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Change in the Making: the renewed effort to mainstream gender in CGIAR research

Gender equity matters, now, more than ever. From the gathering force of women’s voices the world over for equal pay, to greater representation of women in science, to reproductive health; the list is endless. Gender equity is at the heart of sustainable development with women playing a critical role in improving household nutrition, health and […]

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

For the first time, the Central Varietal Release Committee (CVRC) of India has released two new machine-harvestable chickpea varieties. With this, the number of machine-harvestable chickpea varieties in India goes up to four. Phule Vikram (ICCV 08108) and BG 3062 (ICCV 08112) were recently identified for release in the Central Zone (Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and...

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Food Prices, Poverty and Household Diets

[…] be filled on a first come, first served basis. Once all spaces have been filled up, remaining participants will be directed to the livestream link to follow online This work is part of the CGIAR Research Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS). CGIAR launched NPS with national and international partners to build policy coherence, respond […]

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Biometrician

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 securit...

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Integrated approaches needed to address declining freshwater storage

[…] series introducing NEXUS Gains and its aim to realize multiple benefits across water, energy, food and ecosystems. More than 70 people from around the world attended Wednesday’s online event, which was focused on the need for integrated diagnostic approaches to better understand long-term water storage needs and opportunities. The event was chaired by Jonathan […]

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Laying the ground for drone-based technologies to support development of climate-ready crops

Globally, agriculture is witnessing significant technological advancement, best exemplified by the Agriculture 4.0 movement. India, one of the world’s largest food producers and consumers, has to stay abreast of the growth. Remote-sensing imaging for monitoring crop health and security is one of the technologies yet to come of age in India. Evolving regulations and lack […]

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Conference of the NL-CGIAR Research Programme

[…] innovation for food system transformation’. Update: Download the Conference Report (PDF) NWO-WOTRO will celebrate the NL-CGIAR research programme and the partnerships within the programme with a fully online conference. Join us for two afternoons full of thematic sessions, interviews, keynotes, a poster session and much more that will inspire and inform scientists, policymakers, and […]

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Ethics at CGIAR

[…] Whistleblowing hotline CGIAR’s whistleblowing hotline, through Lighthouse Services, Inc., provides an independent, secure, and confidential way to report and is available 24/7 via a toll-free number or online. This underscores CGIAR’s commitment to fostering a strong ethical environment and provides a protected channel to report possible misconduct. Reporters can remain anonymous or chose to […]

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AfricaRice: Senior Research Assistant – Data Science

[…] new user, if not log on with your credentials to accessactive vacancies 3. Select “Senior Research Assistant – Data Science” 4. Follow the step-by-step application procedure. Only online applications will be considered (If you encounter any technical issue on thecareer site during your application, or you are prevented to proceed with your application until […]

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Food systems governance e-course reopens

[…] systems, and examples of policies and actions that can achieve healthier diets for all. The e-course will be open from September 2023 through February 2024. The free, online course has four modules. The modules include videos, articles and practical cases with thought provoking and reflective questions to stimulate learners to implement food systems thinking […]

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Safeguarding African beans with Clare Mukankusi, Plant Breeder, CIAT

  My dream has always been to reach the poorest in Africa through science. And now, as a “doctor of plants,” as my children call me, I help regulate the flow of beans between the world’s largest bean genebank in Colombia and many countries in Africa. Beans are essential in sub-Saharan Africa. In East Africa […]

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MARPLE reaches South Asia

Nepali researchers get trained on rapid diagnostics tool and get ready to monitor yellow rust in the 2022/23 wheat season.

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https://www.worldfishcenter.org/spotlighting-seaweed-global-food-systems-agenda

Seaweed holds enormous potential to transform food systems for improved sustainability, equity and nutrition. However, seaweed’s current contributions and future potential are often overlooked by the global food systems agenda. Civil society, researchers and academia must work in collaboration to utilise seaweed to improve food and nutrition security and foster nature-positive solutions to food system […]

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Tool demo & pre-launch: CGIAR’s online genotyping sample submission system

[…] provided by the Breeding Resources Initiative and Scriptoria. The event will cover: Introduction Overview of the tool and system: vision, need, benefits, use Introduction to the scriptoria online system with demonstration Questions This webinar had a choice of two sessions. The recording is from Session 1: Session 1: Asia/East Africa: 8:00-9:00AM Accra, London GMT / […]

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2022 Year Ender: Children of the frontier (Ahram Online) 

2022 Year Ender: Children of the frontier (Ahram Online)  pfowlkes Fri, 12/23/2022 - 10:29 2022 Year Ender: Children of the frontier (Ahram Online)  In the News Dec 19, 2022

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Smallholder farms have and can store more carbon than previously estimated

Smallholder farms have and can store more carbon than previously estimated Increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks is increasingly targeted as a key strategy in climate change mitigation and improved ecosystem resiliency. Agricultural land, a domin...

