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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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Boosting confidence in farm innovations – Simulating impact with systems modelling tools
09.11.18-
Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Can farm earnings be estimated before doing anything on the ground? A new tool promises…
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New ways to engage farmers through social entrepreneurs
09.11.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A new initiative has begun to better support value chains where farmers’ welfare is one…
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Digital disruption in agriculture
07.11.18-
Big data
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Agriculture in India contributes to about 17% of GDP but employs nearly 55% of the…
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Evaluation finds successes for Egypt’s first conditional cash transfer program
02.11.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In 2015, the Egyptian government implemented a series of major economic reforms, including ambitious…
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Moving away from silos, working towards ‘synthesis’ of learnings
02.11.18-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A special ‘Synthesis’ issue that collates research outputs from participating CGIAR centers was …
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Policy seminar: Exploring agriculture’s key role in reducing poverty
01.11.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Agricultural development is among the most effective tools for reducing poverty and is central to…
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NEW STUDY: Dispelling Cash Transfer Myths in Africa
30.10.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Washington, D.C.: Unconditional cash transfers paid to vulnerable populations as regular, predictabl…
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Design features of successful social protection programs
29.10.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Rooted in the notion that most poor Africans reside in rural areas and earn their…
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Water rights for millions of African farmers threatened by law rooted in colonial times, study finds
29.10.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Researchers at Africa Water Week call for efforts to “decolonize” and improve water permit syste…
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WEBINAR: Do medium and large-scale farms generate income spillovers for rural households? The case of Tanzania
26.10.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Land acquisitions by foreign and local investors has generated much speculation about the impacts on…
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Social protection for the extreme poor: What works?
26.10.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Although the share of population living on less than $1.90 per day worldwide dropped from…
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The Emperor's new NAFTA
26.10.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On Sep. 30, the United States and Canada—following a bilateral agreement between the U.S. and…
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AfricaRice Council of Ministers sends strong signal of commitment to drive Africa’s rice agenda
26.10.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The 31st Ordinary Session of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Council of Ministers held recently…
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Report: Rising Demand for Social Protection Across Africa Requires Careful Fiscal Balancing, Research
24.10.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Addis Ababa, October 24, 2018: After a prolonged period of economic stagnation and decline, African…
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The role of cash transfers in building household resilience
24.10.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Almost three quarters of economically active rural populations in Africa south of the Sahara are…
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An agri-food revolution for tropical root and tuber crops
22.10.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
“When, where and how will tropical root and tuber crops lead to the next agri-food…
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The future of social protection in Africa
19.10.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Within more empowered segments of the poor population in African societies, demand for social protec…
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Applying the science of scaling
17.10.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A new RTB initiative is applying the science of scaling to accelerate promising agricultural technol…
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