CGIAR research team addresses gender dynamics in the breeding process
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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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Smallholder Farmers Provide the Key to Tackling the Climate Crisis
20.10.21With less than 10 years left to meet the targets set in the Paris Climate…
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Climate Change: How Innovative Plant Breeding Can Help Feed The World, Nurture The Planet
19.10.21Mere weeks from now, commitments made at a United Nations Food Systems Summit in New York will…
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Feeding Tigers: Agriculture Offers Emerging Markets a Route to Post-Covid Resilience
20.05.21-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
From wet markets to empty markets, the functionality of food systems has shaped the COVID-19…
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Science-based policies can unlock Africa’s access to genome-edited crop varieties
12.07.20-
Genomics
CGIAR-IITA head of plant biotechnology Leena Tripathi has made an impassioned plea for genome editin…
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Joint UN-CGIAR assessment explains how animal-to-human pandemics like COVID-19 occur and how to prevent them in future
11.07.20-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Cover of the new ILRI-UNEP zoonoses report and a graphic representation of the virus causing…
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Nicoline de Haan appointed as Director of the CGIAR GENDER Platform
08.07.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Dr Nicoline de Haan has been appointed as the Director of the CGIAR GENDER Platform,…
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MEDIA RELEASE: Looking for natural solutions to boost feed-efficiency in animal husbandry
08.07.20-
Genomics
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Nutrition
Nairobi, Kenya, 8 July 2020 — More than 60% of protein fed to ruminant animals is…
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Unite human, animal and environmental health to prevent the next pandemic, says ILRI/UN report
08.07.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take lives and disrupt economies across the world, a…
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We could become more resilient to future pandemics by protecting nature
07.07.20-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The world’s wetlands could generate sustainable, agricultural livelihoods, which in turn contribut…
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MEDIA RELEASE: Nature’s plural values: who benefits and has a say?
07.07.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Nairobi, Kenya, 7 July 2020 — Ten global research teams compared their findings of how Nature is…
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COVID-19 and resilience innovations in food supply chains
06.07.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
By Thomas Reardon and Johan Swinnen Food supply disruptions in developing countries during the COVID…
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IITA releases 10-year strategy for managing invasive species in Africa
04.07.20Prevention, early detection and control make up the three-pronged approach that Africa is taking on…
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MEDIA RELEASE: A new map of agroforestry and ecosystem services in the Asia-Pacific
02.07.20-
Biodiversity
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Nairobi, Kenya, 02 July 2020 — A team of scientists have mapped for the first time the researc…
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West Africa | 40 000 producers will benefit from a new European plant breeding project
02.07.20Photo: Groundnut producers from the Fatick region (Senegal) visiting demonstration plots of new vari…
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New brief details drivers of stunting reduction in Vietnam
01.07.20-
Nutrition
This Stories of Change in Nutrition study aims to understand the history, contemporary treatment and…
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Stop waiting to get back to normal: We need to build back better – and this starts with transforming food systems
01.07.20-
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
By Kanayo F. Nwanze, CGIAR Special Representative to the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 Lately…
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MEDIA RELEASE: Novel species of fungi discovered on bat carcasses in China
30.06.20-
Genomics
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Nairobi, Kenya, 30 June 2020 — A subterranean expedition conducted by researchers at World Agrof…
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Women farmers in Malawi and Zambia fighting fall armyworm
25.06.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Life as we once knew it is gone. The emergence and spread of COVID-19 has…
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New research hub to coordinate CGIAR’s COVID-19 response
25.06.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A CGIAR COVID-19 Hub has been established to consolidate existing scientific evidence and help suppo…
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MEDIA RELEASE: Seeking the host of 2022 World Congress on Agroforestry
24.06.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Nairobi, Kenya, 24 June 2020 — The International Union for Agroforestry (IUAF) in collaboration w…
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How to ensure effective government responses as COVID-19 spreads to rural areas
22.06.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
By Katrina Kosec and Catherine Ragasa Policy makers and researchers tracking the impacts of COVID-19…
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