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Healthier and prosperous Africa: ‘AVISA’ project launched for faster agriculture gains in seven countries

Tanzanian Minister for Agriculture calls for more public-private collaboration Greater yields, higher incomes and improved livelihoods – these will be the results farmers in seven countries across Africa could get with the launch of the Accelerated Varietal Improvement and Seed Delivery of Legumes and Cereals in Africa (AVISA) project. Focusing on five crops – groundnut, […]

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Call for applications for Joint PhD Program WUR, CGIAR and SIPRI on climate security

We are looking for Wageningen University and Research (WUR), CGIAR, and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) are looking for 3 outstanding candidates for our joint PhD program on Climate Security and Food Systems. The selected candidates are expected to start doctoral studies in Fall 2020. These positions emerge from a novel institutional collaboration […]

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The Kenyan government welcomes the launch of CGIAR Food systems accelerator program

[…] into designing UU and other CGIAR initiatives’ interventions in the region.   Learn more about the Ukama Ustawi Initiative. Related news https://www.cgiar.org/news-events/news/new-cgiar-initiative-to-catalyze-resilient-agrifood-systems-in-east-and-southern-africa/ Materials from the meeting are available online: Scaling Agrifood Systems Innovations: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125822 CGIAR Innovation Packages and Scaling Readiness (IPSR): https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125828 Scaling effectively and responsibly: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125854 Systems approach to scaling: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125853 Regional Integrated Initiatives […]

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It is time to invest in the future of Afghanistan’s wheat system

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Post-Doctoral Fellow or Associate Economist

[…] and life insurance, assistance for children’s education, paid vacation, annual home travel airfare, contribution to a retirement plan, and generous assistance with relocation shipment. Candidates must apply online for IRS22178_PDF or Associate Economist. Screening and follow-up of applications will begin on Monday, January 23rd, 2023. Applications must include a CV, with contact details (telephone […]

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Excellence in Agronomy Drives Collaborative Breakthroughs in Latin American Agriculture

Cross-border collaboration and innovative solutions are propelling sustainable farming in Latin America, thanks to the Excellence in Agronomy (EiA) initiative. Excellence in Agronomy (EiA) is a global initiative that works with partners worldwide to develop and implement innovative agricultural practices. A network of research platforms fosters scientific collaboration in Latin America, aiming to develop and […]

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Understanding and influencing agency and behavior change in agroecological transformation processes

Authors: Véronique Alary (CIRAD/ICARDA), Frédéric Baudron (CIMMYT), Marcela Beltran (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), Thomas Falk (IFPRI), Sarah Freed (WorldFish), Nadia Guettou Djurfeldt (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT), Guillaume Lestrelin (CIRAD), Sonali Singh (IFPRI), Taurai Zingwena (CIMMYT)  Agroecology is about making the most of nature’s goods and services while maintaining ecosystem integrity and improving resource efficiency, strengthening resilience, and securing social […]

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Specialist, Applied Data Science

[…] and life insurance, assistance for children’s education, paid vacation, annual home travel airfare, contribution to a retirement plan, and generous assistance with relocation shipment. Candidates must apply online for IRS22177_Specialist, Applied Data Science. Screening and follow-up of applications will begin on Monday, January 23rd, 2023. Applications must include a CV, with contact details (telephone […]

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Integrating Water Storage: First Steps in Assessment, Progress toward Incentives

You can now read a summary of this seminar and watch the recording here. This online NEXUS Gains session at World Water Week will drill down into two practical aspects of how integrated water storage can be realized. First, how to measure and incorporate water volumes available in diverse storage types into one planning […]

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Promoting systems thinking at the MENA region’s first WEF Nexus Masterclass and Advanced School

[…] School support early career researchers, postgraduate students, managers, and practitioners in understanding nexus thinking, as a transformative approach to sustainable natural resources management and socio-economic development. The online Masterclass in December 2023 was held as a WEF nexus introductory course, in preparation for the Advanced School hosted at the Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan in […]

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Digital Tools Paving the Way for a Better Future

One of CGIAR’s largest, long-term funders and knowledge partners is the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). A founding member of CGIAR in the early ‘70s, USAID today continues its work with CGIAR through its many programs, including Feed the Future, on science dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving […]

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CIFOR-ICRAF Annual Report 2020: Building forward better

In 2020 – a year like no other – CIFOR-ICRAF continued to deliver the world’s best science on forests and trees in agricultural landscapes, shifting the conversation online as the Covid-19 pandemic evolved. This annual report features stories about expertise, dedication and perseverance. When people responded to the pandemic with calls to ban wild […]

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Scaling Coordinator

[…] Further development of capacity enhancement approaches (workshop/ ToT concepts) and materials (tools, contents, manuals, guides). Development and maintenance of a network of scaling workshop participants through an online platform Support the further development and promotion of the Scaling Scan and other tools Support scaling components of projects. Communication and social media presence of scaling […]

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Refugee youth: A deferred hope or an elusive dream?

