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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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Excellence and Innovation in Sweetpotato: Communication for Change Award
18.05.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
The Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative has announced that the ‘Excellence and Innovatio…
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How planting trees can protect cocoa plants against climate change
18.05.18-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Worldwide, areas suitable for cocoa production are predicted to shrink by up to 20-30% over…
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Helping Vietnam transform its rice sector through sustainable rice production practices
18.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
IRRI works with key partners in boosting Vietnam’s rice industry through the “Vietnam Sustainabl…
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In ecotourism, trotting the globe to help protect it
17.05.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On the edge of Sumatra’s Leuser National Park, Tanganan village offers days spent hiking to…
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Shaking up markets and narratives for increased consumption of nutritious fonio and Bambara groundnut
17.05.18-
Health
Effective value chains can increase the presence of a crop in markets and enable farmers…
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Breaking Ground: Lorena Gonzalez fast-forwards action on hunger using technology
17.05.18-
Big data
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Food security
Intrigued by the unique relationship food crops have to their geographical environment, Lorena Gonza…
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Banning charcoal isn’t the way to go. Kenya should make it sustainable
17.05.18A woman sells charcoal in Nairobi, Kenya. Flickr/Laura Rantanen By Mary Njenga, World Agroforestry C…
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Ebola returns in area scientists predicted ‘highly favorable’ for outbreak
16.05.18-
Health
Ebola, the deadly hemorrhagic virus that can kill up to 90 percent of those it…
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South-South collaboration in tackling antimicrobial resistance in Asia
16.05.18-
Health
Agriculture and health experts from five southern Asian countries have pledged to work together to…
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Uganda will use trees on farms to meet national biodiversity targets
16.05.18-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Trees on farms in Uganda are the focus of a new strategy aimed at increasing…
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Scientists meet to tackle challenges facing root, tuber and banana seed systems
16.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Have you ever wondered what the potatoes, cassava, bananas and sweetpotatoes you eat are grown…
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CIMMYT Board of Trustees: Out of the Boardroom and into the field
16.05.18-
Food security
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)’s Board of Trustees visits the Cente…
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2018 GFPR Rome launch: How open trade impacts global nutrition
16.05.18-
Food security
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR “We are not dealing with [just] hunger anymore … we have a…
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How collaboration can help grow and transform agriculture in Africa
16.05.18It’s been four years since African leaders met in Equatorial Guinea to commit themselves to…
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Towards greater genetic gains in rice based agri-food systems in South Asia and Africa
16.05.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
On a mission to make Asia and sub-Saharan Africa more food secure, IRRI’s Stress-Tolerant Rice…
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Groundnut researchers in Asia move towards modernization of breeding program
16.05.18-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
The first meeting of the Groundnut Network Group-Asia (GNG-A) on 30-31 March 2018 at ICRISAT-India…
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Bangladesh Government honors former IRRI Agronomist Dr. Md. M Abdul Mazid for contributions to Bangladeshi food security
16.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Dhaka, Bangladesh—25 March 2018—The government presented the “Swadhinata Padak 2018” award t…
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Oil palm for the people
15.05.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Palm oil might seem an odd proposition for reducing poverty and preserving rainforests. In recent…
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