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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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The new generation of women scientists working for global food security
10.02.19Despite progress in recent years, there still remains a concerning gender gap in science, with…
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A world where livestock are part of the solution—Ethiopia state minister
08.02.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Ethiopian girl drinking milk produced by the family cow (photo credit: Africa Rising). The recent…
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State capacity and agricultural service provision: The case of rural Nepal
01.02.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In Nepal, bureaucrats’ local knowledge and motivation make a difference in serving rural farmers. …
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Climate-change response: More trees on farms in Southeast Asia
31.01.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
For immediate release Bogor, Indonesia, 31 January 2019 — As the world grows hotter and the imp…
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New journal article calls for responsible use of herbicides by rice farmers in Africa
29.01.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Health
A new publication, led by experts from the Natural Resources Institute (NRI, University of Greenwi…
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Cattle urine’s planet-warming power can be curtailed with land restoration
29.01.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cali, Colombia, 29 January 2019 —When cow urine falls on degraded land, it…
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New partnerships launched to bolster climate services in Rwanda
28.01.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Not having access to timely, location-specific climate information makes it very difficult for small…
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Water security for all
25.01.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) will partner in a new project led by Newcastle…
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Communities still not at the core of restoration, experts say
22.01.19-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
It’s a familiar refrain in environmental circles: to be effective and sustainable, landscape resto…
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Environmental risk in aquaculture: What do farmers think?
22.01.19-
Environmental health
Area-based approaches to address environmental risk are gaining popularity in aquaculture management…
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The transformative power of culinary innovation: Changing perspectives on traditional staples
16.01.19-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Roots, tubers and bananas are often seen as “traditional” foods. Yet their colors and flavors…
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Reducing high yield gaps with decision-support apps
15.01.19-
Big data
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Food security
Ethiopia is Africa’s third largest producer of maize, after Nigeria and South Africa. Although the…
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Byte by byte: How improved data management is enhancing innovation and impact
14.01.19-
Big data
WorldFish has been a leader in aquaculture and fisheries development for decades, producing valuable…
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From obese to starving, nutrition crisis prompts SOS call for new approach
11.01.19-
Nutrition
Calls are being made for a new approach in 2019 to how food is produced…
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We need more magic beans to help us offset the effects of climate change
09.01.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
You may think magic beans belong in fairy tales. But when scientist Daniel Debouck went…
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The global food problem isn't what you think (Washington Post)
03.01.19-
Nutrition
Washington Post published an op-ed by former Senior Research Fellow Gerald Nelson regarding the di…
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Farm reforms: Better yields from DBT than fertiliser subsidy (Financial Express)
31.12.18-
Food security
Financial Express published a piece written by IFPRI Research Fellow Anjani Kumar about the effe…
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House Democrats gear up to block planned move of USDA research agencies (Science Mag)
31.12.18-
Food security
Science Mag published an article about the congressional plan to block the planned move of two USD…
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