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  Potatoes bred at The James Hutton Institute will help to battle a major pest in Kenya

  Sehlule Muzata

  25.08.25

  • Climate adaptation & mitigation
  • Food security
  • Nutrition, health & food security

  Scientists from The James Hutton Institute have introduced two new potato varieties to Kenya, which…

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  Mainstreaming nutrition in CGIAR breeding: X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) services ready to scale

  CGIAR Initiative on Breeding Resources

  25.08.25

  • Nutrition, health & food security

  Reducing global undernutrition remains one of CGIAR’s most pressing opportunities for impact. For …

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  Closing the knowledge gap: Research priorities for preventing child wasting

  International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

  18.08.25

  • Nutrition, health & food security

  Preventing child wasting is more urgent than ever before. Nearly 43 million children worldwide suffe…

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  Africa's smallholder farmers face collapse if we do not act on climate change

  Sehlule Muzata

  14.08.25

  • Climate adaptation & mitigation
  • Food security
  • Nutrition, health & food security

  By John Choptiany  Climate change is here. It is real. African smallholder farmers - the…

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  Ugandan breeders take the lead in crop innovation through new grant-based model

  CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

  13.08.25

  • Climate adaptation & mitigation
  • Nutrition, health & food security

  In Uganda, the need for accelerated agricultural innovation is important and high to achieve increas…

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  How breeding networks are fostering the development of better crop varieties in East Africa

  CGIAR Initiative on Accelerated Breeding

  13.08.25

  • Climate adaptation & mitigation
  • Nutrition, health & food security

  By Dr. Eliud K. Kireger, Director General and Dr. Benjamin Kivuva, Assistant Director, Crop Improvem…

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