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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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Network makes headway in strengthening gender research at IITA
29.08.20The gender science network at IITA has made significant progress in its efforts to enhance…
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High altitudes linked to higher rates of stunting
27.08.20-
Health
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Nutrition
BY KALEAB BAYE, KALLE HIRVONEN AND EMILY WU Child stunting affects nearly 155 million globally, on…
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The Role of Data and Disruptive Technologies for Climate Security
25.08.20-
Big data
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Written by Alexandra Krendelsberger and Nam Nguyen. Image credit: CGIAR CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security…
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Embracing change: CGIAR issues response to MOPAN assessment
24.08.20In May of this year, the Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN) released i…
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Project to develop Aflasafe technology that controls deadly aflatoxin in Uganda launched
23.08.20Kampala, Uganda – The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the National Agr…
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The missing link between maize seeds and trust
18.08.20The world population is expected to rise to almost 10 billion by 2050. To feed…
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Book launch: COVID-19 and global food security - what have we learned so far?
17.08.20-
Food security
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Health
BY JOHN MCDERMOTT This post is based on remarks delivered during the Aug. 4 launch event for the…
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The seven deadly drivers of zoonotic disease pandemics
17.08.20-
Health
Three-quarters of emerging illnesses come from animals and a new report identifies climate change as…
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Digital defenses: Can high-tech insurance flood-proof vulnerable farmers?
14.08.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
When climate disasters strike, farmers are among the first to feel the consequences. This was…
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Media Release| Researchers call for the Convention on Biological Diversity to focus on agricultural landscapes to aid recovery from COVID-19
14.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Health
Nairobi, Kenya, 14 August 2020 — Researchers are urging the delegates of the 196 parties to…
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‘Data streaming from the spectrometer’: a new dawn for soil assessments
13.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
For over two decades, the Soils Theme of World Agroforestry (ICRAF) in collaboration with partners…
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A food system integration story: Fish with roots, tubers and bananas
13.08.20-
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
What do catfish and bananas have in common? No, this is not a riddle or…
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Delivering as One CGIAR: Inaugural CGIAR Executive Management Team
06.08.20CGIAR announced today the appointment of its inaugural CGIAR Executive Management Team (EMT), compri…
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MEDIA RELEASE| New typology of agroforestry for guiding land restoration
05.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Nairobi, Kenya, 5 August 2020 — Restoration of degraded forests and landscapes is becoming increa…
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A joint stocktaking of CGIAR work on forest and landscape restoration by FTA, PIM and WLE
05.08.20Despite the high level of political engagement and the wide range of organizations involved in…
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Farmers’ responses to warming early in growing seasons can affect yields
03.08.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
By Yanyan Liu and Emily Wu Most of the time, conversations about the impacts of…
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New project aims to improve food and nutrition security for 120,000 households in West and Central Africa
03.08.20Photo: Screenshot of the launch meeting via videoconference Photo: M Magassa, ICRISAT A recently lau…
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CGIAR Performance Report 2019 now available online
31.07.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
An online report detailing research-to-impact results in 2019 across the CGIAR System is now availab…
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