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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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CGIAR’s new flagship report will help decision-makers transform food, land, and water systems
17.06.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As the world faces unprecedented environmental and social challenges, CGIAR—the global partnership…
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CGIAR and CIFOR-ICRAF agree to strengthened collaboration
12.06.24To address the pressing challenges facing global food systems, CGIAR and The Center for Internationa…
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CGIAR and Brazil forge new partnership to strengthen food system resilience
12.06.24In a move to enhance agricultural resilience, the Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation (Embrap…
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Famine in Gaza
18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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Researchers in East Africa add the Enterprise Breeding System to their work tools
08.06.22-
Big data
Kate Dreher, Data Manager at CIMMYT, presents to scientists, technicians, data management and suppor…
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NASDA representatives visit CIMMYT
03.06.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
Ted McKinney (left) listens to a technician explaining the use of an alvograph. (Photo: Francisco…
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Diagram links physiological traits of wheat for yield potential
25.05.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
A generalized wiring diagram for wheat, as proposed by the authors. The diagram depicts the…
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Wheat versus heat
20.05.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Wheat leaves showing symptoms of heat stress. (Photo: CIMMYT) Across South Asia, including major whe…
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MARPLE reaches South Asia
12.05.22-
Big data
Workshop participants stand for a group photo. (Photo: Danny Ward/John Innes Centre) On April 26–2…
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Protecting plant health for food and nutritional security
12.05.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Robust and resilient agrifood systems begin with healthy crops. Without healthy crops the food secur…
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Inspired by “enemy of world hunger” Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, national and global institutions and research centers strengthen their commitment to food security
03.05.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
Representatives of the Government of Mexico, the Embassy of India, the National Agricultural Council…
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CIMMYT to lead CGIAR varietal improvement and seed delivery project in Africa
25.04.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Sorghum field in Kiboko, Kenya. (Photo: E Manyasa/ICRISAT) As part of the One CGIAR reform,…
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New Endeavor Fast-tracks the Power of Crop Diversity for Climate Resilience
17.03.22Researchers will source useful gene variations from CGIAR genebanks to develop climate-smart crops A…
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Wheat titan honored posthumously by India
27.01.22India has conferred posthumously upon Sanjaya Rajaram, 2014 World Food Prize laureate and former whe…
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Climate change slows wheat breeding progress for yield and wide adaptation, new study finds
18.01.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Nearly four decades of repeated crossing and selection for heat and drought tolerance have greatly…
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Digital phenotyping technologies set to take off across CGIAR
08.12.21-
Big data
New and more accessible digital phenotyping technologies and methods can help breeding programs coll…
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Less water for better crops
12.11.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
In India, nearly one-sixth of groundwater reserves has been overexploited and almost one-fifth of th…
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Nitrogen-efficient wheats can provide more food with fewer greenhouse gas emissions, new study shows
01.09.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
An international collaboration has discovered and transferred to elite wheat varieties a wild-grass …
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New CIMMYT maize hybrids available from Latin America breeding program
26.08.21The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is offering a new set of elite,…
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Seed giants must collaborate or be dwarfed by threat of climate change
17.08.21-
Environmental health
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed vast inequalities when it comes to food security. But there…
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When it comes to maize variety choices, can farmers have it all?
13.08.21Smallholder farmers are often torn between maize seed varieties that have multiple desirable traits.…
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Preventing and protecting against wheat blast
10.08.21-
Big data
Every year, the spores of the wheat blast fungus lie in wait on farms in…
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