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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 hungerÂ
14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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Climate change and rising population put pressure on essential crops in low-income regions
22.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Crops such as bananas, potatoes, and cassava are essential to food security in the world’s…
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Multi-location evaluation of six pigeonpea pre-breeding lines through India’s national program
19.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Developed at ICRISAT, these lines have been selected by the All India Coordinated Research Project…
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The birth of an impatient and optimistic breed of community seed producers in Mali
19.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Jean Goita has come a long way since his days as a grain producer in…
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Helping groundnut retain its place in Nigeria through the Tropical Legumes Project
19.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Alhaji Sani Usman remembers what being a groundnut farmer in Nigeria’s Kano state entailed a…
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What’s next for Sustainable Land Management in Ethiopia and globally?
17.07.19-
Environmental health
With Ethiopia and the world working towards more Sustainable Land Management (SLM), global experts m…
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AfricaRice teams up with national partners to sustainably intensify rice-based systems in Africa
15.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
15 July 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), in close collaboratio…
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Drylands Development Programme: changed lives in the Sahel
15.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Many farming families in dryland Africa have been struggling to feed themselves and lead a…
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AfricaRice hybrid rice varieties spark seed companies’ interest in Africa
09.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
9 July 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. A set of four high-yielding hybrid rice varieties with…
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Regreening activities kick-off in Somalia
09.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Thousands of farmers are set to benefit from land restoration in the drought- and strife-stricken…
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New association formed to support smallholder native maize farmers in Mexico
08.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
Expert Mexican scientists and farmer cooperatives have formed a non-profit organization to support s…
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The Seed of the Technology: ISTA conference generates interest in concerns of the drylands
05.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Discussions at the recently concluded congress of the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) …
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Pause, reflect, learn, adapt
04.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
Land restoration targets and commitments have been set at global, regional, national and local level…
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Ruth Meinzen-Dick receives Elinor Ostrom Award
03.07.19-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
The 2019 Elinor Ostrom Award on Collective Governance of the Commons acknowledges Ruth Meinzen-Dickâ…
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Conservation agriculture meets relay cropping
28.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
In 2003, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) designed a set of long-term trials…
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Zimbabwe’s First Lady emphasizes crop research during visit to ICRISAT
28.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Looking to pull rural communities out of poverty through millets and sorghum, Zimbabwe’s First Lad…
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The role of biodiversity in agroforestry and other types of smallholder farming
28.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The global supply and consumption of food has increased over the last 50 years. However,…
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Policy Seminar: Faster than you think – renewable energy and developing countries
27.06.19-
Environmental health
Ten years ago, predictions for the adoption of renewable energy around the world made it…
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Agrobiodiversity essential to sustainable food systems for the future
25.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
A new book from MIT Press proposes and develops an expanded concept of agrobiodiversity, which,…
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