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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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New analysis finds pandemic didn’t dampen deforestation
28.11.22-
Mitigation
Despite the massive upheavals in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, deforestation globally pro…
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Wicked Problems Demand Systems Thinking and Innovation in Partnerships
28.11.22Humankind is at a crossroads. We are facing a perfect storm from a combination of…
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Moving towards consensus on measurement of the healthfulness of diets
28.11.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
This week the Healthy Diets Monitoring Initiative will convene technical experts to provide inputs a…
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Sweetpotato farmers from Busoga region in Uganda form a cooperative for sustainable production
28.11.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Sweetpotato farmers have typically sourced planting materials from their own previous seasons’ gar…
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New paper highlights the co-benefits of coordinating climate action and peacebuilding
28.11.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Climate change can manifest in different ways: stronger tropical droughts, extreme droughts, warmer …
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Locally-Grown School Meals Can Help Children, Farmers and the Climate
28.11.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
Researchers are showing that providing healthier, locally-grown and climate-adapted food to school …
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New analysis finds pandemic didn’t dampen deforestation
28.11.22-
Big data
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Despite the massive upheavals in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, deforestation globally pro…
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Food security and the cultural heritage missing link
28.11.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Although several initiatives to reduce food production deficits and increase net food supply have yi…
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New countries from Asia and the Pacific join Seeds Without Borders Initiative
28.11.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
(Thimphu, Bhutan, 23 November 2022) – During the two-day workshop on “Seeds Without Borders,” …
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Typhoon Noru demonstrated the value of space tech at meeting of disaster-risk experts
25.11.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
By Giriraj Amarnath Zambia Lead, CGIAR’s Climate Resilience Initiative; leader of the Initiative…
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Private-sector partners seek IITA collaboration on extended agricultural grants
25.11.22IITA–CGIAR considers the private sector a major stakeholder in the development of Africa’s agri…
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IITA Forest Center builds staff capacity in eco-tourism and hospitality management
25.11.22The IITA Ibadan campus is fast becoming a leading eco-tourism hub in Nigeria. Beyond producing res…
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DG Sanginga celebrates 11 years of transforming African agriculture at the helm of IITA
25.11.22Dr Nteranya Sanginga became the Director General at IITA–CGIAR on 1 November 2011. During his …
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A real-time livestock water source monitoring and risk management system project in Ethiopia
25.11.22-
Adaptation
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Food security
By Alemayehu Sintayehu The livestock sector contributes about 36% to the Ethiopian agricultural GDP …
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IITA to partner with CPTI on technology transfer
25.11.22IITA–CGIAR recognizes the importance of agriculture in Africa’s development; hence, it is open …
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CGIAR discusses One Health approach as key to improved planetary health
25.11.22CGIAR organized a webinar to discuss One Health. IITA–CGIAR Associate Scientist Titilayo Falade…
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Leading IITA conservationist boosts urban ecology research in Africa
25.11.22Urbanization converts natural areas into built environments, and scientists are keenly investigating…
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IITA and partners organize SISCA baseline study restitution workshop in Cameroon
25.11.22From 8 to 10 November, IITA–CGIAR organized a workshop to validate the results of the diagnostic…
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