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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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Boosting abilities to develop nutritious sweetpotatoes for Central Americans
19.08.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
An estimated two billion people suffer undernourishment, or micronutrient deficiencies, which is why…
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Developing and sharing innovations: from the lab to field to scale
13.08.22Potato and sweetpotato are the third and seventh most important food crops globally. Yet most…
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Honduras launches AgriLAC Resiliente, a regional initiative to strengthen food systems in the region
01.07.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
AgriLAC Resiliente is a regional CGIAR initiative that seeks to improve the livelihoods of producers…
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Change agents and better seeds lead to sweetpotato success in Tanzania
27.06.22-
Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
In any field, change needs leaders – even in agriculture. Mary Samson may appear like…
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Inclusive innovation in agricultural value chains: Lessons from the Participatory Market Chain Approach
16.06.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A recent study from the International Potato Center explores the impact and outcomes of the…
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Gender and variety trait preferences in Uganda, Tanzania, and Mozambique
27.04.22-
Gender equality
To ensure better adoption of vitamin-A rich sweetpotato, it is paramount to develop varieties that…
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School children in Huancavelica excited by the story “The Powerful Potatoes”
25.04.22-
Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
A true celebration was experienced by schoolchildren from four rural communities in Huancavelica whe…
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Good agronomic practices with sweetpotato are cause for celebration in Uganda
22.04.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Everyone smiled, grasped hands, and shook their heads in wonder. The excitement at Michael Mugabi’…
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Innovating with Roots, Tubers and Bananas
11.04.22-
Biodiversity
We are delighted to announce the publication of the book “Root, Tuber and Banana Food…
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Food for Nourishment, Food for Empowerment
06.04.22-
Biodiversity
One book empowered an entire community. The quest began as a desire to showcase the…
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Smartphone app help farmers control potato and sweetpotato diseases
04.04.22-
Health
Pests and diseases destroy between 20 and 40% of crops globally, and farmers in developing…
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Cameroon learns potato lessons from Kenya
31.03.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Potato is an important food and nutritional security crop in sub-Saharan Africa. However, a quick…
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On-Farm Trials Thrive with Support from Farmer Groups
28.03.22-
Gender equality
For the past three years, the International Potato Center’s (CIP) SweetGAINS program in Africa has…
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Crowdsourcing market intelligence to boost sweetpotato breeding impacts in Uganda
22.03.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Scientists with the International Potato Center (CIP) and Uganda’s National Crops Resources Resear…
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Revealing the deeper forces impacting women’s lives after COVID-19
14.03.22-
Gender equality
As the world emerges from the pandemic, agricultural researchers have begun training their lenses to…
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Weathering the storm: root and tuber crops boost climate resilience
10.03.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As climate change advances, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, and they pose a…
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International Women’s Day 2022
08.03.22-
Gender equality
Today around the world, we celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) to note the achievements and…
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Women scientists are driving force for the potato program in Georgia
07.03.22-
Gender equality
In the USAID Potato Program in Georgia, led by the International Potato Center (CIP), women…
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