A global rice crisis is brewing
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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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What farmers want
19.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) has been undertaking participatory mai…
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Effects of rising CO2 on protein, iron, and zinc availability in global diets
18.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
In recent years, the global fight against chronic hunger and undernutrition has focused increasingly…
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How RTB researchers try to develop the potential of RTB seed systems
18.07.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Roots, tubers and bananas share one characteristic that unites them in the CGIAR Research Program…
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Improving dairy production through agroforestry and innovation
18.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Innovation platforms in Uganda are empowering smallholders to adopt agroforestry to increase dairy p…
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Addressing the effects of climate change on rice productivity: ADB, IRRI convene three-country policy workshops on scaling-up climate-smart practices for sustainable and intensive rice-based farming
18.07.19Workshops aimed at developing policy recommendations to promote widespread adoption of climat…
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Top scientists from CGIAR to present latest research at International Wheat Congress in Canada
17.07.19Amid global efforts to intensify the nutritional value and scale of wheat production, scientists fro…
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Ghana’s ten percent agricultural expenditure saga: Why reported government expense shares are less than meets the eye
17.07.19-
Food security
In 2003, African countries signed the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAAD…
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What’s next for Sustainable Land Management in Ethiopia and globally?
17.07.19-
Environmental health
With Ethiopia and the world working towards more Sustainable Land Management (SLM), global experts m…
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DailyMaverick.co.za: As water systems fail across the country, rural communities look to self-supply
17.07.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
About half of municipal wastewater and water treatment works across South Africa are in a…
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Governing Myanmar’s inland fisheries: looking for the right balance
17.07.19With an extraordinary diversity of ecosystems and fish species, Myanmar ranks among the top-ten fish…
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What's the future of food subsidies in Egypt?
16.07.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
In Egypt’s current context of wide-ranging economic reforms, there is growing momentum to improve …
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Forman Lecture: Harold Alderman on the pathways between childhood nutrition and economic growth
16.07.19-
Nutrition
Investing in young children’s nutrition yields substantial economic benefits to society. But that …
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PIM Achievements in 2018: Highlights
15.07.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
Sound policies and well-functioning institutions and markets are essential to building sustainable a…
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AfricaRice teams up with national partners to sustainably intensify rice-based systems in Africa
15.07.19-
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
15 July 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), in close collaboratio…
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Drylands Development Programme: changed lives in the Sahel
15.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Many farming families in dryland Africa have been struggling to feed themselves and lead a…
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V4CP meeting: The power of hard evidence in impacting systems change
12.07.19On June 13-14, SNV and IFPRI held our annual Voice for Change Partnership (V4CP) meeting to refle…
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CIAT and Grupo Papalotla signed an agreement for the development of new tropical pasture hybrids
12.07.19As global population grows so will demand for animal protein (Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving, 2009…
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Sam Thevasagayam of the Gates Foundation receives the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons’ 2019 International Award
12.07.19-
Food security
Sam Thevasagayam, deputy director for global development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation …
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