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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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Biofortified sweetpotato making nutritious inroads in Zimbabwe
24.05.21-
Nutrition
Micronutrient malnutrition is a major public health problem in Zimbabwe: One in four children betw…
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Gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food systems: Consensus and gaps in the literature
24.05.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY JEMIMAH NJUKI, HAZEL MALAPIT, SARAH EISSLER AND JESSICA WALLACH A large volume of research…
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“Father of Hybrid Rice” Yuan Longping’s Legacy: An agricultural innovation that helps feed the world
24.05.21Rice is a staple food and provides 20% of the daily calorie needs of more…
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After COVID-19: Where next for Climate Resilient Agricultural Development in the Global South?
24.05.21Nafees Meah and Sheetal Sharma Global food production is required to increase between 50–70% by…
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Agriculture and biodiversity conservation: five critical factors for success
22.05.21-
Biodiversity
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Food security
The United Nations International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May reminds us that "When…
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Four questions with CIMMYT’s Maize Genebank Curator
22.05.21-
Biodiversity
Seeds are a cornerstone of food security. That is why the maize and wheat genebanks…
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Dryland crop technology to rescue drought-hit crop-livestock farmers in Zimbabwe
21.05.21-
Food security
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Health
Climate change-induced droughts in Zimbabwe over the last two decades has hit resource-poor farmers …
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New tool that projects the future of coffee gives coffee producers recommendations that can help them strengthen their decision-making processes
21.05.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The global pandemic and extreme weather events have intensified the problems faced by small producer…
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A conservation conversation
21.05.21-
Biodiversity
Germplasm banks around the world are protectors of genetic diversity, altogether preserving roughly …
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Model: Impacts of the COVID-19-driven rise in global rice prices on consumers in Papua New Guinea
20.05.21-
Food security
BY EMILY SCHMIDT AND PAUL DOROSH In general, the COVID-19 pandemic has had only modest impacts…
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IRRI welcomes new Board of Trustees’ Chair and Vice-Chair
20.05.21Following the successful terms of IRRI Board of Trustees (BOT) Chair Jim Godfrey and Vice-Chair…
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AI-Driven Climate-Smart Beekeeping for Ethiopian and Uzbek Women
20.05.21-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
Beekeeping has long been a traditional pursuit in Uzbekistan and Ethiopia, where smallholders…
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Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Latin American rice sector: Situation analysis and perspectives
20.05.21-
Nutrition
With over 2.3 million confirmed cases to date, and more than a third of the…
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The Pollination Services of Forests
20.05.21-
Biodiversity
Since they are a vital part of the reproduction process of many plants, a decline…
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Charting a productive, sustainable future for small farms amid food system transformation
19.05.21-
Food security
BY XINSHEN DIAO,THOMAS REARDON, ADAM KENNEDY AND JESSICA WALLACH While urbanization is shrinking ru…
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G+ Tools Provide a Clearer View to Crop Breeding
19.05.21-
Big data
In this famous optical illusion, some people see a rabbit, while others see a duck.…
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Global Food and Hunger Challenges Projected to Increase Mortality, Disability by 2050
18.05.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY YING VISSER AND MARIËLLE KARSSENBERG IFPRI’s recently-released 2021 Global Food Policy Report…
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Boosting Malawi’s aquaculture production for food security
18.05.21-
Biodiversity
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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
Although Malawi has an extensive history of fish farming spanning a century, the nation’s smallhol…
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