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Ismahane Elouafi on TIME100 list of the most influential people in the world
16.04.25CGIAR is delighted to announce that CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Ismahane Elouafi has been nam…
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Harvesting Collaboration for Food Security. CGIAR Science Week Closes.
14.04.2511th April, Nairobi, Kenya: After a remarkable week of science, innovation, and cementing of partner…
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MEDIA RELEASE | New CGIAR flagship report translates insights into impact for food systems in crisis
14.04.25Nairobi, Kenya, 14 April 2025 – With food systems under strain from climate change, conflict,…
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Science Week Opens: A Leap Forward in Science Collaboration for Food Security
08.04.257th April, Nairobi, Kenya: Science Week was launched today by Special Guest H.E. Musalia Mudavadi,…
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Science Week 2025 is Now
07.04.25The inaugural CGIAR Science Week gets underway in Nairobi, Kenya. From 7 to 12 April,…
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What are kids watching online? How digital food marketing shapes children’s and adolescents’ diets
03.04.25By Gabriela Fretes and Jef L. Leroy April 3, 2025 What do children and teens see when they…
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EAC launches policy briefs on aflatoxin prevention and control developed with IITA
23.08.18-
Food security
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Health
A set of policy briefs outlining key strategic policy recommendations and actions to prevent and…
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PIM workshop at ICAE 2018 explored challenges and opportunities for rural transformation in the 21st century
22.08.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On July 28, as part of the 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), the…
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Unlocking the potential for agricultural development in the Middle East and North Africa
22.08.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY ELENA HILDEBRANDT Agricultural production and economic development are often neglected in policy …
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IRRI, AFSTRI, Corteva Agriscience™ team up to build capacity and network of young plant scientists
22.08.18-
Food security
IRRI and Corteva Agriscience™ partners in building a strong global community of scientists which w…
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Assam farmers learn about technologies that increase yield and improve rice farming efficiency
22.08.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Agriculture in Assam accounts for over a third of income generated in the state, and…
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Using vignettes to explore gender issues related to food security and nutrition
21.08.18-
Food security
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Gender equality
GENNOVATE is a global comparative research initiative that uses qualitative methods to address how g…
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High-level Smart Food pitch at Crawford Fund Conference in Australia’s Parliament House
17.08.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
Australian Foreign Minister calls it an ‘exciting breakthrough’ Can we change global diets so th…
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National Planning Commission and IRRI-Nepal hold round table meeting to discuss five-year work plan on the country’s rice agri-food system
16.08.18-
Food security
For more than 50 years, IRRI has been working with Nepal in providing improved germplasm…
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G20 Agriculture Ministers commit to collaborate on healthy, sustainable food future
15.08.18-
Food security
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Health
BY VALERIA PIÑEIRO AND SARA GUSTAFSON The countries that make up the G20 account for around…
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IRRI celebrates National Nutrition Month in the Philippines
15.08.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
Nutrition awareness ramps up in the Philippines during the annual celebration of National Nutrition …
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Trade conflict is a lose-lose game
14.08.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY SHENGGEN FAN After many years of rapid growth, serious trade tensions have emerged between…
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How soil scientists can do a better job of making their research useful
14.08.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
Soil is a vital part of the natural environment. It supports the growth of plants,…
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Pathways from Agricultural Research to Poverty Reduction: A Bigger Set of ‘Food Systems’ Thinking is Required
14.08.18-
Food security
In this interview, Tom Tomich, ex-ISPC member and Professor and Director, Agricultural Sustainabilit…
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Nepal to adopt intensive rice farming technologies to achieve food security
13.08.18-
Food security
As part of his South Asia travel, IRRI’s Director General Matthew Morell had the opportunity…
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An app to help African rice farmers beat weeds
13.08.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
AfricaRice recently launched a powerful decision-support tool, called RiceAdvice-WeedManager, to hel…
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Aspen New Voices Fellows Andrew Mude and Jemimah Njuki tell of the moments their ag careers ‘took off’
10.08.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
For your viewing and listening pleasure, here are two short video ‘stories’ by two great…
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When saying 'see, it works!' isn’t enough: Sharing results from an evaluation of video-mediated extension in Ethiopia
08.08.18-
Food security
BY DAVID J. SPIELMAN, SIMRIN MAKHIJA, GASHAW T. ABATE AND TANGUY BERNARD For many researchers at …
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What do equity and equality have to do with it? Insights for food and nutrition from development studies research
07.08.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
Equity and equality are important themes in food and nutrition, but the existing literature has…
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