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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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Developmental promises made to women are not delivering. Here’s how we can do better.
07.03.19-
Gender equality
This was originally published by the CGIAR Collaborative Network on Gender Research. For decades we…
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International Women’s Day 2019: Women in seed systems in Africa
06.03.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The maize seed sector in eastern and southern Africa is male-dominated. Most seed companies operatin…
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What three Ethiopian women can show us about the promises – and pitfalls – of adopting technology
06.03.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
Small-scale irrigation technologies are transforming the backyards of smallholder farmers. For this …
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How can you integrate gender and nutrition in your research?
05.03.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
The Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA), a CGIAR Res…
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On International Women’s Day, let’s think about gender equality
05.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
We interviewed our gender leaders Marlène Elias (M.E.) of Bioversity and Jennifer Twyman (J.T.) of…
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How soil scientists can do a better job of making their research useful
05.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
Soil is a vital part of the natural environment. It supports the growth of plants,…
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Beyond trees: Land restoration to enhance gender equality in Burkina Faso
05.03.19-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
Not all farmers are able to adopt or benefit from landscape restoration practices equally. A…
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Growing mounds of waste offer African women unexpected business opportunities in the bioenergy sector
04.03.19-
Gender equality
This op-ed first appeared on the Green Growth Knowledge Platform. New technologies and smart busines…
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New publications: Gender and agricultural innovation in Oromia region, Ethiopia
27.02.19-
Gender equality
Despite formal decentralization, agricultural services in Ethiopia are generally “top-down,” cla…
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The missing seed market: Promoting improved seeds for women farmers
27.02.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
In Ethiopia, a World Bank study found that female farm managers produce 23 percent less yield per…
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Celebrating women in science
08.02.19-
Gender equality
Join us in celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! On this…
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Misuse of the term ‘empowerment’ in daily conversations
28.01.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In a world where ‘gender integration’ or ‘gender mainstreaming’ is prioritised and practic…
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Gaining a voice: First Women Fishers’ Forum held in Timor-Leste
23.01.19-
Gender equality
In the remote fishing village of Adara, on Atauro Island in Timor-Leste, men have typically…
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Barking up the same trees: Water and forests 'cannot be separated' in East Africa's Rift Valley
18.01.19-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
Africa - The forested mountains of East Africa deserve their ‘water towers’ moniker. Their sprin…
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Making small-scale irrigation work for women
15.01.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
As climate change makes rainfed agriculture an increasingly precarious venture, small-scale irrigati…
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PIM Newsletter: October – December 2018
14.01.19-
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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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Collection of news from the Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) program for the last quarter…
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Weather, climate and gender: Promoting gender equality in rural climate services
27.12.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
Climate change brings with it erratic and shifting weather patterns. The first five months of…
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Challenging gender norms around trees and land restoration in West Africa: can research be transformative?
21.12.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
Trees are important sources of income for many women in the drylands of West Africa,…
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