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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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AKILIMO digital platform improves potato yields in Rwanda
01.07.21-
Big data
Potato yields are highly-dependent on fertilizer use but pinpointing the amount of fertilizer to b…
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Three new CGIAR GENDER Platform grants awarded to better integrate women’s empowerment and nutrition into research design
24.06.21-
Gender equality
The CGIAR GENDER Platform has recently announced three recipients of its research grants to integrat…
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Catalyzing a greater supply of seed potato in Kenya
15.06.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As a food security crop and cash crop, potato is a source of income for farmers, traders and…
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Innovation, the key for bridging R&D with impact at scale
14.06.21-
Big data
The need to innovate in agriculture is more urgent than ever. Rising populations will require…
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Agroecology: Possible pathways to inclusive and sustainable food systems in Latin America
07.06.21-
Food security
A new research project in Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador will generate evidence on the contribution…
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CIP mourns the passing of Ron Gall
31.05.21With heavy hearts, the International Potato Center (CIP) acknowledges the passing of Ron Gall, the…
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Biofortified sweetpotato making nutritious inroads in Zimbabwe
24.05.21-
Nutrition
Micronutrient malnutrition is a major public health problem in Zimbabwe: One in four children betw…
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G+ Tools Provide a Clearer View to Crop Breeding
19.05.21-
Big data
In this famous optical illusion, some people see a rabbit, while others see a duck.…
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Digital Technologies Keep Farmers Productive During COVID 19
14.05.21-
Big data
The COVID 19 pandemic has made more clear than ever the need for and role…
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Georgia Seed Model Farm Opens
26.04.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Dignitaries, researchers, and private sector representatives gathered this week in southwestern Geor…
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Biofortified sweetpotato improving lives of smallholder farmers in Malawi
23.04.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Historically, most of Malawi’s food has been produced by small-scale farmers operating on less tha…
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CIP’s remembered ancestors still relevant today: Robert Rhoades, agricultural anthropologist (1942–2010)
13.04.21Scientists build on the evidence of their peers, passing it on, improving their methodologies and…
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A One Health approach to plant health
07.04.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The evolution of global food systems and improved crop varieties have enabled hundreds of millions…
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Building Forward Better: Experts Echo the Call for Food System Transformation
29.03.21-
Food security
Last week, in a virtual roundtable discussion organized by the World Food Prize (WFP), seven agr…
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Trends in varietal diversity of main staple crops in Asia and Africa and implications for Sustainable Food Systems
22.03.21-
Nutrition
A recent study from the International Potato Center (CIP) calls attention to downward trends in…
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Women hold the seeds of a stronger food system for Peru
18.03.21-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
The extremes of climate change and now COVID-19 have put Andean farmers at the sharpest end of…
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Women Custodians Safeguard the Future of Our Food
16.03.21-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
The Andean region is the center of origin of many nutritious, diverse foods, including native…
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Pest management requires holistic solutions to mobile challenges
15.03.21-
Health
Smallholder farming produces 50% of the world’s food and holds great promise for strengthening g…
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