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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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Double duty actions in nutrition: Preventing harm and maximizing impacts on all forms of malnutrition
02.01.20-
Health
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Nutrition
Traditionally, the term “malnutrition” has been applied to problems such as micronutrient defici…
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On why the EAT-Lancet’s ‘Great Food Transformation’ will require a ‘Great Economic Transformation’—and more
31.12.19-
Nutrition
Illustration by Hiroko Yoshimoto. A new paper by scientists at the International Food Policy Researc…
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Farmer Business Schools can help make smallholder agriculture a profitable enterprise
27.12.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
The idea of doubling Indian farmers’ incomes by 2022, when the country completes 75 years…
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Pre-breeding efforts for better traits in pigeonpea
27.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
Annual Review Meeting of GCDT-ICRISAT collaborative research project and participation in Pigeonpea …
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New study develops forecasting tools for better detection and control of dengue in Vietnam
19.12.19-
Health
A new article published in the journal PLOS ONE (27 Nov 2019) reports on the…
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Building an Africa without hunger
19.12.19-
Food security
Thirty-two scientists from 21 countries graduated from the African Plant Breeding Academy, led by U…
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New CGIAR ‘GENDER’ Platform and investment announced to build more inclusive agricultural benefits and greater food security in developing countries
19.12.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
Nairobi, Kenya, 18 December 2019 — CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future,…
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The CGIAR Value Chains Community of Practice 2019 workshop: Methods for Diagnosing and Evaluating Agricultural Value Chains
18.12.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
The workshop, organised by PIM and Wageningen University and Research, brought together the CGIAR Co…
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Prevention is better than cure
16.12.19-
Food security
Whenever seed is transferred between countries, continents or regions there is an inherent risk that…
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What must be done to get toxin out of Kenya’s food supply
15.12.19-
Health
In this article republished from The Conversation, Vivian Hoffmann shares insights on risks associat…
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Can weather index insurance help farmers adapt to climate change?
13.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Fourth in a series of blog posts examining the role of risk in agriculture under…
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Call for abstracts now open: ANH Academy Week 2020
13.12.19-
Nutrition
The 2020 Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy Week will be held in Malawi from 29…
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A tribute to Jean Ndikumana, a ‘gentle giant’ in African livestock research for development
13.12.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Jean Ndikumana at a 2010 stakeholders meeting of the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and…
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What is wheat blast?
11.12.19-
Food security
There are no widely available resistant varieties, and fungicides are expensive and provide only a…
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The crippling of the multilateral trading system
10.12.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As of today (Dec. 10), the dispute settlement mechanism of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has…
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Policy seminar: Digital technologies are crucial to transforming Africa’s food systems
10.12.19-
Big data
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Food security
Digital technologies are key to transforming food systems and agriculture across Africa. A Nov. 26…
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Screening cycle for deadly MLN virus set to begin in Kenya in January 2020
09.12.19-
Food security
The maize lethal necrosis (MLN) artificial inoculation screening site in Naivasha, Kenya, will begin…
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Overlooked, underused crops: An answer to our food system problems?
09.12.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
A recent report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change rang alarm bells about the…
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