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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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Africa is facing a food crisis due to COVID-19. These seeds could help prevent it.
06.07.20-
Food security
Photo: Pearl millet harvest from a field in Mali. Photo: Agathe Diama, ICRISAT "Seed demand…
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New highly productive sorghum varieties released
06.07.20Photo: Farmers like Elinati Mbewe from Dedza will see their sorghum productivity increase, as a…
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We have talented farmers!
06.07.20Photo: Oumar Koné took advantage of USAID funded training in microdosing to create his own…
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New highly productive sorghum varieties released
03.07.20-
Biodiversity
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Health
Three improved sorghum varieties with a yield potential of approximately 4 tons per hectare and…
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Secret to on-off fertility discovered in pigeonpea
26.06.20-
Biodiversity
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Health
New study reveals how in some lines male sterility can be reversed to produce hybrids…
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Government and research bodies expand seeds support to over 10,000 Nigerian smallholders to shield agriculture from COVID-19
22.06.20Farmers in 13 states of Nigeria will receive improved seeds of sorghum, pearl millet, cowpea…
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Does the smallholder farmer have access to quality inputs?
22.06.20With the onset of kharif (monsoon) in the southern states of India, the majority of…
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Food systems need urgent overhaul to combat desertification
19.06.20-
Food security
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Health
Scientists, policymakers, farmers and consumers all need to collaborate to mainstream nutritious and…
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How dryland crops are helping Telangana’s tribal households meet nutritional requirements during lockdown
08.06.20-
Health
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Nutrition
To ensure nutrition sufficiency in children, pregnant women and lactating mothers of tribal communit…
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Post-Covid agri reforms: Odisha could be frontrunner
08.06.20-
Food security
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Health
Representational image for Indian agriculture (related op-ed) | Photo: Prashanth Vishwanathan | Bloo…
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New partnership inked with AGRA to boost improved technology uptake in Africa’s agriculture
05.06.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
ICRISAT-led AVISA project is partnering with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)…
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Measuring farm households’ vulnerability and resilience to climate shocks now possible, new research shows
05.06.20-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Measurement can improve interventions and help smallholder farmers adapt better A household’s vuln…
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Reviving the farm economy
01.06.20-
Food security
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Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The return of migrant workers to their villages offers an opportunity to give agribusiness a…
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A strategic guide: Working towards food security in the drylands, through COVID-19 and beyond
29.05.20-
Food security
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Health
ICRISAT is well positioned to significantly contribute to efforts towards restoring food security in…
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What African farmers and processors say about the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns
29.05.20-
Environmental health
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Health
Maintaining the dialog with the farming community and industry Farmers and other key stakeholders in…
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Flipping the script on rainfall data
29.05.20-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In the last few hours before Covid-19 locked CGIAR centers staff into remote work, a…
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Africa’s most vulnerable are called to bear the brunt of a pandemic
27.05.20-
Food security
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Health
Securing farming communities through and after COVID-19 is a priority One of world’s harshest terr…
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New multipurpose sorghum variety captures attention in Burkina Faso
26.05.20-
Environmental health
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Health
A new variety of sorghum that delivers high yields of grain and stover is gaining…
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