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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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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 hungerÂ
14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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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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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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Not just farmers: understanding rural aspirations is key to Kenya's future
10.03.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
About 8.3 million people living in Kenya’s rural areas farm to feed themselves. They typically…
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More than a bank: Reflections on the history of the Inter-American Development Bank
09.03.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
First of two parts. In 2019 the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) celebrated the 60th annive…
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On this International Women’s Day 2020, ILRI commits to strengthening women’s rights in livestock systems and enterprises
07.03.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
This International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) i…
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Celebrating the ‘WILD’ (‘Women In Livestock Development’) at ILRI on International Women’s Day—Video
06.03.20-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Check out this video short highlighting women working at the International Livestock Research Instit…
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Four (very) short stories of ‘Aha!’ moments—when the central importance of gender issues really hit home
06.03.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
All images here are of a sculpture, ‘Tete’, by Amedeo Modigliani (this picture credit: Christieâ…
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Africa's litigated democracy
28.02.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On Feb. 12, the Malawi High Court upheld its original decision to nullify the country’s…
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AfricaRice inaugurates the Rice Biodiversity Center for Africa
27.02.20-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 27 February 2020 - The Rice Biodiversity Center for Africa (RBCA) was of…
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Book launch: The making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh
21.02.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
For decades, high fish prices contributed to poor nutrition in Bangladesh, placing a key source…
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Empowering young scientists with new skills to develop genomic-assisted climate-resilient crops
21.02.20-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A recent training course sought to enable young scientists, professors and breeders in the area…
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Complex but adaptive: a fresh look at smallholder value chains and their development
21.02.20-
Big data
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
“The Value Chain Development approach looks at market dynamics and relationships between the diffe…
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Does rural Africa have a 'youth problem'?
19.02.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
More than 20 million young people aged 15-24 join the workforce in Africa south of…
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Launch of the Seed Revolving Fund, Youth Engagement and Gender Inclusion Initiative in Tanzania
14.02.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A Seed Revolving Fund initiative for sorghum and groundnut value chains has been launched in…
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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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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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‘Phygital’ tech powered by public-private partnerships promises climate solutions for Nigerian agriculture
24.01.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
An innovative technology that bridges digital approaches and physical interventions on farms and off…
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