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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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Improving fruit and vegetable consumption will require a holistic approach
23.05.22-
Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
“Eat more fruit and vegetables.” This is a common refrain, spoken by everyone from doctors…
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Arsenic risk to humans: How crops, trade, and groundwater contribute
23.05.22The study represents a first step towards improving our collective understanding of the magnitude of…
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Wheat versus heat
20.05.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Wheat leaves showing symptoms of heat stress. (Photo: CIMMYT) Across South Asia, including major whe…
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STIHL and C.WOERMANN partner with IITA to enhance smallholder farmers’ productivity through agricultural mechanization
20.05.22STIHL, a company specializing in agricultural equipment production for smallholder farmers, is worki…
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Cuso and IITA to address climate change in Nigeria
20.05.22Danny Pelletier, Key Program Officer for Cuso International, visited IITA headquarters, with Jame…
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Expertise Fused with Context: Strengthening Bibliometric Recommendations Through Co-Design
20.05.22Bibliometrics is the use of statistical methods to analyze books, articles, and other publications, …
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IRRI overcomes barriers and bottlenecks towards a rice breeding revolution
19.05.22Public breeding is undergoing a slow transformation as it adopts better, faster, more modern technol…
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Pollinator protection for everyone
19.05.22CARDA’s Farming with Alternative Pollinators (FAP) project is made possible through the generous s…
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Vegetable oil prices soar, far outstripping other food inflation (Washington Post)
19.05.22-
Food security
Vegetable oil prices soar, far outstripping other food inflation (Washington Post) Washington Post …
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War and weather sent food prices soaring. Now, China’s harvest is uncertain (New York Times)
18.05.22-
Food security
War and weather sent food prices soaring. Now, China’s harvest is uncertain (New York Times)…
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How ladybugs and disease-killing microbes can help reduce agriculture’s carbon footprint
17.05.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
By Kris A.G. Wyckhuys Given that agriculture is a major contributor to climate change, measuring…
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Investigating pathogens in wildlife in Kenya to tackle neglected zoonoses
17.05.22-
Health
Wild animals harbour many pathogens that can infect livestock and people. Because of this, epidemiol…
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The Kenyan dairy and poultry sectors to benefit from a new research initiative
17.05.22-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
The livestock sector in Kenya is vital to peoples’ livelihoods. Many households depend on the…
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CGIAR F2R-CWANA & ClimBeR Initiatives to launch in Morocco
14.05.22Rabat, Morocco, May 2022: This week sees major advances for agricultural research-for-development (R…
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MARPLE reaches South Asia
12.05.22-
Big data
Workshop participants stand for a group photo. (Photo: Danny Ward/John Innes Centre) On April 26–2…
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Protecting plant health for food and nutritional security
12.05.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Robust and resilient agrifood systems begin with healthy crops. Without healthy crops the food secur…
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Agrobiodiversity is key to achieving Land Degradation Neutrality targets and fighting climate change
12.05.22By Juan Lucas Restrepo, Global Director of Partnerships and Advocacy, CGIAR, and Director General of…
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A transformational breeding data management system goes online at CGIAR centers
10.05.22This story was initially published at EBS.excellenceinbreeding.org In the race to develop more nutri…
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