[…] clearly strived to live their lives more meaningfully, but even they felt their optimism was fading. The young activist told us  she was tired of receiving mere online recognition and yearned for acknowledgment that could actually change her life. Will these aspirations be met? In the words of one of the young men we […]

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Decadal experiences in harnessing chickpea value chain in Ethiopia

Over 6 million households benefit through the years of the Tropical Legumes Project In early 1970s, a journey to improve Ethiopia’s chickpea production started in a bid to mitigate low productivity of landraces, poor farming practices, biotic and abiotic stresses, among others. Moreover, lack of improved varieties that met the quality requirements of the international […]

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International Women’s Day 2023

[…]   Event Location Speakers and Information Mar 6 08:30 – 10:00 EST UN CSW67: Unlocking the potential of gender-responsive policies to foster equitable innovation-driven development New York & Online Nicoline de Haan, Director, CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform; Eileen Nchanji, Alliance; Eveline Marie Compsore, INERA; Esther Njuguna, ILRI; Fadekemi Toyosi Igejongbo, FUTA. Mar 8 15:00 – […]

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12 years of Tropical Legumes: 25 million smallholder farmers now grow improved varieties

[…] of the journal Plant Breeding. Papers written by several ICRISAT scientists together with their collaborators are included in this special issue, which can be accessed here: https:// onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pbr.12632 In the early 2000s, legume production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asia (SA) suffered, mainly due to: Shortage of improved variety seeds, especially in small, […]

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NARS partners in Asia pick up advanced groundnut breeding lines with market traits for their national trials

Advanced breeding lines which included high-oleic groundnut and those with market-preferred kernel size, shape and color were selected for further trials by National Agricultural Research System (NARS) partners from Bangladesh, Myanmar, India, Laos PDR and Vietnam. The activity was part of the Groundnut Network Group-Asia (GNG-A) workshop which served as a knowledge-sharing platform for NARS […]

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From working in the fields to taking control

New study presents a typology of women’s decision-making in wheat in India.

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Signing Ceremony: WorldFish and the Department of Women and Child Development (WCD), Government of Odisha

Date: Tuesday, 10 November 2020 Time: 20:00 PM (UTC+8) An incredible milestone was made on Tuesday, 10 November 2020 towards addressing malnutrition challenges in Odisha, India. WorldFish signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Women and Child Development of Odisha to support a pilot nutrition program that will introduce fish-based diets and fish products into […]

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Consultant, Software Quality Assurance Engineer

The CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB) (www.excellenceinbreeding.org) is a cross-commodity platform that supports the modernization of breeding programs targeting Africa, Asia, and Latin America for greater impact on food and nutrition security, climate change adaptation and development. By providing important outcomes to under-resourced peoples, the CGIAR centers help realize the founding mission of the […]

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Kenya adopts ‘Rice Sector Development Hub’ approach to achieve rice self sufficiency

Rice is one of the priority crops in the Big4 Agenda in Kenya and a priority value chain in the Agriculture Sector Transformation and Growth Strategy (ASTGS, 2019-2029). Rice consumption has been growing much more rapidly in the country than production and is expected to reach 1,292,000 tons by 2030.   To meet the growing […]

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Researchers plan transformation of agrifood systems in South Asia

CGIAR Initiative will put nutrition first, to increase access to sustainable healthy diets, and will work with partners across the production-to-consumption spectrum.

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Launch of the food systems governance e-course

[…] and more through a recently launched e-course on Food Systems Governance, offered by the CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT). The online course is made up of four different modules that include videos, articles and practical cases with thought provoking and reflective questions to stimulate the learner to […]

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Short and mid-early pigeonpea varieties steal the show

Pigeonpea Network Group (Asia) Workshop-cum-Field Day 2019 Pigeonpea researchers from across Asia hailed a short and mid-early variety of pigeonpea that is also high-yielding and disease-resistant, at a recent brainstorming session to benchmark region-specific prioritized breeding for pigeonpea in the region. They added market-demand traits such as dhal (split cotyledons) recovery, cooking time, protein, Zn […]

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Calculating environmental flows: safeguarding the future of rivers and livelihoods

[…] Ganges and Western Nepal use river flow data simulated by IWMI. Users are also able to input their own data for more specific outcomes, if available. The online version of the tool is accessed via a browser and can be used anywhere in the world. This tool has been designed specifically to provide inputs […]

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Building gender and youth research capacities for agriculture and development

Photo: Phillip Miriti (in black) during a field interview in Ethiopia (ICRISAT) Aspiring researchers who attended ICRISAT’s capacity building programs in gender and youth research in East and Southern Africa say their learnings from the programs involving extensive field work have given them a strong orientation in these areas vis-à-vis agriculture research for development. The […]

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AI for diagnosing potato diseases will benefit millions of rural farmers

[…] either cassava mosaic disease, cassava green mite or cassava brown streak disease. The app then gives me advice about how to treat the diseases.”   A farmer’s helping hand  The app is linked to Penn State’s online PlantVillage platform, which allows farmers to receive advice from experts at government agencies, universities and research organizations in local languages. The service is currently available in Swahili, French, […]

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Opinion | Women Farmers And Technology: Key to Driving Agri Revolution in India

When farmer Malho Marndi first adopted new, mechanised planting practices on half of her sixteen-hectare farm in Odisha, the other villagers called her “mad”, perhaps concerned about the potentially negative impacts it would have on her operational costs and yield. Marndi‘s quick adoption of new agricultural innovations, including seed drills that mechanically transplant crops such […]

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Consultancy, Learning, Design and Development Specialist

[…] of the consultancy will: Design and develop learning materials for farmers and system-level actors (farmer organizations, regional governments, local agricultural start-ups) on digital skills. Design and develop online courses based on existing knowledge from the CGIAR. This consultancy will contribute to the Digital Innovation Initiative from the OneCGIAR, specifically providing training materials and designing […]