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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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The vital contribution of women to livelihoods resilience during COVID-19
15.10.20The vital contribution of women to livelihoods resilience during COVID-19 The 2020 International Day…
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International Day of Rural Women 2020
15.10.20How One CGIAR research is supporting rural women during times of crises Welcome to the…
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The Failing Food Systems: Can Aquatic Foods turn the tide?
15.10.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Currently, 2 billion people around the world lack access to diverse, nutritious, and safe diets…
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How taking a systems approach to water will help to meet our future food needs
15.10.20-
Nutrition
On World Food Day, Dr. Mark Smith, Director General of the International Water Management Institute…
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What is sustainable intensification?
14.10.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
By 2050, the world’s population could grow to 9.7 billion, food demand is expected to…
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Breaking Ground: Isaiah Nyagumbo advances climate-smart technologies to improve smallholder farming systems
14.10.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Most small farmers in sub-Saharan Africa rely on rain-fed agriculture to sufficiently feed their fam…
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Biofortified Crops Map and New Table Show Global Reach Of Nutritious Staples
14.10.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
HarvestPlus released an updated global map of biofortified staple crops showcasing that 63 countri…
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Ceres2030 research: Ending hunger sustainably by 2030 requires doubling assistance
14.10.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
BY MARIE PARENT New research concludes that donor country governments must roughly double current am…
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Rural women are reshaping gender norms in northern Ghana
14.10.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
Understanding how climate, migration, gender roles and Covid-19 affect women and their communities c…
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International Day of Rural Women 2020: Building resilience and gender equity in the face of COVID-19
14.10.20-
Gender equality
BY EMILY MYERS, MUZNA ALVI AND AGNES QUISUMBING “We do not want charity, we just…
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CGIAR welcomes Nobel recognition of UN World Food Programme
14.10.20-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
CGIAR has joined the global community in congratulating the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP…
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PIM News: September-October 2020
13.10.20Introducing the new series of PIM Synthesis Briefs, new books and papers, blogs and webinars…
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Book launch: Ethiopia’s evolving agrifood system faces new challenges
13.10.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY TIMOTHY KAROFF Over the past two decades, Ethiopia’s economy has seen wide-ranging changes. Agr…
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HarvestPlus Webinar Focused on Path for Scaling Up Biofortification Amid COVID-19
13.10.20-
Food security
HarvestPlus hosted a webinar on “Improving Nutrition Security with Biofortified Crops: Lessons Fro…
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Experts review policy innovation to improve milk safety in informal markets
13.10.20-
Health
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Nutrition
A new research report (Oct 2020) by scientists from the International Institute for Environment and…
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Against the grain: New paper reveals the overlooked health benefits of maize and wheat
12.10.20-
Nutrition
Cereal crops like maize and wheat deserve greater consideration as part of a healthy, nutritious…
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In case of fall armyworm, watch this video
12.10.20-
Food security
To the first-time observer, the aftermath of a fall armyworm infestation must be terrifying. The…
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Effective research during COVID-19 and other food system shocks: Here’s 10 tips
12.10.20-
Big data
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Nutrition
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the market, trade and supply chains limiting food accessibility…
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