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World Leaders Must Look at the Big Picture to Solve Food Crisis
01.07.22From the worst drought in four decades threatening famine across the Horn of Africa to…
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How to prevent food from becoming a weapon of war
25.05.22-
Food security
The conflict in Ukraine has exposed the fragile geopolitics that underpin global food systems, threa…
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CGIAR Report Highlights Concrete Actions to Mitigate Food Crisis due to Ukraine Conflict
23.05.22As the world comes to terms with a potential global food crisis triggered by the…
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Ending Malnutrition by 2030 is Possible with an Olympian Effort
13.12.21-
Nutrition
While enough food is produced to feed everyone 1.5 times over, poor diets continue to hold…
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Why COP26 is the moment to double down on investment for agricultural research
01.11.21The links between global food systems, food security and climate change have never been more…
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COP26: Funding Innovation is Crucial for Strengthening Climate-Stressed Food Systems
25.10.21Today’s agrifood systems no longer simply feed people. They must also provide nutrition, promote l…
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IITA and Sierra Leone sign agreement to boost national crop production and food security
21.03.19-
Food security
IITA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Sierra Leone Ministry of Agriculture, …
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BOOK LAUNCH: Towards low-emission landscapes in Viet Nam
21.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
For immediate release Bogor, Indonesia, 21 March 2019— A new book celebrates ten years of contr…
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BOOK LAUNCH: Towards low-emission landscapes in Viet Nam
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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Food for thought from Sri Lanka on World Water Day 2019
19.03.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
How farmers have taken charge of their destiny by using motor pumps for irrigation. Except…
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Decades of difference: Report shows impact of CGIAR agricultural research
17.03.19-
Environmental health
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Health
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Nutrition
Farmer Mercy Wambui measures rainfall in the Tana River watershed, Kenya. CGIAR research and innovat…
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The many gifts of livestock—A view from Kenya
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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Raising the steaks
15.03.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A new article in African Business Magazine provides a comprehensive overview of the risks and…
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Drug resistance could make millions of people poorer
15.03.19-
Health
As reported this week by Jacqueline Ogada, a journalist at SciDevNet, the director general of…
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Who sits at the table? Policy, people, and potatoes in Kenya
13.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
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Gender equality
Although it might seem surprising, many Kenyan farmers, entrepreneurs, and investors are intensely i…
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The Molecular Maize Atlas encourages genetic diversity
13.03.19-
Biodiversity
With so much germplasm to categorize, what’s the best way to label them? Seeds of…
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Palm oil’s complex land conflicts
13.03.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
In an ideal world, palm oil production would cause no deforestation, and have a transparent…
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Can technology double farmer incomes and tackle climate change?
11.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Originally published as on Op-ed on Impaktar. Forty years since India gained independence, what ha…
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Celebrating International Women’s Day 2019
09.03.19-
Gender equality
An interview with Gareth Johnstone, WorldFish Director General, on what we are doing to ‘think…
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Livestock’s future: An opportunity not a threat
26.02.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The World Economic Forum’s Shaping the Future initiative published a white paper prepared by the…
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Forest dwellers face mass evictions, as species extinction threatens global food supply
25.02.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Forests News delves into headlines from around the globe: Millions of forest dwellers face eviction…
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Biodiversity loss threatens future of food
25.02.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
The precious biodiversity that sustain our food systems is in decline, according to first-ever glo…
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Launching today—CGIAR Antimicrobial Resistance Hub
21.02.19-
Environmental health
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Health
Launching today in Kenya is a CGIAR AMR Hub for powering global, national and local…
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Farmer science accelerates climate adaptation
19.02.19-
Big data
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
A new study in PNAS addresses the challenge of climate adaptation in a way that…
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