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Sowing the seeds of change: Introducing maize-forage legume intercropping in Hawassa Zuria district, Ethiopia
08.11.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Written by Rahel Abiy, ILRI In the fertile heart of Ethiopia's southern region, a quiet…
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Making the first soil map of Kapiti Research Station and Wildlife Conservancy
08.11.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
How do you investigate the makeup of soil which is millions of years old? Dig…
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Why gender and youth matter in livestock production
07.11.24-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Strengthening livestock production in the tropics and subtropics involves much more than just techni…
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Press release: New Cambridge Sustainability Commission on Water for Food Futures
07.11.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
7 November, 2024 - Cambridge, UK & Montpellier, France Cambridge University Press has launched a…
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Measuring livestock's methane emissions with minimal disturbance and maximum ease
05.11.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Methane (CH4) is a super pollutant gas that is roughly 80 times more potent than…
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Farmers in Hawassa Zuria District, Ethiopia, adopt maize-forage intercropping to improve yields
04.11.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Written by Rahel Abiy, ILRI Maize, grown by more than 9 million smallholder farmers, has…
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Agriculture must evolve from a source of biodiversity loss to a driver of environmental restoration and conservation
29.10.24-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As much as agriculture is blamed for being one of the primary drivers of biodiversity…
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Colombia ratifies International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
29.10.24-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On 23 October 2024, Colombia officially ratified the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources…
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From commitments to actions: Making Agroecosystem Living Labs work for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
29.10.24-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
At the CBD COP16, a significant side event on 22 October 2024 co-organized by Agriculture…
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Preventing mpox at its source through food safety and One Health strategies
28.10.24-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
Thinking beyond human-to-human transmission of mpox and looking at how to prevent outbreaks in the…
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Informing Food System Transformation with Foresight: Views from Our Country Partners
25.10.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In April 2024, the CGIAR Initiative on Foresight and the Institute for Integrated Development Studie…
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Bundled technologies of beans, insects and fruit trees are poised to transform Africa’s agriculture
25.10.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
Funded by a CAD $20 million grant from Global Affairs Canada, BRAINS focuses on integrating…
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Fully digital ranch at ILRI in Kenya to transform livestock research
24.10.24-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
At first glance, the ranch operated by the International Livestock Research Institute at the Kapiti…
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SAPLING initiative empowers youth agripreneurs in livestock through digital innovation in Tanzania
24.10.24Authors: Gloriana Ndibalema and Godfrey Ngoteya Digital solutions are not just a trend, they are…
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Multi-Donor Fund Unlocks Financing for Africa's Small and Medium-Sized Agricultural Enterprises
24.10.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
Norway and USAID also announced that Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) – a pioneering impa…
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Nourishing disruptive seeds for a better future
21.10.24-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
by Martin Njoroge Kimani, CGIAR Research Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR) ‘The right to …
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Comparing methods to measure methane emissions from sheep
14.10.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
Ruminant livestock produce enteric methane in their multi-chambered stomachs when they digest plant …
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From Risk to Resilience: How Strategic Government Partnerships Can Enhance Access to Insurance-Linked Credit for Smallholders in Zambia
11.10.24-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
by Martina Mascarenhas, Anne G. Timu, Liangzhi You Smallholder farmers across the globe produce over…
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