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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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Environmental risk in aquaculture: What do farmers think?
22.01.19-
Environmental health
Area-based approaches to address environmental risk are gaining popularity in aquaculture management…
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Should we eat red meat? Depends on who’s eating—New York Times
22.01.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Left to right: Figure of an under-nourished individual (by The Twin Project), illustration of red…
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Headlines: Trump on fire, palm oil price slump and the extinction of coffee
22.01.19Forests News has trawled through the world's press to give you our best pick of…
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Call for Nominees for the 2019 Maize Youth Innovators Awards – Africa
21.01.19Nominations are now open for the 2019 MAIZE Youth Innovators Awards – Africa! These awards…
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What are the socioeconomic factors that influence CSA adoption?
21.01.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
To better understand the socioeconomic factors that foster or slow down the adoption of climate-smar…
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WorldFish appoints Dr. Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio to board
19.01.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
WorldFish is pleased to welcome Dr. Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio to its Board of Trustees.…
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Chakula Episode 5, The Food Security Podcast (South African Broadcasting Corporation)
18.01.19Jan 15, 2019 In the News Chakula Episode 5, The Food Security Podcast (South African…
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A harbinger of change? (Dhaka Tribune)
18.01.19Jan 14, 2019 In the News A harbinger of change? (Dhaka Tribune) Dhaka Tribune published…
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Climate change-induced salinity affecting soil across coastal Bangladesh (The Daily Star)
18.01.19Jan 17, 2019 In the News Climate change-induced salinity affecting soil across coastal Bangladesh (T…
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Brief news on farming and agribusiness in the country (Daily Nation)
18.01.19Jan 16, 2019 In the News Brief news on farming and agribusiness in the country…
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Barking up the same trees: Water and forests 'cannot be separated' in East Africa's Rift Valley
18.01.19-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
Africa - The forested mountains of East Africa deserve their ‘water towers’ moniker. Their sprin…
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Africa and Asia come together to lead a global initiative to diversify staples
18.01.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Leading agriculture organizations from Africa and Asia have joined hands to take on a bold…
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Now, get critical seed data in one click
18.01.19-
Big data
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A modern digital seed ‘catalog’ and seed ‘roadmap’ tool is now available for information abo…
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Two-fold increase in varietal adoption in seven years – a chickpea tale from Ethiopia
18.01.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Adoption of improved chickpea varieties increased more than two-fold in seven years, shows data from…
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Three new farmer-preferred sorghum varieties released in Malawi
18.01.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Three new improved sorghum varieties have been released in Malawi after extensive trials. Pilira 3,…
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Can governments promote homestead gardening at scale? The case of Ethiopia
17.01.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Eating fruits and vegetables can help ensure adequate nutrition and reduce the risk of heart…
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Funding genebank routines … forever
17.01.19-
Biodiversity
In 2018, the Crop Trust entered into a long-term partnership agreement (LPA) with the International…
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IKEA assembles plan to be carbon negative by 2030
16.01.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
By keeping its design high, prices low, service quick and ice cream fresh at the…
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