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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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National and sub-national workshops, Mbale, Uganda
14.01.20-
Biodiversity
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Food security
A venue in Mbale, Eastern Uganda was selected to host the InPaC-S national workshop. It…
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Tokyo strives to build resilience with city trees and healthy farmlands around it
14.01.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
By some accounts, Tokyo is the world's largest city, with a population of 37 million. So,…
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Hand-holding outgrowers to produce certified seed in drought-stricken Ghana – a model to emulate
10.01.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Access to quality seed remains a big challenge for farmers in Africa. With increasing drought…
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Diet crisis in Africa’s low income urban zones but transition to nutritious foods possible
08.01.20-
Biodiversity
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Food security
CGIAR, the world’s largest global agricultural research network, has traditionally focused on rura…
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When pastures are not green in the eyes of the youth
06.01.20-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
When you go to the Philippines’ Cordillera Administrative Region, your initial reaction might be t…
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A prototype for massive-scale capacity building for farmers
03.01.20-
Environmental health
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Health
A massive capacity building initiative involving elaborate logistical arrangements covering all the …
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As fires rage in Brazil, a new book shows how agroforestry can heal damaged land
18.12.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Agroforestry systems (AFS), which combine trees and crops on the same land, can increase productivit…
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UN Climate Convention learns of agroforestry for land restoration in Brazil
17.12.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Senior scientist Andrew Miccolis shared success stories of restoration with agroforestry, including …
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Key technology for biofortification goes online
13.12.19-
Big data
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Biodiversity
Online platform opens up easy access to x-ray fluorescence testing at ICRISAT To support development…
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UN chiefs strengthen collaboration to achieve zero deforestation
13.12.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Carolina Schmidt, president of the 25th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Conve…
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Can African smallholders farm themselves out of poverty?
12.12.19-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A great deal of research on agriculture in Africa is organised around the premise that…
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Seven climate resilience questions to help guardians of nature
11.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Third in a series of blog posts examining the role of risk in agriculture under climate…
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The challenge of ensuring water supply in the Philippines
09.12.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Creating incentives for communities to help secure water supply is a win-win situation but without…
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African Plant Breeders Association launched in Ghana
06.12.19-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The African Plant Breeders Association (APBA) was launched recently to bring together plant breeders…
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Agricultural solutions to tackle humanity’s climate crisis
06.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
More than 11,000 scientists signed on to a recent report showing that planet Earth is facing a…
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Ethiopia is making maps to help improve soil health
04.12.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Healthy soils are vital to human survival. They play a pivotal role in feeding global…
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Why gender matters in forest restoration
02.12.19-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
Effective forest and landscape restoration interventions need to take into account socio-political …
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For year round micronutrients, ten species of fruit trees are better than just a few
29.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Health
A ‘diversity fair’ is not an everyday event, so this one to showcase agrobiodiversity in…
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