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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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Growing stronger with every season
10.02.23-
Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
The United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science (IDWGIS) is observed annually…
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Some things have to die for others to live: Why scaling down is just as important as scaling up in the transformation of global food systems
09.02.23Efforts to transform global food systems typically focus on introducing/scaling new innovations/prog…
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Supporting the careers of women in science
07.02.23-
Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Happy Makuru Daudi, Head of Groundnut Research Program at the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institu…
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Solar powered dryers boost peanut production in Togo
03.02.23-
Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Solar powered peanut dryers in Togo are helping women-run cooperatives reduce their workload and inc…
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Farmers harvested double yield by adopting Wengkhar Hybrid Maize 1 in Bhutan
30.01.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
This story is written by P.H. Zaidi of CIMMYT and Passang Wangmo and Tsheltrim Gyeltshen…
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Measuring the prevalence of the use of toxic chemicals for tick control in Uganda
26.01.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
By Richard Ariong, Jordan Chamberlin (CIMMYT), Sarah Wairimu Kariuki and Bjorn Van Campenhout (IFPRI…
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More than a drop in the bucket: addressing food security in Nepal through improved sustainable irrigation
26.01.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Agriculture is always impacted by war. However, Russia’s war in Ukraine, fought between two major…
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CIMMYT-China workshop aims to facilitate future collaborations to battle climate change
18.01.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The negative effects of climate change on food systems are felt across political boundaries, so…
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One CGIAR cross-initative collaboration on Farming Systems Analysis in support of user-centred research and innovation
10.01.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Farming Systems Analysis (FSA) is commonly used in CGIAR to assess ‘what works where, and…
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Scaling Scan website launched
10.01.23The Scaling Scan website has been launched offering the latest news, manuals, videos, trainings, a…
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For women in Ivory Coast, processing cassava no longer has to be a grind
02.01.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Attieke is the national dish of Ivory Coast. Served with fried fish or a vegetable…
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A reluctant farmer changes the fortune of his inherited land
22.12.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In the sultry spring-summer heat of Bihar, India, the landscape is yellow with wheat grains…
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Sustainability of rice production in the Northwestern Indo-Gangetic Plains
16.12.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Rice is a vital crop for India, contributing around 30 percent of calories consumed in…
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The importance of germplasm in protecting nature
15.12.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Prioritizing the protection of biodiversity is an essential part of mitigating and adapting to the…
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Inspiring future generations of scientists
12.12.22-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Youth
Evidence shows that for every US $1 invested in anticipatory action to safeguard lives and…
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CIMMYT crop scientist shares strategies for decolonization
07.12.22-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Social inclusion
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) crop scientist Sieglinde Snapp is working …
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CIMMYT leads innovation sprint to deliver results to farmers rapidly
05.12.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Smallholder farmers, the backbone of food systems around the world, are already facing negative impa…
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Food systems that work for people and the environment
02.12.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Alice Ruhweza, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Board Member and Africa Reg…
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