Scaling innovations towards transforming food systems in Africa
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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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Unleashing Africa’s Agricultural Potential is Key to Food Security
30.11.22-
Food security
Africa is in a race against time on food security and the stakes could not…
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Claudia Sadoff on Transforming Food Systems - Devex COPcast
18.11.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As part of a series of COP27 podcasts, CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Claudia Sadoff, sat down…
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Opinion: If COP 27 Ignores Farmers, Global Food Security will Suffer
15.11.22We are already living in a world that is 1.2 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial times,…
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CGIAR Welcomes Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s $1.4 Billion Pledge to Climate Adaptation
10.11.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Low-income country leaders gathered at COP27 have repeatedly called for climate finance to support t…
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CGIAR Country, Region and Funding Partners Signal Strong Support for Integration
09.11.22A united, integrated CGIAR seen as vital to enabling farmers to meet 21st century challenges…
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FFAR grant develops climate-resilient wheat
11.01.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Wheat constitutes 20% of all calories and protein consumed, making it a cornerstone of the…
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Press Release: FFAR Grant Develops Climate-Resilient Wheat
11.01.21-
Food security
FFAR + CIMMYT NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Brian Oakes, FFAR: 202-604-5756, boakes@founda…
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Agricultural value chain finance can help drive Myanmar’s agricultural growth
11.01.21-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY SIDDHARTHA BASU, ALAN DE BRAUW, KHIN PWINT OO AND RUSSELL TOTH Surrounded by some…
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New India National Family Health Survey data shows worrying trends on anemia, overweight
08.01.21-
Health
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Nutrition
Children's heights are a bellwether indicator for all the things that can go wrong, or…
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Unleashing the potential of plant health
08.01.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
The UN has designated 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health. CGIAR Centers have…
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Young Malian researchers gear up for grand challenges with crop modeling
08.01.21-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
UE-APSAN Mali project trains next generation of modeling experts Budding agricultural researchers ar…
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Taking stock of value chain development
07.01.21-
Food security
In 1967 Albert O. Hirschman, the pioneering development economist, published Development Projects Ob…
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Big costs, bigger rewards: How $33 billion in spending each year can help end hunger sustainably by 2030
07.01.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
BY SWATI MALHOTRA The Ceres2030 project has shown the urgent need for additional investments—a…
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Shrimp Farming and Research in Bangladesh Adapts to COVID-19 Pandemic
07.01.21-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted tremendously every aspect of the economy in Bangladesh, including…
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Policy seminar: Prospects for the African Continental Free Trade Area
05.01.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY TIMOTHY KAROFF On Jan. 1, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) formally took…
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Solving South Asia’s sustainability issues will require a systems approach to crop management
04.01.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
New research by an international team of scientists, including scientists from the International Mai…
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Policy seminar: The hidden world of informal African trade
04.01.21-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY TIMOTHY KAROFF Millions of people in Africa rely on informal trade for their livelihoods.…
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Agricultural Research Unties the Gordian Knot
04.01.21-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
Agricultural research and innovation to transform our food system is the only way to cut…
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Agriculture remains preferred occupation in rural Nigeria despite pandemic-related challenges
31.12.20-
Food security
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Health
A survey in rural parts of Northern Nigeria shows that in spite of problems in…
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Experts call for global One Health platform to consolidate evidence on actions to tackle antimicrobial resistance
30.12.20-
Health
The World Health Organization has declared that antimicrobial resistance is one of the top 10…
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Policy seminar: Expanding policy research to strengthen Eurasia’s food systems
29.12.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN Along with other regions of the world, Eurasia has been hit hard…
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Encouraging entrepreneurship with mobile grinders and seed cleaning machines
29.12.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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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
ICARDA and its national partners in Tunisia are promoting entrepreneurship and rural businesses thro…
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10 new chickpea varieties released in 2020 in collaboration with NARS
24.12.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Market-driven chickpea innovations record many firsts in Africa and Asia. To meet the growing global…
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