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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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Scaling up sustainable and inclusive solar irrigation in India
27.12.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
An evaluation of CGIAR's work on 'solar power as a remunerative crop' finds that it…
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A ‘probiotic’ approach to agriculture is better for people and planet (commentary)
26.12.21-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Reversing biodiversity loss is a critical component of limiting climate change and vice versa, but…
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CGIAR research team addresses gender dynamics in the breeding process
25.12.21In product development, a gender-inclusive process can enhance equality between genders, and when wo…
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Radio IITA presenter wins media award
25.12.21Radio IITA’s Dajie Odok received an award for the “Best Reporter of the Year” in the…
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“Disease nursery” trials established in disease hotspots to test soybean varieties for resistance
25.12.21Soybean diseases such as soybean rust, red leaf blotch (RLB), and frogeye leaf spot (FELS)…
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Tricot approach: Cassava and potato trials show promising results in Rwanda
25.12.21IITA and partners—the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB), the Intern…
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Auto DraftScientists identify markers associated with resistance to the banana weevil borer
25.12.21Scientists at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and their collaborative par…
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IFPRI book: Improving African agricultural value chains to boost production
23.12.21-
Food security
BY SWATI MALHOTRA, ALAN DE BRAUW, ERWIN BULTE AND EVGENIYA ANISIMOVA The agricultural productiv…
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‘Seed funding’: How more billionaires can help end world hunger
23.12.21A recent Twitter conversation between the UN’s David Beasley and Tesla’s Elon Musk has shown…
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Launching the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022
23.12.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Integral to food and nutrition security around the world, artisanal fisheries and aquaculture are …
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CGIAR Research Program for Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH) ends with a splash
22.12.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The CGIAR Research Program on Fisheries Agri-Food Systems (FISH) came to a successful conclusion aft…
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Using drones to select drought-tolerant sweetpotatoes
21.12.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Droughts have long posed a threat to farmers in southern Africa, and models predict they w…
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The UN must get climate-smart for peace and security
21.12.21Photo credit: U.S. Department of State Grazia Pacillo, CGIAR Climate Security FOCUS Senior Economist…
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Cash transfers and women’s decision-making in Egypt: Still a man’s world
21.12.21-
Gender equality
BY HODA EL-ENBABY, DANIEL O. GILLIGAN, NAUREEN KARACHIWALLA, YUMNA KASSIM AND SIKANDRA KURDI …
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DR Congo and donors to invest more in agriculture in 2022 – IITA DG
21.12.21“Telling the stories of the impact agricultural research is making in Africa can only generate…
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UN Deputy Secretary-General visits IITA in Ibadan, Nigeria
21.12.21The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Hajia Amina J. Mohammed, visited IITA headquarters in Ibadan as par…
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Interventions for women’s empowerment and repercussions for family welfare: Evidence from Uganda
21.12.21-
Gender equality
BY KATE AMBLER, KELLY JONES AND MICHAEL O'SULLIVAN Empowering women is a goal of many development …
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How can climate science support peace and security in the Middle East and North Africa? What the experts say
21.12.21Tanaya Dutta Gupta, Alice Taylor, Grazia Pacillo, Peter Laderach With impacts of climate change incr…
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