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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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Include small indigenous productions systems to improve rural livelihoods
04.02.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, Uni…
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'Getting gender right' is essential for the sustainability of food systems
04.02.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
The growing emphasis on sustainability of food systems (rather than of agriculture alone) highlights…
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Leaving the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: India’s missed opportunity?
03.02.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
In November, India decided to opt out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP),…
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The world needs higher-quality diets. But is better nutrition affordable for all?
31.01.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Messages around healthy eating are nothing new—but nowadays we are increasingly told to eat well …
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With global accreditation, ICRISAT soil laboratory set to serve as focal point for soil analysis
31.01.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
ICRISAT’s soil laboratory has recently been accredited by the FAO Global Soil Laboratory Network (…
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Facilitating training programs for improving crop-livestock systems in Niger
31.01.20-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Training programs on silage making, animal health and laboratory management were held in Niger for…
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Addressing Africa’s deteriorating food security should be Africa’s top priority—World Bank
31.01.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
‘A key priority for Africa over the next decade should be to address a deteriorating…
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How IITA discovered the fall armyworm
31.01.20Isn’t it interesting how seemingly unrelated events in two countries can lead to the same…
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Wise use and wetlands: Why we need to nurture nature
31.01.20Rainforests grab the headlines, but with 87% of wetlands lost globally, it is time to…
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The importance of supporting women farmers
30.01.20-
Gender equality
The potato is an increasingly important crop among smallholder farmers in Africa, where production h…
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Diversifying diets and incomes sources in Malawi with orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes
30.01.20-
Nutrition
Diet diversification and food security in Malawi are distinct challenges as most farmers are used…
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How a deadly outbreak unveiled the key to safer food
30.01.20-
Health
A recent article by Nancy Averett in Scientific African Magazine discusses how incidents of food…
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Conservation agriculture is helping farmers adapt to climate change: Lessons from southern Africa
29.01.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Christian Thierfelder, senior cropping systems agronomist at the International Maize and Wheat Impro…
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Humboldt’s 'Naturgemälde' can pave the way for lasting agro-ecological transitions
29.01.20-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Chimborazo—the indestructible, snow-capped “throne of nature,” as Simón Bolívar called the i…
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Can a vaccine save the world’s pigs from African swine fever?
29.01.20-
Health
A recent article by Katarina Zimmer in The Scientist examines how close we are to…
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Brussels Development Briefing: How local application of agroecological principles can transform food systems
28.01.20-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Leading agricultural scientist calls for transformation of the world’s food systems to align with …
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On vegan diets and brain nutrients—some unsettling research reports in a (surprisingly) still murky research area
28.01.20-
Health
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Nutrition
Meat and Eggs, by Felix Vallotton, 1918 (via Wikiart). The vegan diet is low in—or,…
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Preserving potato genetic diversity for the future
27.01.20-
Biodiversity
The potato has saved countless millions from famine over the centuries and it has the…
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