Do ultra-poor graduation programs build resilience against droughts? evidence from rural ethiopia
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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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Embracing change: How family farmers can face the future
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)09.09.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
This year opens the Decade of Family Farming (#FamilyFarmingDecade), which aims to improve the lif…
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Multiple bridges connecting the water-nutrition divide: What’s new?
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)06.09.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
This was the question discussed by experts at a session during this year’s World Water…
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Food policies for healthier diets
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)05.09.19-
Health
Programs for improving diets often focus on demand, providing incentives to groups of consumers. How…
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CGIAR at AGRF 2019
CGIAR03.09.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), considered to be the world’s most important forum for…
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Partnering for success: Sector unites to grow aquaculture in Timor-Leste
WorldFish29.08.19At Timor-Leste’s 2nd National Aquaculture Forum in Dili, recently, stakeholders discussed ways to …
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African leaders rely on science and technology to improve food security
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)28.08.19Rural areas in Africa are facing unprecedented challenges. From high levels of rural-urban migration…
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World Water Week 2019
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)26.08.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Happy World Water Week! Join us this week as we discuss innovative water solutions for…
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Using the MARPLE kit to diagnose wheat rust in Ethiopia
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)12.08.19-
Food security
MARPLE (Mobile and Real-time PLant disEase) Diagnostics is a revolutionary mobile lab developed by a…
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New drought monitoring system will reduce climate risks for South Asian farmers
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)12.08.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
To mitigate the food security and economic risks of South Asia’s frequent and intense droughts,…
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Artificial intelligence helps banana growers protect the world’s most favorite fruit
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)12.08.19-
Biodiversity
Using artificial intelligence, scientists created an easy-to-use tool to detect banana diseases and …
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Alternatives to burning can increase Indian farmers’ profits and cut pollution, new study shows
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)09.08.19-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Published in Science, the article provides evidence for national policies that block stubble burning…
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Guiding farmers to safer use of pesticides in Rwanda and Burundi
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)08.08.19-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
It’s hard to overstate the importance of root, tuber, and banana (RTB crops) for smallholder…
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‘One Nation One Ration Card’ can transform lives in India
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)06.08.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
On June 27, India Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan announced plans to move towards a system of…
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CIMMYT and CGIAR staff join Ethiopia’s record-breaking tree-planting campaign
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)01.08.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
July 29, 2019, was a remarkable day for Ethiopia. People across the country planted 353,633,660 tre…
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As monsoon death toll climbs across South Asia, new maps show damage to crops could be severe
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)30.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Published on Agrilinks: Over 200 people are dead and millions affected due to the recent…
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How do you protect what’s ‘everywhere but nowhere?’
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)30.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Ethiopia - This week Ethiopia began its ambitious 4 billion tree planting program. Ethiopia’s Prim…
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Investing in soil health key to closing the yield gaps
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)30.07.19-
Environmental health
Originally published on Spore Magazine. Even without climate change, there is an enormous challeng…
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Could these crops save Peruvian forests?
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)29.07.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
As noted in a previous blog, a study conducted by CIAT confirms that cacao production…
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