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The Nation: Why we need to invest in sustainable food systems
CGIAR24.06.24-
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
CGIAR30.11.22-
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
CGIAR18.11.22-
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
CGIAR15.11.22We 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
CGIAR10.11.22-
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
CGIAR09.11.22A united, integrated CGIAR seen as vital to enabling farmers to meet 21st century challenges…
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Battling devastating viral diseases, also in plants
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)28.05.20-
Food security
When a maize lethal necrosis (MLN) outbreak happened in Kenya in 2011, scientists knew they…
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COVID-19 makes a strong case for urban farming
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)28.05.20-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In Eastern Africa, supporting urban and peri-urban farming would help respond to the devastating eff…
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Rethink water for SDG 6 and beyond – more urgent than ever
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)27.05.20-
Environmental health
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Health
Only if we rethink the paradigms that have guided water policy and investments so far,…
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WEBINAR - Building biodiverse food systems for an inclusive, resilient and safe future
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)27.05.20-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerability of our economies to shocks, and it has laid bare…
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IITA scientist develops a cheaper and faster tool for identifying whiteflies
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)27.05.20-
Food security
A CGIAR-IITA scientist has developed a more cost and time effective molecular diagnostic tool that…
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Nourishing the world: The contribution of fish to sustainable food futures
WorldFish27.05.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Globally, food production is exceeding sustainable limits while also failing to provide healt…
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Africa’s most vulnerable are called to bear the brunt of a pandemic
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)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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The high cost of West Africa's “free trade” in food
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)26.05.20Abdul Rahman, a cargo driver loading tomatoes, is charged each time he crosses the border…
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CGIAR awarding 100K in Rapid Response Grants to digital innovations tackling COVID-19 impacts
CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture26.05.20-
Big data
In response to the unfolding food security issues brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, CGIAR’s…
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CIMMYT for Mexico in times of a global pandemic
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)26.05.20-
Food security
CIMMYT has been working hand in hand with Mexico’s Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Developmen…
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New multipurpose sorghum variety captures attention in Burkina Faso
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)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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Can Egypt’s fish markets empower women and men retailers equally? Prospects for change and barriers to success
WorldFish26.05.20-
Gender equality
Unless gender inequalities in food systems are recognized and addressed, nutrition security and pove…
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Biodiversity Day 2020 – Solutions in Nature
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry26.05.20The United Nations proclaimed May 22 The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to raise…
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Communities managing forests: a tale of prophets, profits, prove it
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)26.05.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Nairobi, Kenya, 26 May 2020 – Today, more than 7 billion humans share the planet with…
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Covid crisis has shown India’s food policy must have buffer stocks at community level too
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)26.05.20Representational image for Indian agriculture | Photo: Prashanth Vishwanathan | Bloomberg Accustomed…
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Fighting Poverty and Malnutrition in Nigeria with Sweetpotatoes
International Potato Center (CIP)25.05.20-
Nutrition
In an ongoing effort to lend support to Nigeria’s campaign to reduce poverty and malnutrition…
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Solutions in nature: promoting the efficacy of indigenous medicinal plants
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)25.05.20-
Biodiversity
Over the centuries, earth’s biological diversity has played a crucial role in the development and…
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Getting farmers on the phone to protect livestock and livelihoods during COVID-19 – and beyond
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)25.05.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Continuous collaboration between farmers and scientists is the pinnacle of successful agricultural r…
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