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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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Computer simulations are helping CGIAR breeders develop better varieties faster
30.06.21-
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Food security
In the past, plant breeding has helped avert entire famines by changing a handful of…
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New platform harnesses data – and unleashes breeders’ time
22.06.21-
Big data
A bold new data management platform, the Enterprise Breeding System (EBS), is helping breeders har…
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African breeding programs leap forward by accessing new genotyping data
09.06.21-
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Food security
With newly accessible genotyping technologies, African crop breeding programs have partnered with Ei…
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World Food Prize Laureate Shakuntala Thilsted urges UN Assembly to act on aquatic foods
08.06.21-
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WorldFish’s Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted, who was recently …
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Equitible digital tools can boost small-scale fisher livelihoods
08.06.21-
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
While some specific applications of mobile technologies are well understood, their role in governanc…
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A view from above
25.05.21-
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Scientists at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) have been harnessing the…
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G+ Tools Provide a Clearer View to Crop Breeding
19.05.21-
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In this famous optical illusion, some people see a rabbit, while others see a duck.…
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Digital Technologies Keep Farmers Productive During COVID 19
14.05.21-
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The COVID 19 pandemic has made more clear than ever the need for and role…
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WorldFish Science Director Prof. Eddie Allison named among world’s top cited
29.04.21-
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Prof. Eddie Allison, WorldFish’s interim director of science and research, was named in the worl…
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New genotyping services launched across CGIAR and partners
14.04.21-
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CGIAR Excellence in Breeding has launched new low-cost, high throughput genotyping services, positio…
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Nepal launches digital soil map
07.04.21-
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A new digital soil map for Nepal provides access to location-specific information on soil properties…
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Revisiting the inverse size-productivity relationship
07.04.21-
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Quantifying agricultural productivity relies on measures of crop production and land area. Those mea…
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WorldFish opens Bangladesh’s first aquatic animal disease diagnostic lab
18.03.21-
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While aquaculture is a growing industry in Bangladesh, prevailing disease outbreaks in farmed fish a…
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Consider the seed
17.03.21-
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Food security
The conservation of plant genetic diversity through germplasm conservation is a key component…
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Creating a team of young scientists equipped with tech tools to fight pests and diseases
12.03.21-
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
A recent workshop on pest and disease modeling for crops was conducted for young scientists…
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Low-cost technology boosts women’s livelihoods amidst pandemic in Bangladesh
11.03.21-
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Through disruption to aquatic food value chains, the COVID-19 pandemic has jeopardized the livelihoo…
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WorldFish announces leadership team to guide 2030 strategy on aquatic food systems
03.03.21-
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WorldFish has announced a new, restructured leadership team to guide the implementation of its …
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On foresight and trade-off analysis for agriculture and food systems
22.02.21-
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Environmental health
Thinking about the future and weighing alternative options are, of course, nothing new. What is…
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