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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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Backing up crop biodiversity collections for agriculture’s future
16.03.20-
Biodiversity
The International Potato Center (CIP) recently joined 34 other organizations across the globe in dep…
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IITA BIP team sets new production per hectare record for yam farmers in Nigeria
16.03.20The Business Incubation Platform (BIP) of IITA has set a new record of 23 t/ha for yam productio…
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ICRISAT and local seed companies to build a seed industry for supply of high performing hybrids to small holder farmers
16.03.20Demand for sorghum and pearl millet as major food, feed and fodder crop continues to…
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Brokering research crucial for climate-proofing drylands
13.03.20-
Food security
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Health
Of the 12 interventions identified for agriculture by the Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA) in…
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ICRISAT and local seed companies to build a seed industry for supply of high performing hybrids to small holder farmers
13.03.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Demand for sorghum and pearl millet as major food, feed and fodder crop continues…
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Tackling the root causes of gender inequality through research (Modern Ghana)
13.03.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
By Clara Ceravolo, Ilaria Sisto, Lauren Whitehead, Matthew Walsham, Morane Verhoeven, and Shalini R…
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Not just farmers: understanding rural aspirations is key to Kenya’s future
13.03.20About 8.3 million people living in Kenya’s rural areas farm to feed themselves. They typically…
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Study finds high potential for sustainable intensification of agriculture in Asia, but important questions remain
12.03.20A recent study published by International Potato Center scientists Marcel Gatto and Guy Hareau sugge…
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National policy dialogue: Charting Rwanda's agricultural transformation
12.03.20-
Food security
Rwanda’s Fourth Strategic Plan for Agricultural Transformation (PSTA IV) presents an ambitious r…
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What ails India’s free trade agreements?
12.03.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Lately, India’s trade policy seem to lack a vision. After actively pursuing membership in the Reg…
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As COVID-19 spreads, no major concern for global food security yet
12.03.20-
Food security
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Health
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread rapidly. So far, more than 116,000 cases and o…
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“Participatory” water and wastewater governance: an enabling development approach...or business as usual?
12.03.20Citizens’ participation in water resources management is a buzz word that has received attention f…
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Amazon rainforest could disappear within 50 years, scientists report
11.03.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Large scale ecosystems the size of the Amazon forests could collapse within 50 years and…
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Policy seminar: The changing challenges of hidden hunger
11.03.20-
Health
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Nutrition
Global efforts to improve nutrition require approaches that focus on the entire food system, leading…
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This 18th century sketch might be the map to our agro-ecological transformation
11.03.20To tackle today’s planetary-scale challenges of biodiversity loss and chemical pollution, tame sol…
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Ethiopia has a Nobel Prize and a fast-growing economy. Can it also gain a food secure future?
11.03.20Ethiopia is now Africa’s fastest-growing economy, and this week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is rece…
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More than a bank: Rethinking the IADB
10.03.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Second of two parts. Read the first here. As the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) enters it…
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“The Potato Crop” receives enthusiastic reception: An interview with co-editors
10.03.20Continue reading “The Potato Crop” receives enthusiastic reception: An interview with co-editors…
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