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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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Policy seminar: Information and collaboration both key to preventing food crises
11.12.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY SARA GUSTAFSON From the COVID-19 pandemic to persistent conflict to desert locust outbreaks, popu…
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Sorghum and millet grow money for the Mariko family
11.12.20-
Food security
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Health
Use of improved seed triples yields, credit through warrantage system leads to big gains. Access…
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What Africa can learn from Asia about agricultural mechanization
10.12.20The new book includes thirteen case studies from Asia and Africa documenting the differences in…
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The Market Services That Ethiopian Livestock Farmers are Willing to Pay for
10.12.20A recently published ICARDA study investigating rural farmers' willingness to pay for carefully iden…
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Is it crunch time for the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus? 3 recommendations to move the needle
10.12.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
The concept of the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus has gained widespread traction in the last decade…
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“Happy Seeder” saves farmers money over burning straw, new study in India shows
10.12.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Compared to conventional tillage practices, sowing wheat directly into just-harvested rice fields wi…
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“Let there be food to eat”
09.12.20-
Food security
“We want to feed the people, we don’t want them to go hungry. We have…
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How to support students and the learning process during India’s COVID-19 school closures
09.12.20-
Gender equality
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Health
The long-term social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are unknown, but many worry…
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Best of 2020: Our favorite videos
08.12.20The Multimedia team at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and our produce…
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Digital groundwater monitoring
08.12.20-
Environmental health
Taken together, digital monitoring and readily available data on the status of groundwater resources…
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National breeding programs prepped to measure – and boost – genetic gains
08.12.20-
Food security
By adopting best practices and established modern tools, NARS (national agricultural research system…
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Using coffee ceremonies to address intimate partner violence in Ethiopia: Evidence from Unite for a Better Life
08.12.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY VANDANA SHARMA, NEGUSSIE DEYESSA, JESSICA LEIGHT AND TIMOTHY KAROFF Intimate partner violence (IP…
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Crop breeding and soil management must go hand in hand
08.12.20-
Environmental health
There is a growing crisis beneath our feet. Scientists, soil specialists and policy-makers around th…
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Lancet Countdown 2020 report calls for governments to align global COVID-19 recovery with response to climate change
06.12.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
The COVID-19 pandemic and climate change represent converging challenges to which no continent, coun…
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Crop breeding and soil management must go hand in hand
05.12.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
Crop breeding is helping farmers in the developing world produce higher yields and better products…
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Bridging the gap between finance and action on World Soil Day
05.12.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Innovative ways to improve soil carbon accounting can support investment-oriented actions promoti…
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Too much or never enough
04.12.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Although nitrogen has helped in contributing to human dietary needs, there are still large areas o…
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Nitrogen in agriculture
04.12.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Nitrogen is the most essential nutrient in crop production but also one of the most…
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