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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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New project offers circular-economy solutions for refugee and host communities in East Africa
24.10.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A new three-year project that will pilot and scale locally viable and gender-responsive circular-eco…
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It’s time to change the system, not just the technology
23.10.19-
Food security
Society faces enormous challenges in the transition to sustainable rural development. We are unlikel…
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FAO SOFA report 2019: New insights into food loss and waste
22.10.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Fourteen percent of the food produced globally is lost during the post-harvest production stage befo…
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Towards a National Watershed and Agroforestry Multi-Stakeholder Platform in Ethiopia
22.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Agriculture is the mainstay of Ethiopia’s economy, contributing 41% of the country's gross domesti…
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NARS partners in Asia pick up advanced groundnut breeding lines with market traits for their national trials
21.10.19-
Food security
Advanced breeding lines which included high-oleic groundnut and those with market-preferred kernel s…
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Impact study demonstrates Bt brinjal eggplant variety helps farmers in Bangladesh earn more with less pesticide
18.10.19-
Food security
Eggplant, known as brinjal in Bangladesh, is a high-value crop that is widely grown and consumed t…
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Building trust is key for Big Data to deliver benefits to farmers
18.10.19-
Big data
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Food security
More than 650 policymakers, agriculture researchers and data experts met to discuss how building tru…
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Official Launch of CGIAR’s “Crops to End Hunger” Initiative at Borlaug Dialogue
17.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
CGIAR announced its new global initiative, Crops to End Hunger, this week at the World…
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Book launch: Ghana’s prospects for economic transformation
17.10.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Over the past 30 years, Ghana has experienced steady growth in per capita income and…
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ILRI Board Chair Lindsay Falvey, 2019 Crawford Fund Medal awardee, calls on ‘NextGen’ researchers to complete the battle against hunger among the world’s poor
17.10.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Lindsay Falvey, FTSE, FAIAS, who was presented with the 2019 Crawford Fund Medal during a…
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Matching local knowledge with science to promote regreening
16.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Training farmers in tree-nursery establishment and management is a critical, nature-based solution t…
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Our food systems are in crisis, and it's not just from climate change
16.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
While global leaders gathered in New York City last month to discuss the climate crisis,…
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Global Report on Food Crises mid-year update tracks world’s food insecurity hotspots
15.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
For the past three years, the number of people around the world in urgent need…
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CGIAR centers push recommendations for CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Nutrition and Diets
15.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Placing the Global South front and center Among the critical conversations had at the recently…
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The cereals imperative of future food systems
15.10.19-
Food security
The world urgently needs a transformation of the global food system, leading to healthier diets…
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Cassava and Climate Change: Boosting the IQ of a Naturally Climate-Smart Crop
15.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Cassava is hardy root crop consumed by millions of people across Africa—but largely ignored by…
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International Day of Rural Women 2019: Measuring what matters for gender equality
14.10.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
So far, 99 organizations have used the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), an innova…
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Ghanaian farmers can now control Aflatoxin, earn big
14.10.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A study has identified the best non-toxic strains that can limit aflatoxin contamination in laborato…
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