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Food insecurity increases with man-made disasters (AgWeb, Farm Journal)

AgWeb published an article that the cost of cooking is increasing because much of the world is on the brink of a shortage of edible cooking oil. Suddenly, we have less than we need—and most of this growing problem is man-made. The immediate cause of our cooking-oil crisis is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which exports […]

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WEF Nexus Training: Online Masterclass

[…] The WEF Nexus Masterclass is a capacity-building initiative to 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 Masterclass is a free, online, 3-day introductory course to the WEF nexus concept.   Find out more Apply here  

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GDI Knowledge Hub moves online

The new Gender, Diversity and Inclusion (GDI) Knowledge Hub is now online, providing all staff across CGIAR with quick and easy access to a wide range of GDI materials. In line with CGIAR’s GDI Action Plan (2020-2021), the Knowledge Hub is a one-stop shop for all things relating to GDI at CGIAR, including training, toolkits, best practice guidance notes, […]

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CGIAR Performance Report 2019 now available online

An online report detailing research-to-impact results in 2019 across the CGIAR System is now available. The CGIAR Performance Report 2019: Transforming the Global Food System is the third in a series of annual reports on CGIAR performance, drawing on System-wide data. CGIAR Performance Report 2019: Transforming the Global Food System CGIAR in 2019 focused […]

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How online decision dashboards can make evidence more accessible for decision-makers

[…] Science and Applied Learning Lab (SPACIAL) at World AgroForestry, we have been advancing the concept of decision dashboards to address this challenge. Decision dashboards are open access online interfaces that use data visualization to present important metrics and key performance indicators. Consolidating and presenting data in this way offers decision-makers a practical resource they […]

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Evaluation of the CGIAR Genebank Platform: Results from Online Survey

The online survey is one of the data collection methods conducted by the evaluation team as part of the 2023 evaluation of the Genebank Platform. The survey was released on 5 September and closed on 18 September 2023. The questionnaire was designed in ...

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Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition is using the Collect Earth Online tool to improve forest monitoring data accuracy

Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (MAATE) is using a Collect Earth Online through a service co-developed with EcoCiencia and SERVIR-Amazonia (an Alliance – led regional program) to improve forest monitoring data ...

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Online modules on Solar Irrigation for Agricultural Resilience launched!

[…] and Product Development Unit. Micromodules are multimedia-based, interactive e-learning courses that are designed to be short and engaging. They have become a central product of IRRI Education’s online learning initiative, as they facilitate the scalability of learning by providing focused and bite-sized courses. IRRI Education’s micromodules cover a wide range of agricultural topics, including […]

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Man who ‘wastes his money’ slammed for expecting partner to buy him food (Newsweek) 

Man who 'wastes his money' slammed for expecting partner to buy him food (Newsweek)  Jul 15, 2022 Jul 14, 2022 pfowlkes Fri, 07/15/2022 - 11:00 Man who 'wastes his money' slammed for expecting partner to buy him food (Newsweek) Man wh...

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Join NEXUS Gains Talks online seminar series

NEXUS Gains Talks is a monthly online seminar series from the CGIAR Initiative on NEXUS Gains. The talks bring together water–energy–food–ecosystems (WEFE) nexus experts from around the world and provide insights on the latest nexus research, new approaches and tools, impacts on policies, and other reflections and experiences. Each hour-long webinar includes short presentations, […]

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Have thoughts on Market Intelligence? Participate in on-line survey and investment simulation

“ Online Survey” by Got Credit is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (Market Intelligence Bulletin, Volume 1) Berber Kramer, Carly Trachtman, Brendan Rice, Val Pede Market Intelligence Work Package 5: Institutional Scaling and MELIA aims to generate evidence on the costs, benefits, and comparative effectiveness of a transdisciplinary approach to market intelligence-driven breeding, seed […]

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Open Access FAQ

[…] What is Open Access? According to the CGIAR Open Access and Data Management Policy, (“CGIAR OADM Policy”) Open Access refers to “the immediate, irrevocable, unrestricted and free online access by any user worldwide to information products, and unrestricted re-use of content (which could be restricted to non-commercial use and/or granted subject to appropriate licenses […]

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Dashboards

[…] have been created: CGIAR GDI Matrix to track and share progress (Objective 1.1.b of the Action Plan) shared CGIAR definition of staffing categories and diversity dimensions (1.2.a) online tool to enable efficient GDI data collection (1.2.b) The common staff index and shared diversity dimensions and the indicators of the GDI Matrix were co-created through […]

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CONSULTANT – TAAT RICE COMPACT PROJECT ACCOUNTANT

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE (IITA) TECHNOLOGIES FOR AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION (TAAT) PHASE II TAAT RICE COMPACT AFRICA RICE CENTRE (AfricaRice) REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT SERVICES SECTOR: Agriculture CONSULTANCY SERVICES: Compact Accountant- Rice Financing Agreement reference: 2100155041681 Project ID No. P-Z1-AA0-139 Position reference: CONS/DFCS/2023/25 _______________________________________________________________________ This request for expression of interest (REOI) […]