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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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Modernizing NARS crop breeding programs for improved genetic gains in 14 countries
01.11.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A course designed to modernize National Agricultural Research System (NARS) breeding programs for im…
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Healthy diets at risk by expansion of industrial agriculture
31.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
In the face of a global ecosystem collapse, the very foundations of our economies, livelihoods,…
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Chilling out for conservation
25.10.19-
Biodiversity
CGIAR genebanks are using cryopreservation for the long-term conservation of crops which can’t be …
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WorldFish nets big wins in big data competition
25.10.19Two innovative WorldFish-led projects are to receive a total of USD$225,000 from the CGIAR…
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FAO SOFA report 2019: New insights into food loss and waste
22.10.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Fourteen percent of the food produced globally is lost during the post-harvest production stage befo…
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MEDIA RELEASE | Reforestation may not be sufficient for fighting climate change
22.10.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
MEDIA RELEASE: Immediate Reforestation may not be sufficient for fighting climate change Could the E…
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Official Launch of CGIAR’s “Crops to End Hunger” Initiative at Borlaug Dialogue
17.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
CGIAR announced its new global initiative, Crops to End Hunger, this week at the World…
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AfricaRice commits to global effort towards healthy diets on World Food Day 2019
16.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The theme for this year’s World Food Day is “Our actions are our future –…
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Our food systems are in crisis, and it's not just from climate change
16.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
While global leaders gathered in New York City last month to discuss the climate crisis,…
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The cereals imperative of future food systems
15.10.19-
Environmental health
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Health
Pioneering research on our three most important cereal grains — maize, rice, and wheat —…
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International Day of Rural Women 2019
15.10.19-
Gender equality
CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research is pleased to mark the International Day of Rural…
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International Day of Disaster Reduction
13.10.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
We have to accept that in many cases we cannot stop floods or droughts, but…
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A fresh look at the genes behind grain weight in spring bread wheat
09.10.19To meet the demand for wheat from a rising and quickly urbanizing population, wheat yields…
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Biofortified crops address the world’s ‘hidden hunger’
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Biodiversity
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Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
Feeding the world is about more than just satisfying stomachs. Food scientists and nutritionists hav…
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Understanding what impacts last, after the project ends
08.10.19-
Nutrition
Development projects set out to better understand and find ways to improve outcomes for people…
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Empowering Africa’s women farmers
07.10.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
More than 60% of all employed women in Africa south of the Sahara work in…
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Addressing food safety questions along the value chain
07.10.19-
Health
From consumers working back through production, a research new paper, Food safety in low and…
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Make food a priority in land reforms
04.10.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
While land titles and other reforms in forest-dwelling communities in Indonesia, Uganda and Peru hav…
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