Blogs, Op-Eds & Interviews

Opinion Editorials

2022

Published by Inter Press Service on July 1.

Published by the South China Morning Post on June 1.

Published by The Hill on May 9.

Published by CNBC Africa on April 8.

Published by the Nigerian Tribune on April 1.

Published by African Business on March 21.

Published by InterPress Service on March 7 for International Women’s Day.

2021

Published by Fortune on December 23.

Published by AgFunderNews.com on December 10 for the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit.

Published by European Scientist on November 2 for COP26.

Published by Inter Press Service on October 25 in the lead up to COP26.

Published by the The Independent on October 15.

Published by the International Business Times on September 9, ahead of the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS).

Published by AllAfrica on May 19. Featuring the work of A4NH, CCAFS, IFPRI, IITA and ILRI.

Published by the Thomson Reuters Foundation on February 9. Featuring CGIAR’s COVID-19 hub and the CGIAR Genebank Platform.

2020

    Published by Inter Press Service (IPS) on December 18. Featuring a new study by CGIAR’s Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA), and the work of IITA and ICARDA.

    Published by The Telegraph on November 26, and by China Daily on December 5: Good nutrition key to vaccine efficacy.

    Published by the Thomson Reuters Foundation on October 16 for World Food Day. Featuring the work of Bioversity International, FTA, CCAFS, and WLE.

    Published by the World Economic Forum Agenda on October 15 during the World Food Prize – Borlaug Dialogue. Featuring the work of A4NH (and all CGIAR Research Centers working in the COVID-19 Hub), CIP-RTB, and CIAT-CCAFS.

    Published by The Telegraph on September 10 during the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF).

    Published by Inter Press Service on July 22. Featuring the work of AfricaRice, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, A4NH, FISH, WLE, and cross-System work on COVID-19.

    Published by La Tribune on June 18. Featuring the work of the CGIAR System Organization, AfricaRice, ICRISAT and CCAFS.

    Published by The Hill on June 4. Featuring the work of the CGIAR System Organization, IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Wheat on COVID-19.

    Published by The Telegraph on April 23. Featuring the work of the CGIAR System Organization on COVID-19.

    Published by Thomson Reuters Foundation on March 9. Featuring the work of the Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, CIMMYT, and IITA.

    Published by The Independent on March 7 for International Women’s Day (IWD). Featuring the work of IFPRI, IWMI, WLE, CIMMYT, CCAFS, ICRISAT, GLDC and the GENDER Platform IWD campaign.

    2019

    Published by Euronews on November 29 during the school climate strike. Featuring the work of CIAT/CCAFS, ICRAF and CIFOR/FTA.

    Published by SciTech Europa on October 22 for World Food Prize. Featuring the work of CGIAR, CCAFS and CIP.

    Published by Thomson Reuters Foundation on October 9. Featuring the work of CCAFS.

    Published by The Economist during the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) on September 4. Featuring the work of the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture, ILRI and IFPRI.

    Published by the World Economic Forum on International Women’s Day, March 8. Featuring the work of CGIAR, IWMI, WorldFish, HarvestPlus and IFPRI, also including a link to the Gender Platform Campaign.

    Published in the G20 Global Briefing Report and by the Diplomatic Courier on July 1. Featuring the work of CGIAR, CCAFS, CIAT, IWMI, CIMMYT and IRRI.

    Published by the SDG2 Advocacy Hub on July 19.

    Published by The Independent on Earth Overshoot Day, July 29. Featuring the work of CGIAR, HarvestPlus, RTB, IITA, CIMMYT, ICARDA, CCAFS, WLE, FTA, ICRAF, and CIAT.

    2018

    Published by ABC News Australia on World Oceans Day, June 8. Featuring the work of CIFOR and WorldFish.

    Published by Euractiv for the G7 Summit, June 8. Featuring the work of CIAT, CCAFS and CIMMYT.

    Published by The Conversation on Earth Overshoot Day, August 1. Featuring the work of ILRI, CIAT, CCAFS, CIMMYT, ICRAF, FTA, CIFOR, IWMI and WLE.

    Published by the Financial Times on September 4. Featuring the work of AfricaRice, CCAFS, CIAT, CIMMYT, DCGL, ICRAF, ICRISAT, IFPRI and IITA.

    Published by All Africa on September 10 in the wake of IITA winning the Africa Food Prize. Featuring the work of AfricaRice, CIMMYT, IITA, CIP, ICRISAT and ILRI.

    Published by The Telegraph on World Food Day, October 16. Featuring the work of CIMMYT, CIP and RTB.

    Published by Agri-Pulse on November 12. Featuring the work of CGIAR and the Big Data Platform, as well as CIFOR, CIMMYT, RTB, IITA, IWMI, AfricaRice, CIP, ILRI, IRRI and CIAT.

    Published by The Telegraph on December 14 during COP24. Featuring the work of CIAT, GENEBANK, IRRI and RICE.

    Interviews

    Interview with Kundhavi Kadiresan published by the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture on September 24, 2021.

    Interview with Claudia Sadoff published by DEVEX on January 25, 2021.

    Interview with Juergen Voegele published by ONEWORLD no Hunger on December 17, 2020.

    Interview with Elwyn Grainger-Jones and Sonja Vermeulen published by Inter Press Service (IPS) on November 22, 2019.

    Interview with Sonja Vermeulen published by Inter Press Service (IPS) on November 14, 2019.

    Interview with Marco Ferroni published by Devex on October 21, 2019, for World Food Prize.

    Interview with Sonja Vermeulen published by Inter Press Service (IPS) on October 25, 2019.

    Interview with Elwyn Grainger-Jones published by Thomson Reuters Foundation on September 21, 2019.

    Interview with Marco Ferroni published by Devex on January 9, 2019.

    Interview with Marco Ferroni published by the Thomson Reuters Foundation on December 28, 2018.

    Interview with Elwyn Grainger-Jones published by Devex on October 22, 2018.

    Blogs

    An independent study has documented the extensive reach of CGIAR-related agricultural innovations in Ethiopia over the past 20 years. The study represents the culmination of years of work by the independent CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA), together with the Ethiopian Central Statistics Agency (CSA) and the World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) team, to develop and test a country-level approach to assessing adoption and diffusion of agricultural innovations using national surveys.

    Guest blog by Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).

    IISD/SDG Knowledge Hub blog published on October 22, 2019, featuring the Crops to End Hunger initiative. 

    CGIAR blog on the funding announcement made by Bill Gates at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York on September 23, 2019.

    CGIAR blog on the Global Commission on Adaptation report entitled Adapt Now: A Global Call for Leadership on Climate Resilience and launch of Global Citizen’s campaign Tell World Leaders to Help Farmers Facing the Climate Crisis!.

    Blog by Bill Gates (Gates Notes) published on July 9, 2019. Featuring the work of CGIAR, CIFOR, ICARDA, CIAT, ICRISAT, IFPRI, IITA, ILRI, CIMMYT, CIP, IRRI, IWMI, and ICRAF.

    CGIAR tweets