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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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Can you help shape the future of plant disease detection?
09.08.21-
Big data
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are increasingly being applied across a diver…
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New solutions for chopping fodder
03.08.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
It is a laborious and time-consuming process: chopping plant matter by hand to feed to…
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Genome-wide association study puts tan spot-resistant genes in the spotlight
29.07.21Tan spot disease, caused by the fungus Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, may be less well-known than oth…
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Protecting plants will protect people and the planet
27.07.21-
Food security
Understanding the relationship between climate change and plant health is key to conserving biodiv…
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An example of best practice
23.07.21-
Environmental health
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is contributing to make Mexico’s agr…
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CIMMYT announces new Director General ad interim
16.07.21Today the Board of Trustees of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) announc…
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Waging war against the fall armyworm
07.07.21-
Food security
The fall armyworm is an invasive pest that eats more than 80 different crops, but…
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Annual Report 2020 launched
06.07.21We began 2020 with grim news of the COVID-19 pandemic spreading from country to country,…
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Capturing a clearer picture
01.07.21-
Gender equality
A new guidance note shines a brighter light on the role of women in wheat-based…
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From science to impact: a chat with women scientists at CIMMYT
25.06.21-
Gender equality
At the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), staff are one of our most…
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Bangladesh could largely reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture while increasing efficiency in production
23.06.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
A number of readily-available farming methods could allow Bangladesh’s agriculture sector to decre…
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Adult plant resistance (APR): the strategy to beat persistent pathogens
18.06.21The three rust diseases, yellow (stripe) rust, black (stem) rust, and brown (left) rust occur…
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Hybrid seed production and marketing advances
18.06.21-
Food security
“My goal is to produce and sell 200 metric tons of hybrid maize by 2025,”…
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Hands-on experience in seed production
15.06.21Recently, a group of 40 postgraduate students from Nepal’s Agriculture and Forestry University (AF…
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New integrated methodology supports inclusive and resilient global food systems transformation
05.06.21-
Food security
The new methodology developed by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in co…
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Mapping the way to lower nitrous oxide emissions
26.05.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Like many issues besetting contemporary agri-food systems, the question of nitrogen use appears to y…
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A view from above
25.05.21-
Big data
Scientists at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) have been harnessing the…
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Buying into new seed
24.05.21-
Food security
The goal of the out-of-stock study is to improve an understanding of how farmers make…
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