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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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International training in agroforestry for policy makers
06.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Twenty-six mid-level policymakers from Africa and Asia — Bangladesh, Botswana, Cambodia, Malawi, M…
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Policy seminar: Countries pivotal actors as food systems transform
05.12.19-
Food security
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Health
Food systems in developing countries are undergoing a rapid transformation, much of it shaped by…
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Aljazeera.com: Forget about water at your peril
05.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
IWMI's Rachael McDonnell stresses the need for a more central role for water in climate…
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Adaptations Thirst: Accelerating the Convergence of Water and Climate Action
05.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Climate-resilient water management should be the unifying agenda for water and climate change adapta…
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Is research capturing the multiple, overlapping climate risks farmers face?
04.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Second in a series of blog posts examining the role of risk in agriculture under…
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Change in behaviour needed for improved drought management in Jordan and the MENA region
04.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Adopting water-saving technology is not enough on its own to stem groundwater depletion in the…
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Scaling out climate-smart agriculture in southern Africa
04.12.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Adoption rates for climate-smart agricultural practices remain low in many of the countries which st…
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Evidence and lessons from a 3-year research study on agricultural extension in Malawi
03.12.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
Agricultural extension services are among the most important factors driving smallholder farmers’ …
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Decade-long trials prove efficacy of Nigeria’s aflatoxin biocontrol product
29.11.19-
Food security
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Health
An IITA-led partnership has honed aflatoxin biocontrol for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for over 15 year…
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Do smallholders get the right seed and inputs from their agrodealer?
28.11.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Many Tanzanian smallholder farmers fail to produce even 1 ton of maize grain per hectare.…
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AfricaRice wins prestigious Al-Sumait Prize 2019
28.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
Recognizing the important role of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) in enhancing food security in…
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Planetary health, agroforestry and Sub-Saharan Africa
27.11.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
MEDIA RELEASE: Immediate Planetary health, agroforestry and Sub-Saharan Africa Nairobi, Kenya, 26 No…
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Contributions of biodiversity to the sustainable intensification of food production
27.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Biodiverse agriculture is critical for the survival of the world’s food systems. A new study…
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Network analysis reveals where to act effectively in seed systems
26.11.19-
Food security
An innovative approach to seed systems, spearheaded by scientists working with the CGIAR Research Pr…
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Alternative meat can sustain food systems
26.11.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Pork prices in China have increased significantly of late thanks to an African swine fever…
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New world map rates food sustainability for countries across the globe
25.11.19-
Food security
A global food system sustainability study builds the first map of its kind to score…
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How a disease without borders was contained
25.11.19-
Food security
t’s been eight years since maize lethal necrosis (MLN) was first reported on the African…
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Gambling and scrambling: betting on trees for biodiversity
22.11.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The farmer set the stage: as relatives and neighbours crowded around, he borrowed research scientist…
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