
24.06.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Imagine going to your local market and finding empty shelves or skyrocketing prices for basic…
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Unleashing Africa’s Agricultural Potential is Key to Food Security
30.11.22-
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
18.11.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As part of a series of COP27 podcasts, CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Claudia Sadoff, sat down…
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A burning issue: How sustainable agriculture is helping mitigate air pollution in South Asia
04.06.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Pollution has become a part of our daily life: particulate matter in the air we…
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HarvestPlus welcomes new UK commitment to support biofortification
30.05.19-
Nutrition
On May 23, HarvestPlus announced a major new commitment by the government of the United Kingdom to…
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To transform the global food system and feed the world sustainably, start at the local level
28.05.19-
Food security
In a recent meeting with a developing country policy maker, I was asked which among…
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Land restoration bringing food security to Ethiopia: Afro FM
27.05.19-
Environmental health
Rapid population increase, low vegetation cover, soil loss and erosion - all contributing to the…
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Vulnerable to verdant: turning flood risk into farm resource
27.05.19-
Food security
Increasing production in agriculture is often a very long and arduous process. Agronomists, soil sci…
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FoodSTART+ Shares Journey on Gender: Rethinking and Working for Better Balance
23.05.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The International Potato Center’s (CIP) FoodSTART+ project has come a long way in ensuring gender…
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G20 agriculture ministers agree to cooperate on promoting digital technologies for more efficient food systems
22.05.19At their May 11-12 meeting in Niigata, Japan, G20 agriculture ministers agreed to cooperate in prom…
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Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health
22.05.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
In his first blog, Juan Lucas Restrepo, Director General of Bioversity International, recognizes the…
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It isn’t too late…but the clock is ticking
20.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
“We have about twenty years to change our acts before something irreversible happens,” said Rob…
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Where do we see our world in 2050?
17.05.19What will food systems, agriculture and the environment look like in 2050? Given current trends,…
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IITA hosts Australia Awards symposium on irrigation and water resource management
16.05.19-
Food security
Irrigation specialists from Australia, Cameroon, Ghana, and Nigeria gathered for a symposium at II…
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Ethiopian farmers help researchers select potato varieties that the market demands
14.05.19-
Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Potato is important to food security and a cash crop in Ethiopia with high potential…
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Study endorses processing of biofortified sweetpotato-based baby food in reducing malnutrition
10.05.19Scientists at the International Potato Center (CIP) have welcomed a recent study supporting the comm…
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Global Report on Food Crises 2019: Conflict, climate, and economic shocks keep acute hunger levels above 100 million
07.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
With only a slight fall in the number of people facing acute levels of hunger…
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Study: India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has positive impact on participants’ welfare
06.05.19-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is one of the largest public works prog…
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Hands-on training program on aflatoxin detection
03.05.19-
Environmental health
To check for aflatoxin contamination in their products, groundnut value chain stakeholders in Bangla…
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Representatives from Eight Asian Countries Meet to Tackle Fall Armyworm
01.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Over 100 participants from eight South and South-East Asian countries attended today the “Regional…
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Global team cracks genetic code to develop high-yielding, climate resilient chickpea
30.04.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Research also maps the center of origin and migration route of chickpea In a major…
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