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  Brisk promotion of improved groundnut and sorghum varieties to take adoption to the next level

  International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

  04.10.19

  • Biodiversity
  • Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

  Five improved varieties of groundnut and three of sorghum with the best market traits were…

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  An in-depth look at ICRISAT’s engagement in West Africa

  International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

  27.09.19

  • Biodiversity
  • Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY

  Governing Board meeting in Senegal: The strategic plan for 2020 and beyond As members of…

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  How do we estimate the consequences of global inaction on genetic diversity conservation, exchange, and use?

  CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

  26.09.19

  • Biodiversity
  • Genomics

  Target 2.5 of the SDGs calls for maintaining “the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants…

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  How do we estimate the consequences of global inaction on genetic diversity conservation, exchange, and use?

  International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

  26.09.19

  • Biodiversity
  • Genomics
  • Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES

  Target 2.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls for maintaining “the genetic diversi…

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  Farmers’ demand for labor-friendly chickpea bears fruit: 2 more machine-harvestable varieties released in India

  International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

  13.09.19

  • Biodiversity
  • Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

  For the first time, the Central Varietal Release Committee (CVRC) of India has released two…

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  Back from the brink of extinction

  International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

  13.09.19

  • Biodiversity
  • Genomics

  Long-term efforts to restore and conserve a collection of Israeli and Palestinian wheat landraces (I…

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