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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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Strengthening ties to secure farm livelihoods in Niger
31.05.19-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
Niger is among the youngest nations in the world with two-thirds of its population under…
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India’s first ‘high oleic’ groundnut varieties ready to go commercial
30.05.19-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
Will serve up healthier oil with longer shelf life After eight years of collaborative work,…
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To transform the global food system and feed the world sustainably, start at the local level
28.05.19-
Food security
In a recent meeting with a developing country policy maker, I was asked which among…
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Banana improvement project team meets to take stock, track progress and plan
27.05.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
An international team of researchers that is revolutionizing banana breeding in Eastern Africa are t…
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Niger Minister meets India’s senior agriculture officials
27.05.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
To strengthen ties between Niger and India in areas of agriculture, Mr Ibrahima Guimba-Saïdou, Mini…
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Vulnerable to verdant: turning flood risk into farm resource
27.05.19-
Food security
Increasing production in agriculture is often a very long and arduous process. Agronomists, soil sci…
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Conference on Advances in Classical Breeding and Application of Modern Breeding Tools for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa
24.05.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Plant breeding provides sustainable options to increase domestic food supply and dietary diversity i…
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Recipes to the rescue
22.05.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Nutrition
Bioversity International partners with chefs, nutritionist, local communities and researchers to lev…
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Agroforestry at 40: how tree-farm science has changed the world
22.05.19-
Big data
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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
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Coffee bushes in a shade-grown plantation in the Andes, Ecuador.Morley Read/Shutterstock Meine van N…
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2019 Global Food Policy Report Mumbai launch: Building partnerships to spur rural revitalization
20.05.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
India’s report card on rural development presents a mixed picture: While a number of rural…
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Public–private–people partnership for cocoa and forests in Côte d’Ivoire
17.05.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
For decades, Côte d’Ivoire has been the world’s largest producer and exporter of cocoa. Its…
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New groundnut varieties for improved resilience and market competitiveness
17.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Sayilesi Gwizima, 59, from Mchinij district, central Malawi, grows CG 7 groundnut variety. Not unlik…
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IITA hosts Australia Awards symposium on irrigation and water resource management
16.05.19-
Food security
Irrigation specialists from Australia, Cameroon, Ghana, and Nigeria gathered for a symposium at II…
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Ethiopian farmers help researchers select potato varieties that the market demands
14.05.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Potato is important to food security and a cash crop in Ethiopia with high potential…
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MUST WATCH: Celebrating Ethiopia’s agricultural transformation
14.05.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Tomorrow afternoon, 15 May 2019, on the Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, campus of the International Livestock…
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How to transform food systems to feed the world and prevent mass extinctions
13.05.19-
Food security
On May 6, a global panel of scientists representing more than 130 nations released the…
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Balangiga Farmer – Fisherfolk women learn how to make food products from dried cassava grates
08.05.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Who knew so many different products could be made from cassava? Now thanks to the…
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On a frugal continent of ‘economic vegetarians’, consuming more meat means longer, healthier lives—Economist
08.05.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
A slaughterhouse in Maputo, Mozambique (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). The Economist reports that …
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