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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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Book launch: John W. Mellor on agriculture and economic transformation
16.02.18-
Food security
February 16, 2018 IFPRI Blog Katarlah Taylor Book launch: John W. Mellor on agriculture and…
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We need to involve more women in the agricultural sciences (Devex)
15.02.18-
Gender equality
Devex published an op-ed citing IFPRI’s Nienke Beintema for her study on Female representati…
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Examining the Philippines energy future and low-carbon development strategies
14.02.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
The new paper presents an assessment of alternative, long-term energy supply and low-carbon strategi…
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Cash transfers increase trust in local government
14.02.18February 14, 2018 IFPRI Research Blog David Evans Katrina Kosec Cash transfers increase trust in…
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Scaling up biofortified crops: Which ones, where and when?
13.02.18-
Nutrition
In 2017 HarvestPlus developed a new, 5-year strategic plan for 2018-2022. The goal of this strate…
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Climate change to adversely impact grain production in China by 2030
13.02.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
February 13, 2018 IFPRI Blog Man Li Climate change to adversely impact grain production in…
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The bean that could withstand hurricanes
13.02.18-
Biodiversity
Daniel Debouck doesn’t believe in ghosts, but he thinks he saw one once … or…
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Policy seminar: To feed the world, youth in agriculture required
12.02.18-
Food security
February 12, 2018 IFPRI Blog Mary Kate Costello Katarlah Taylor Policy seminar: To feed the…
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Accelerating progress to meet 2030 goals to improve child and maternal nutrition
09.02.18-
Nutrition
February 9, 2018 IFPRI Blog Purnima Menon Stuart Gillespie Pratima Mathews Accelerating progress to …
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The first factor for a successful application is obviously that farmers can access and use it,” James Legg tells SciDev.Net
09.02.18James Legg, a Tanzania-based plant virologist at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture…
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TAAT launch signifies new day for African agriculture
09.02.18IITA hosted scientists, technologists, economists, development partners, and program specialists fro…
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Agriculture is key for economic transformation, food security, and nutrition
08.02.18-
Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
February 8, 2018 Guest post Justin Yifu Lin Agriculture is key for economic transformation, food…
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Scaling Up DNA Fingerprinting for Crop Variety Identification
05.02.18-
Big data
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Food security
DNA fingerprinting is the process through which genetic material is extracted from a sample taken…
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Dr. Uma Shankar Singh as Interim Director of IRRI South Asia Regional Centre, India
05.02.18IRRI is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Uma Shankar Singh as the Interim…
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“…An exceptional opportunity to promote up-and-coming African researchers”
02.02.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS) fellowship program ma…
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New African agricultural transformation scorecard highlights continent’s progress
01.02.18-
Food security
Feb 1, 2018 Press Statement New African agricultural transformation scorecard highlights continent…
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Climate Change to adversely impact grain production in China by 2030 (Reuters)
01.02.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Feb 1, 2018 In the News Climate Change to adversely impact grain production in…
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Politics in the time of cholera: Zambia’s U-turn on street vending (All Africa)
30.01.18-
Health
Jan 30, 2018 In the News Politics in the time of cholera: Zambia’s U-turn…
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