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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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Better market intelligence to drive the future of genetic innovation in crops
08.11.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
While the technology for breeding better crop varieties has enabled veritable leaps and bounds ove…
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LAMP testing paves the way for improved virus diagnostics in cassava and sweetpotato seed in Tanzania
28.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Cassava and sweetpotato play a vital role in food security and income generation in Tanzania.…
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The power of partnership: Working with NARS to increase impact
27.10.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
At the International Potato Center (CIP), our work is conducted through partnerships with the publ…
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Tools and training to increase farmer access to quality seed
21.10.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Sweetpotato is a highly productive crop and orange-fleshed varieties are an excellent source of vita…
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Perfecting the potato, with help from Peru’s farmers
16.10.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
This World Food Day, the International Potato Center (CIP) announced a new disease-resistant potato …
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The Future of Food is Wild
12.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Climate change is making it harder for farmers to grow enough food to feed their…
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The AsiaBlight Network takes its expertise to the field
20.09.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
In China, the leading obstacle before higher potato yields is late blight disease. When this…
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With 50 years of success in Africa, CIP sets its sights higher
20.09.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
Anniversaries mark moments in time to take stock of accomplishments and reflect on the path…
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Science Camp goes live at the CCCAP Science Center
25.08.21As science depends on curating knowledge from the past and the present, the future of…
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AsiaBlight Network Presents Multi-faceted Approach to Control Late Blight
25.08.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As in many parts of the world, late blight disease is a scourge to potato…
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Building and innovating for food system transformation
06.08.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
Inclusive responses to global challenges in CIP’s Annual Report 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic push…
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Defeating potato late blight with farmers’ help in Uganda
27.07.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Successful innovation for agriculture will depend on thorough and careful understanding of the asp…
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Crops to End Hunger: Accelerating Seed Delivery through Sustainable Seed Systems
26.07.21-
Food security
Looking ahead, food system researchers and national governments around the world are concerne…
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Rwandan farmers help validate and disseminate new potato varieties
23.07.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The triadic comparisons of technologies – or tricot – approach is being used in a citizen-…
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Food system sustainability relies on potato’s “wild relatives”
22.07.21-
Food security
Looking ahead to the next 50 years, potato researchers and farmers have significant concerns about…
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Roots and tubers can help households to weather storms
14.07.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
When super-typhoon Ompong blasted through the northern Philippines in September 2018, farmers who gr…
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COVID-19, food systems, and One Health in an urbanizing world: Research responses at a national level
13.07.21-
Health
The course and effects of COVID-19 have exposed new vulnerabilities in our global food system.…
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Breeding nutritious sweetpotatoes in Zambia
08.07.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Dr. Martin Chiona is plant breeder and head of the root and tuber research team at the…
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