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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 hungerÂ
14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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Scaling Readiness: A scientific approach to scaling innovations
19.02.20-
Food security
Scaling innovations is one of the biggest challenges facing research and development organizations. …
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Does rural Africa have a 'youth problem'?
19.02.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
More than 20 million young people aged 15-24 join the workforce in Africa south of…
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Guardian.ng: Valuable energy, nutrients, water lost in fast-rising streams
19.02.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
“For countries to progress, there is a need to invest in a supportive regulatory and…
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Avocados in Kenya: What’s holding back smallholder farmers
18.02.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
Kenya is the world’s third largest producer of avocados. It’s also Kenya’s leading fruit exp…
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Harnessing the sweetpotato’s potential
17.02.20-
Nutrition
Sweetpotatoes can be grown on marginal land with few inputs, and orange-fleshed varieties can make…
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Second Biennial Review report highlights urgent need to accelerate progress toward achieving Malabo Declaration goals by 2025
17.02.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
In the 2014 Malabo Declaration, African leaders pledged to conduct a continent-wide Biennial Review…
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Spraying locust swarm is ineffective – IITA entomologist
17.02.20-
Food security
As Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya battle huge swarms of desert locusts, great efforts are underway…
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A tool for all seasons: A ‘lean’ household survey system for ‘minimal effort, maximum information’ comes of age
14.02.20-
Big data
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Food security
Key indicator groups (modules) generated by all RHoMIS applications (Fig. 1 from: The Rural Househol…
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Feeding the future: Millet and sorghum grains make big gains in Mali
14.02.20-
Health
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Nutrition
USAID delegation visited Mali to see impacts from projects undertaken by three CGIAR institutions A…
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How China can address threats to food and nutrition security from the coronavirus outbreak
12.02.20-
Food security
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Health
The current novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) outbreak originated from a seafood and wild foo…
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Policy seminar: Can trade ensure food security and access to diverse and sustainable nutrition?
11.02.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
The global trade conflicts of the past couple of years have created uncertainty for agriculture,…
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After 10 years, Triple S has brought back sweetpotato to us
11.02.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
1st Amburse Kebele in East Badewacho district was once known as a prolific sweetpotato…
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India’s 16-point agriculture plan may falter if it doesn’t focus on incentives
10.02.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
One of the great examples that economists give on the power of incentives in Econ…
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IRRI India, IRRI SARC, convene on Transforming Food Systems through Sustainable Value Chains
10.02.20-
Food security
04 February Delhi, India - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) South Asia Office in…
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After 10 years, Triple S has brought back sweetpotato to us
07.02.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
1st Amburse Kebele in East Badewacho district was once known as a prolific sweetpotato growing…
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Indo-Australia genomics project for chickpea drought tolerance gains momentum
07.02.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
India and Australia have joined hands in a multi-institutional project to enhance drought tolerance …
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Aflasafe can reduce exposure to cancer-causing toxins and promote farmer access to premium markets
06.02.20-
Health
“If someone eats this maize, which may contain high aflatoxin levels, they may die and…
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The more crops farmers grow, the more food, nutrition and income secure they are – study
06.02.20-
Food security
It is common for smallholder farmers in Africa to grow multiple crops on their farms.…
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