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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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Science can reverse “new normal” of climate change-related disasters
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)09.03.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
In the last decade, the climate of Africa has been changing in dramatic ways. Many…
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How women’s empowerment shapes children’s schooling, nutrition
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)09.03.18-
Health
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Nutrition
Improvements in the status of women has often been shown to have positive impacts on…
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Protecting the world’s most important crops
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)09.03.18-
Food security
Experts from different regions and disciplines are proposing a global approach that will respond to…
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Congress must address glitch in new tax bill
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)08.03.18The Hill published an op-ed by Joseph Glauber, in which he voiced concern that a new bill signed…
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IITA, icipe, CABI: Developing a strategy to combat invasive species in Africa
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)08.03.18-
Biodiversity
IITA, together with the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) and the Centre…
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Women in agriculture: The extra value we bring
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)08.03.18-
Gender equality
The women of IITA join millions around the world in celebrating the International Women’s Day…
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Scientist’s fuel-efficient stove-for-work program in Ethiopia protects trees
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)08.03.18-
Environmental health
Ethiopia has experienced significant deforestation over the past century – driven by rapid populat…
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International Women’s Day
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)08.03.18-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Florianne Clement, a social scientist at IWMI, explains how development projects can detect and infl…
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International Women's Day: Self-help groups aid communication, empowerment in India
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)08.03.18-
Gender equality
March 7, 2018 IFPRI Blog Neha Kumar Kalyani Raghunathan Agnes Quisumbing International Women's Day: …
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CIMMYT promotes gender awareness in agriculture research and development in Ethiopia
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)07.03.18-
Gender equality
Gender awareness and gender-sensitive approaches are slowly spreading into agricultural research, ex…
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Agriculture's technology revolution needs to be democratic if smallholder farmers are to benefit
CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture07.03.18-
Big data
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Food security
"I have no doubt that technology is the future of agriculture, and it can disrupt…
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Irrigation boosts food security for Africa’s smallholder households
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)07.03.18-
Food security
The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) project is using irrigation to…
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International Women's Day: In the fight against malnutrition, empower women's groups first
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)06.03.18-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
March 6, 2018 IFPRI Blog Neha Kumar Agnes Quisumbing International Women's Day: In the fight…
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Policy seminar: Research shows next steps in reforming agriculture to boost nutrition
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)06.03.18-
Nutrition
March 6, 2018 IFPRI Blog Shelleka Darby Policy seminar: Research shows next steps in reforming…
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Webinar: Cash transfer programs and Intimate Partner Violence – Lessons from 3 case studies around the globe
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)05.03.18-
Gender equality
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Health
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the most pervasive form of violence globally—with 1 in 3…
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BMZ’s Stefan Schmitz on sustainable solutions for the livestock sector
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)05.03.18-
Food security
Responsible production of livestock and consumption of livestock-derived foods was at the forefront …
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Climate-smart agriculture is the future for smallholder farmers in Africa | ReliefWeb
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)05.03.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
This story is a CCAFS blog piece about success stories from East Africa that prove…
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The CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture: Leveraging New Tools for Gender Equality
CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture03.03.18-
Big data
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Gender equality
Innovative tools for large-scale data collection and analytics known as Big Data are providing resea…
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