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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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ICRISAT’s plant health researchers mine genes to defend chickpea against a deadly pathogen
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)03.09.21-
Health
In their battle against dry root rot (DRR) of chickpea, a devastating fungal disease emerging…
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ICAE event: Does focusing on women farmers with climate resilience strategies pay off?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)03.09.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
BY CLAUDIA RINGLER Women farmers around the world are a key constituency in agriculture and…
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Not all about diversity: what drives the invisible root-microbiome?
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)03.09.21-
Environmental health
Researchers delve into the complex relationship between agriculture and soil mycorrhizal fungi, whic…
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Experts call for G20 health ministers to invest in animal health for stronger global health systems
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)02.09.21-
Health
Action for Animal Health is a coalition of multilateral organizations, non-governmental organization…
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ILRI scientists and research partners contribute to growing body of knowledge on COVID-19
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)02.09.21-
Health
As countries around the world continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists at the…
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Nitrogen-efficient wheats can provide more food with fewer greenhouse gas emissions, new study shows
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)01.09.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
An international collaboration has discovered and transferred to elite wheat varieties a wild-grass …
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COVID-19 disruptions to health and nutrition services in Uttar Pradesh, India
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)01.09.21-
Health
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Nutrition
BY PHUONG HONG NGUYEN, SHIVANI KACHWAHA, RASMI AVULA, PURNIMA MENON AND MICHAEL WANG Fears of…
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IRRI and Learn.Ink launch interactive digital course on site-specific nutrient management
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)01.09.21-
Food security
31 August 2021, Los Banos - IRRI’s Rice Crop Manager (RCM) team launched a free…
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All hat and no cattle? Accountability following the UN Food Systems Summit
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)31.08.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY NAMUKOLO COVIC, ACHIM DOBERMANN,JESSICA FANZO, SPENCER HENSON, MARIO HERRERO,PRABHU PINGALI AND S…
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Smart farming platform ‘GeoGoviya’ launched in Sri Lanka
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)31.08.21-
Food security
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) together with the Department of Agrarian Develo…
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In the Spotlight: Sajeda Yasmin
WorldFish31.08.21WorldFish researcher Sajeda Yasmin discusses her efforts to make aquaculture more gender-inclusive i…
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Extraordinary COVID-19 social support programs in South Africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)30.08.21BY SHERWIN GABRIEL, DIRK VAN SEVENTER, CHANNING ARNDT, ROBERT J. DAVIES, LAURENCE HARRIS, SHERM…
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Greenhouse technologies used to develop resilient maize and wheat varieties
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)30.08.21At CIMMYT’s experimental station in Toluca, Mexico, Ridder’s greenhouse technologies are used to…
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A monk’s souvenir that became pigeonpea’s crown jewel
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)30.08.21ICP 7035, a landrace of pigeonpea from India is a rare line with resistance to…
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Understanding consumption preferences for sorghum and millets globally
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)30.08.21In support of the objectives of the International Year of Millets (2023), a global study,…
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Report: Critical topics in Vietnam and Ethiopia’s food systems-related policies: An exploratory policy review
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)29.08.21-
Health
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Nutrition
The Platforms for Healthier Diets project examines the role of platforms in strengthening and/or sup…
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Report: Critical topics in Bangladesh’s and Nigeria’s food system-related policies: An exploratory policy review
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)28.08.21-
Health
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Nutrition
In this report, researchers from the A4NH's Platforms for Healthier Diets project aim to identify…
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Paper: Food consumption-production response to agricultural policy and macroeconomic change in Nigeria
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)28.08.21-
Food security
In times of expected economic shocks, farming households may turn to planting staple crops for…
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