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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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How international investments in agriculture shape food security
13.04.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY SHELLEKA DARBY, JAMES ZHAN, WILLIAM SPELLER AND HAFIZ MIRZA International investments in agric…
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Ethiopian economy grows, but diets are still poor
13.04.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
A new Ethiopia has emerged in recent years. A potent combination of increased agricultural productiv…
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Taking a farmer-centric approach to Integrated Pest Management
12.04.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
"You always have to put a human face to your research. You can’t just go…
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Sustainable food systems: Agriculture by another name?
12.04.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
This piece is excerpted from a post by Steven D. Prager, Mark Lundy, and Chris Bene…
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Policy seminar and special event: Tales of yield improvement and farewell to Mark Rosegrant
12.04.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
BY SHELLEKA DARBY IFPRI marked the path-breaking career of Senior Research Fellow and retiring Envir…
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Crop research needs a system of integrated labs across the globe
11.04.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
BY MARK ROSEGRANT Despite advances in agricultural productivity thanks to higher and more stable cro…
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The business case for seed – a public-private partnership takes root in Kenya
11.04.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Farmers in developing countries often lack access to certified disease-free planting material for ro…
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How to develop and manage your own community seedbank
11.04.18-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Ronnie Vernooy, Genetic Resources Policy Specialist, Bioversity International, reports on a new hand…
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‘Contour bunding’ preserves soils and boosts farmers’ incomes by 20% in Mali – new study
11.04.18-
Food security
A new study by ICRISAT scientists in Mali has found that ‘contour bunding’, technique helps…
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Using cognitive testing to improve measurement of women’s empowerment in nutrition and health
10.04.18-
Health
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Nutrition
In this blog post, Anika Hannan, a soon-to-be MPH graduate from Emory University, discusses cogniti…
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What can we learn from rising rice production in Senegal?
06.04.18-
Food security
BY KATRIN GLATZEL Ndèye lives in a small town in northern Senegal, close to the…
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Scaling sustainable rice farming practices to achieve food security in Asia
06.04.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
JAKARTA, Indonesia— Experts gathering at the 5th Responsible Business Forum (RBF) on Food a…
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More cassava for less time
05.04.18-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Cassava has a relatively long growth cycle compared to other important crops. It takes an…
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Bearish headlines overstate the extent of available global wheat stocks, analysts say
05.04.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The declining area sown to wheat worldwide, together with stockpiling by China, is masking significa…
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Rural vitalization: What lessons can China learn from international experiences?
05.04.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY XINYUAN SHANG Despite China’s impressive progress in reducing poverty, hunger, and nutrition ov…
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Sowing the seeds of rice self-sufficiency in Africa through capacity building
04.04.18-
Food security
Workshop participants discuss constraints in the production and delivery of quality rice seed in Uga…
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Agroforestry: Why don’t farmers plant more trees?
04.04.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
Agroforestry can make a key contribution to the UN’s Zero Hunger Challenge, which aims to…
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The sweet secrets of Mt. Mutis
02.04.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Once upon a time, there was a scientist who traveled to West Timor, Indonesia to…
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