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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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An in-depth look at ICRISAT’s engagement in West Africa
27.09.19-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
Governing Board meeting in Senegal: The strategic plan for 2020 and beyond As members of…
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Equipping researchers with tools for geospatial and remote sensing data analysis
23.09.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
A recent capacity-building exercise conducted in Nigeria trained a multidisciplinary team of researc…
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Genomics delivers ‘super chickpea’ in record time
20.09.19-
Nutrition
Two improved varieties developed through genomics-assisted breeding are headed for Indian farms Indi…
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Forage sorghum hybrid hailed as a landmark cultivar in India
13.09.19-
Food security
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Health
A new sorghum hybrid developed using ICRISAT breeding material was recently given special recognitio…
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Farmers’ demand for labor-friendly chickpea bears fruit: 2 more machine-harvestable varieties released in India
13.09.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
For the first time, the Central Varietal Release Committee (CVRC) of India has released two…
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12 years of research on Tropical Legumes: 25 million smallholder farmers now grow improved varieties
06.09.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Over a period of 12 years (2007-2019), the Tropical Legumes projects led to the development…
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Breeding future-ready crops: Incorporating key traits in breeding programs via product profiles
06.09.19-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Developing crop varieties that meet the needs of all stakeholders, with farmers, value chain actors…
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Nane Nane Expo: Tanzanian agricultural show inspires research teams to excel
06.09.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Research programs from the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) showcased their best tech…
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First ever high-yielding chickpea variety developed using marker-assisted backcrossing (MABC) released in Ethiopia
30.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Ethiopia has become the first country in the world to release such a chickpea variety…
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Multi-location evaluation of six pigeonpea pre-breeding lines through India’s national program
19.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Developed at ICRISAT, these lines have been selected by the All India Coordinated Research Project…
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The birth of an impatient and optimistic breed of community seed producers in Mali
19.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Jean Goita has come a long way since his days as a grain producer in…
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Helping groundnut retain its place in Nigeria through the Tropical Legumes Project
19.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Alhaji Sani Usman remembers what being a groundnut farmer in Nigeria’s Kano state entailed a…
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US Government renews commitment to Mali’s food security and agriculture-led economic growth
12.07.19-
Food security
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Health
Renewing its commitment to investments in Mali, USAID’s partnership declaration event at the US Em…
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The Seed of the Technology: ISTA conference generates interest in concerns of the drylands
05.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Discussions at the recently concluded congress of the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) …
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Long-standing partnership with Myanmar strengthened
28.06.19-
Health
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Nutrition
The Department of Agriculture Research (DAR), Myanmar, has enhanced its partnership with ICRISAT for…
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Fifty technologies in five years – Feed the Future, MISST project shares outcomes in Malawi
28.06.19-
Food security
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Health
Over 245,000 households reached 14,500 MT of seed produced, over 50 technologies developed – these…
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Zimbabwe’s First Lady emphasizes crop research during visit to ICRISAT
28.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Looking to pull rural communities out of poverty through millets and sorghum, Zimbabwe’s First Lad…
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How over 500 women in south India built sustainable livelihoods in face of drought
14.06.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
POWERGRID-ICRISAT project in Karnataka empowers through integrated watershed management Farm-depende…
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