Maria Itria Ibba presents award for research into improving nutrition in staple foods
01 March 2024, US: Maria Itria Ibba, a scientist at CIMMYT, was among the presenters of the newly established Marie Clark Taylor CGF (Coalition
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Empowering Women Farmers through STIBs: Insights from Multi-stakeholder Dialogues in Makaltala and Balarampur Learning Labs, West Bengal, India
28 February 2024, Balarampur: Climate change is exacerbating the uncertainty and risks for farmers and other food systems actors in unprecedented ways.
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Gender and climate experts explore and share insights from case studies that utilize socio-technical innovation bundles (STIBs) in India
28 February 2024, New Delhi: CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform and CGIAR Gender Equality initiative, HER+ began the year with a webinar focused
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Empowering marginalized farming communities in the face of climate change
The Odisha Integrated Irrigation Project 28 February 2024, Odisha: The OIIPCRA project is generously supported by The World Bank and implemented by
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CGIAR Executive Managing Director visits IRRI Headquarters in the Philippines
28 February 2024, Philippines: Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, the newly appointed Executive Managing Director of CGIAR, visited the headquarters of the International Rice
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Powering up spring barley crops to maximise yield potential
28 February 2024, UK: Minimising stress in spring barley crops will be more important than usual this season to maximise yield and
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Activists ask UNEA to order the global industry to abide by resolutions on safe environment
27 February 2024, Africa: African environment activists have called on the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6), underway in Nairobi, Kenya,
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Zinc-Enriched Wheat Akbar 2019 Emerged as a Mega Variety in Pakistan
27 February 2024, Pakistan: The rise of the biofortified zinc-enriched wheat variety Akbar 2019 marks a significant milestone in Punjab’s agricultural landscape,
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US gardeners rush to snap up purple tomatoes pioneered in Norfolk
A genetically modified purple tomato first produced by Norfolk scientists nearly two decades ago has been enthusiastically adopted by home
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Trimble Introduces Roadworks Paving Control Platform for Mills and Cold Planers
22 February 2024, Colorado: Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the availability of the Trimble® Roadworks Paving Control Platform for Mills and Cold
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