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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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Safeguarding biodiversity is essential to prevent the next COVID-19
08.04.20-
Biodiversity
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Health
While the world’s attention is focused on controlling COVID-19, evidence points at the biodiversit…
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Kanayo Nwanze to bring voice of One CGIAR to UN Food Systems Summit
07.04.20Dr Kanayo F. Nwanze will represent a unified CGIAR at next year’s United Nations Food…
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Food—a ‘hyper-local issue’—needs to keep MOVING, ‘from farm to fork’, says the World Bank’s Juergen Voegele
06.04.20-
Food security
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Health
Pablo Picasso, The Soup, detail, 1902–1903. Keep food moving, from farm to fork, in a…
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Global Food Policy Report 2020: Inclusive food systems can help build resilience to withstand pandemics and other shocks
06.04.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY JOHAN SWINNEN As the world battles the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the…
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A rich harvest of not just legumes but of changed destinies and better nutrition: charting the 12 year course of the Tropical Legumes project
05.04.20This compilation of real-life ‘impact’ stories from the Tropical Legumes projects over the past …
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How we can use the COVID-19 disruption to improve food systems and address the climate emergency
03.04.20At first glance, the COVID-19 crisis appears to have nothing to do with the climate…
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COVID-19 lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade
31.03.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY DANIELLE RESNICK Informal food markets are vital to feeding African cities, venues the poor…
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Thomson Reuters: Coronavirus – wake-up call to ensure water and sanitation for all
29.03.20-
Health
Today, many people lack access to the most basic weapons to shield themselves from COVID-19:…
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IITA identifies opportunities to make a difference amidst COVID-19 spread across Africa
28.03.20As COVID-19 or coronavirus gets closer to home—Africa, the International Institute of Tropical Agr…
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COVID-19: Trade restrictions are worst possible response to safeguard food security
27.03.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
As COVID-19 spreads around the globe, fears of a deep global recession are mounting. Some…
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Farmers in Eastern Kenya reap big profits from improved varieties of drought-tolerant crops
27.03.20Farmers in Eastern Kenya are seeing an increase in yield from their crops and earning…
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Barren shelves: COVID-19 and panic buying of food │ Analysis by Michael Hauser
24.03.20-
Food security
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Health
People rush to supermarkets and buy what they can carry. Comprehensible, but unnecessary. To cut…
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Papua mangroves could help Indonesia coast to climate targets
23.03.20Indonesia - The characteristics of mangroves in a range of ecosystems – from undisturbed natural…
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SciDev: Tap big data to fight floods and droughts in Africa
23.03.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
A satellite imagery platform called Digital Earth Africa has previously focussed on land resources s…
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How much will global poverty increase because of COVID-19?
20.03.20-
Food security
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Health
In a recent blog post, we analyzed how the spread of the disease associated with the…
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2020 the Year of #Water4Climate
20.03.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
This year’s World Water Day focuses on water and climate change – and how the…
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COVID-19 is a deadly reminder that inclusive water supply and sanitation matters for all of us
20.03.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
Since the COVID-19 crisis escalated, we have been reminded daily that one of the most…
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8 reads on how coronavirus could swing the battle against climate change
18.03.20-
Health
As entire countries go on lockdown, factories close and international air travel grinds to a hal…
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