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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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Agrobiodiversity Innovation Challenge: Call for innovative solutions in the agri-food tech space
16.09.21-
Biodiversity
As part of the 2nd International Agrobiodiversity Congress, November 15–18, we are thrilled to a…
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Coconut tree cloning breakthrough will help propagation and preservation
15.09.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Coconut trees grow slowly and are difficult to clone. Scientists at KU Leuven and the…
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Guyana’s farming future in the climate crisis: much can be done
15.09.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
In our second of a two-part series on the challenges facing farmers in Guyana, we…
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Do we need an IPCC for food?
09.09.21-
Food security
An intergovernmental body that sets Paris Agreement-style targets for global food system transformat…
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Artificial Intelligence delivers solutions to farmers
09.09.21-
Food security
A collaboration between the Alliance and tech start-up GoMicro demonstrates practical applications o…
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Untapped potential for agrobiodiversity to contribute to food system sustainability
07.09.21-
Food security
The Agrobiodiversity Index provides evidence of how well the plants, animals and micro-organisms tha…
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Not all about diversity: what drives the invisible root-microbiome?
03.09.21-
Environmental health
Researchers delve into the complex relationship between agriculture and soil mycorrhizal fungi, whic…
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Building capacities of small and medium enterprises for nutrition-sensitive food systems in Vietnam
25.08.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
The Alliance is part of a multi-stakeholder partnership to promote nutrition-sensitive food systems …
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Steps to ensure seed systems conserve China’s underutilized crops
23.08.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
Researchers explain the importance of seeds for diverse, underutilized crops in China, and suggest p…
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How well do you know Cali’s food system?
23.08.21-
Environmental health
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Nutrition
I was born in Cali – I won’t say how many years ago – and…
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Back to the land: Research helps farmers sequester soil carbon
19.08.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Hydrologist Wuletawu Abera grew up in a small-scale farming family in Ethiopia, now he's uncovered…
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Trade-offs and synergies associated with climate change adaptation strategies
19.08.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
By: Devinia Princess Akinyi, Stanley Karanja Ng’ang’aIntroduction: Alliance researchers summariz…
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Presenting research to expand the frontiers of gender analytical frameworks and methods
18.08.21-
Food security
Participating in conference sessions to share our research and learn of others’ projects provides …
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Capturing fine diet data in Vietnam to guide action on food systems transformation
17.08.21-
Food security
The Alliance in Vietnam has worked on baseline food systems profiles to help address food…
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Alliance joins action on Food Systems dialogues in Vietnam
12.08.21-
Food security
Action on food systems transformation must be stepped up to ensure food security for the…
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How the Food Action Alliance designs and selects Flagships that take a food systems approach
06.08.21-
Food security
By: Dylan Anderson-Berens The Food Action Alliance (FAA), a global food systems initiative implemen…
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Farmers in South America’s Guyana have been battling climate change for years
04.08.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
A new collaboration between the Alliance and Guyanese partners provides guidance for climate-smart a…
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Scientists explore Bacillus strains to control fungus spread in bananas
30.07.21-
Environmental health
The Fusarium wilt TR4 is ravaging banana plantations around the world. The Alliance of Bioversity…
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