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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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Ukraine one year later: Impacts on global food security
23.02.23-
Food security
by Joseph Glauber OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 When Russian troops invaded Ukraine one year ago,…
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Harnessing aquatic foods to tackle multiple global challenges
23.02.23-
Big data
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Policymakers addressing food system challenges now have access to new analyses and online tools that…
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Paving the Way for a United CGIAR – Boards Approve CGIAR’s Integration Framework Agreement
22.02.23We are delighted to share the news that the CGIAR Integration Framework Agreement (IFA) has…
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Measuring the extent of a risky practice: Using toxic chemicals on cattle for tick control in Uganda
21.02.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
By Richard Ariong, Jordan Chamberlin, Sarah Wairimu Kariuki, and Bjorn Van Campenhout OPEN ACCESS |…
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Celebrating women and girls aspiring to change the world through science
21.02.23Women account for less than 30% of scientists and researchers in the world, partly due…
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Farmers in Buhera gear up for climate-smart agriculture
21.02.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As climate change effects intensify, new innovations that enable smallholder farmers to adapt are no…
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Study on milk purchase and consumption in low-income households in Kenya highlights the importance of the informal dairy sector
21.02.23-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Favourable policies that promote the availability and affordability of milk sold by informal markets…
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December 2022- January 2023 Research Journal Roundup
21.02.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
As we transitioned into a new year, IWMI researchers continued to advance our knowledge of…
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New study of global One Health Networks highlights inequity in resource allocation
21.02.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
A new research paper published in The Lancet (Feb 2023) has examined the global distribution…
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Updates from Breeding Resources: 2023
20.02.23-
Big data
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
CGIAR Breeding Resource Initiative (led and managed by Genetic Innovation’s Breeding Research Serv…
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Ministry of Forestry commits to reforesting more degraded lands in southwestern Nigeria
20.02.23Following IITA Forest Center’s impactful contributions to forest restoration in Africa, the Ogun …
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IITA Digital Delivery Working Group delivers progress report to Ogun State Commissioner
20.02.23The IITA Digital Delivery Working team led by virologist and Head of the Germplasm Health…
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Study highlights environmental and seasonal effects on maize hybrids
20.02.23Maize is a staple cereal across Africa that is also consumed globally. Rich in protein,…
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Wild relatives add significant agronomic improvement and disease resistance to lentils
19.02.23-
Biodiversity
In the face of declining biodiversity, it is necessary to widen the genetic base of…
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Protecting livelihoods through sustainable utilization of the Kafue river basin
18.02.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Traditional leaders in Zambia, such as chiefs, have historically been the proponents of natural reso…
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A deceptively simple hack boosts wheat yields in Bihar
17.02.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As a warming planet desiccates crops around the world, threatening livelihoods and nutrition, farmer…
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IITA and partners train African scientists on CRISPR technology to adapt to climate change impacts in agriculture
17.02.23To help reduce food insecurity and malnutrition aggravated by climate change, the International Inst…
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Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed named WorldFish Director General and CGIAR Senior Director of Aquatic Foods
16.02.23Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed formally assumes the WorldFish Director General and CGIAR Senior Director …
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