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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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Key technology for biofortification goes online
13.12.19-
Big data
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Biodiversity
Online platform opens up easy access to x-ray fluorescence testing at ICRISAT To support development…
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New dual-purpose pearl millet shows promise as excellent fodder in Niger
06.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Two varieties of dual-purpose (food and fodder) pearl millet were shown to increase weight and…
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African Plant Breeders Association launched in Ghana
06.12.19-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The African Plant Breeders Association (APBA) was launched recently to bring together plant breeders…
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Putting new-age agronomy to test in Indian farms
22.11.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
A group of farmers in India’s Telangana state is breaking new ground in their farms…
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New chickpea breeding protocol promises to bring down varietal development time from 12 years to 6 years
19.11.19-
Nutrition
Rapid Generation Advancement promises to be a simple yet cost effective solution ICRISAT’s chickpe…
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How do you provide healthy, sustainable food for world of the future?
14.11.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
New partnership with global agriculture research giant to focus on tackling challenge of health, env…
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Consolidated efforts to modernize crop improvement in Ghana
11.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
A Regional Coordinated Trial (RCT) is helping Cowpea Improvement Program in Ghana, thanks to Acceler…
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Spotlight on crop diversity as ICRISAT’s Genebank holds inaugural field day
11.11.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Cutting across disciplines of crop research, scientists gathered at ICRISAT to observe and evaluate …
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Modernizing NARS crop breeding programs for improved genetic gains in 14 countries
01.11.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A course designed to modernize National Agricultural Research System (NARS) breeding programs for im…
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Sorghum flour with high shelf life hits Nigerian markets
25.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
In a first-of-its-kind enterprise in Nigeria, a large-scale flour mill has come up with processed…
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Positive impacts from 6 CGIAR Centers coming together to implement a range of climate-smart on-farm technologies
25.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
A package of climate-smart technologies implemented by a consortium of CGIAR centers has resulted in…
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CGIAR’s Inspire Challenge Awards Over US$ 1 million to Big Data Innovations
25.10.19-
Big data
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Gender equality
Over US$ 1 million worth of grants were awarded to eight winners of the Inspire…
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Investing in education, research and innovation for climate-smart crops in India
25.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
To strengthen the competencies of Indian scientists in climate change-related topics and to foster a…
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Building trust is key for Big Data to deliver benefits to farmers
18.10.19-
Big data
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Food security
More than 650 policymakers, agriculture researchers and data experts met to discuss how building tru…
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NARS partners in Asia pick up advanced groundnut breeding lines with market traits for their national trials
18.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Advanced breeding lines which included high-oleic groundnut and those with market-preferred kernel s…
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Tribal women farmers train to be ‘nutrition entrepreneurs’ to contribute to healthier community diets
11.10.19-
Gender equality
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Health
The hands that farm the fields and cook the family meals are now taking on…
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Brisk promotion of improved groundnut and sorghum varieties to take adoption to the next level
04.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Five improved varieties of groundnut and three of sorghum with the best market traits were…
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Steering the seed revolving fund initiative to meet growing farmers’ demand for certified seed
04.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Health
Adoption of new varieties can never be successful until efficient seed delivery systems are in…
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