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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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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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Business models from the edge: Finding the green in sunshine, soil and sludge
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)05.06.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
This week marks World Environment Day, and we search for solutions on how to better…
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System uses plants to lure fall armyworm away from maize fields
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)04.06.19-
Food security
Climate conditions in Nepal are suitable for the establishment of fall armyworm, which could cause…
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A burning issue: How sustainable agriculture is helping mitigate air pollution in South Asia
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)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
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
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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Vulnerable to verdant: turning flood risk into farm resource
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)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
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)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
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)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?
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)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
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)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
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)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
International Potato Center (CIP)10.05.19-
Nutrition
Scientists 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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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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