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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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CGIAR EMD Ismahane Elouafi discusses food security and climate solutions on Agro América
04.10.24Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR's Executive Managing Director, joins Gabriel Estrela on this week’s episod…
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Food security leader calls for women's voices in convenings
04.10.24From aspiring fighter pilot to a powerful food systems leader, Ismahane Elouafi impacts the globe…
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The Nation: Why we need to invest in sustainable food systems
24.06.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Imagine going to your local market and finding empty shelves or skyrocketing prices for basic…
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Unleashing Africa’s Agricultural Potential is Key to Food Security
30.11.22-
Food security
Africa is in a race against time on food security and the stakes could not…
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Claudia Sadoff on Transforming Food Systems - Devex COPcast
18.11.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As part of a series of COP27 podcasts, CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Claudia Sadoff, sat down…
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Multiple breadbasket failures: Nations must address looming food emergencies
28.03.22The Ukrainian flag famously represents the country’s golden wheat fields under a clear blue sky.…
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How the Ukraine war is driving up food and energy prices for the world (World Economic Forum)
25.03.22Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is having big, and potentially long-lasting impacts on the global sup…
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A food crisis was brewing even before the Ukraine war – but taking these three steps could help the most vulnerable
24.03.22Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to the disruption, by sanctions or war, of two…
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Broken bread — avert global wheat crisis caused by invasion of Ukraine
22.03.22Six boxes of wheat seed sit in our cold store. This is the first time…
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How war in global breadbasket threatens food security everywhere
21.03.22When Ukraine banned the export of wheat this month and started scattering land mines in…
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Food Is Just as Vital as Oil to National Security
07.03.22While Putin’s war in Ukraine is delivering shocks to the energy market and driving up…
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Ending Malnutrition by 2030 is Possible with an Olympian Effort
13.12.21-
Nutrition
While enough food is produced to feed everyone 1.5 times over, poor diets continue to hold…
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Why COP26 is the moment to double down on investment for agricultural research
01.11.21The links between global food systems, food security and climate change have never been more…
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COP26: Funding Innovation is Crucial for Strengthening Climate-Stressed Food Systems
25.10.21Today’s agrifood systems no longer simply feed people. They must also provide nutrition, promote l…
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Smallholder Farmers Provide the Key to Tackling the Climate Crisis
20.10.21With less than 10 years left to meet the targets set in the Paris Climate…
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Climate Change: How Innovative Plant Breeding Can Help Feed The World, Nurture The Planet
19.10.21Mere weeks from now, commitments made at a United Nations Food Systems Summit in New York will…
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Greenhouse technologies used to develop resilient maize and wheat varieties
30.08.21At CIMMYT’s experimental station in Toluca, Mexico, Ridder’s greenhouse technologies are used to…
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How scientists are preparing wheat for climate change
27.08.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As extreme weather conditions increasingly threaten the global wheat supply, CIMMYT head of wheat p…
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Improving sweetpotatoes for larger markets in Uganda
03.07.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Bernard Yada is a sweetpotato breeder with Uganda’s National Agricultural Research Organiz…
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Reflections on One Health and Food Systems approaches--Op-ed by Hung Nguyen
06.06.21-
Food security
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Health
Dr. Hung Nguyen is the co-leader of Animal and Human Health Program at ILRI and…
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Hurting or helping? Why we need gender and food systems research
26.05.21-
Gender equality
This op-ed was first published by Devex on May 26, 2021. Well-intended efforts are being…
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How biodiversity conservation can help manage future pandemics — for plants and for humans
21.05.21-
Biodiversity
About a year ago, as the Covid-19 pandemic fully seeped into our lives, The Counter…
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Feeding Tigers: Agriculture Offers Emerging Markets a Route to Post-Covid Resilience
20.05.21-
Food security
From wet markets to empty markets, the functionality of food systems has shaped the COVID-19…
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