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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: Sustainable trade and the EU-Mercosur Agreement
27.03.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
In 2019, the European Union and the Mercosur trade bloc (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay)…
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First Lady of Niger leads millet movement
27.03.20-
Health
Niger recently celebrated the second annual International Millet Festival (FESTIMIL), aimed a…
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Farmers in Eastern Kenya reap big profits from improved varieties of drought-tolerant crops
27.03.20Farmers in Eastern Kenya are seeing an increase in yield from their crops and earning…
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Commemorating 2020 International Women’s Day: Creating an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and equal opportunity
27.03.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
An insightful panel discussion on building inclusive work spaces was the focus of International Wome…
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Participants appreciate the practicality of training in seed procurement
27.03.20-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Participants of a training course organized by the Provision of Adequate Tree Seed Portfolio (PATS…
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Could agro-ecological approaches be a low-cost alternative towards fall armyworm control for smallholders in Zambia?
27.03.20-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Smart Mwape, a 65-year-old farmer in Chongwe, Zambia was surprised to find strange caterpillars as…
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‘Sweet spot of connection’: Social movements, researchers, ENGOs eye opportunities and challenges around small-scale fisheries
27.03.20Over 40 stakeholders came together in late 2019, kick starting new conversations on ways to…
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Our response to the COVID-19 pandemic
26.03.20As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread around the world and disrupt the operations…
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Chinese livestock farms struggle under COVID-19 restrictions
26.03.20-
Food security
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Health
After the COVID-19 outbreak began in December in Hubei Province, many Chinese villages were locked…
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ICARDA’s Mustapha El-Bouhssini explains how crop pests are moving in a warming world
26.03.20Insect resistance in plants is needed now more than ever. The UN, which has named…
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Moving from water problems to water solutions in a climate-challenged world
26.03.20Originally published on Rural 21. The beginning of life on Earth has been linked to water.…
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IITA launches IYPH website
26.03.20By now, we know that 2020 is the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). Throughout…
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Shared responsibilities and equal economic benefits
25.03.20-
Gender equality
Women play a crucial role in Ethiopian agriculture. A significant portion of their time is…
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Reflections on Uganda’s seed systems: building opportunities and addressing constraints
25.03.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
A blog by the RTB seed system research cluster to reflect on lessons from field…
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Whole grains
25.03.20-
Nutrition
The most recent dietary guidelines provided by the World Health Organization and other international…
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Breaking Ground: Aparna Das leads efficient and demand-driven maize research
25.03.20Getting a good maize harvest, or just enough to feed the family, has always been…
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Vaccines against this year’s novel (and world-changing) coronavirus are already in development and being tested—Good news from Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty
25.03.20-
Health
Positive news! While some COVID-19 surges are now ‘baked-in’, and we must prepare ourselves for…
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Ugandan teacher walks 664 km to raise awareness of shea trees: ‘My worry is extinction’
25.03.20Arriving in Nairobi on 2 March, Gerima Mustapha, 47, emerged out of the driving rain…
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