13 Million People in Farming Families Consuming Zinc-Enriched Wheat in Pakistan
18 December 2023, Pakistan: The rapid scaling of zinc-enriched wheat is touching new heights in Pakistan. Wheat is the main staple crop,
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Nurturing Agricultural Resilience: Crop Modelling and Climate Strategies Unveiled at Senegal Workshop
Empowering Sub-Saharan Africa’s Agricultural Visionaries in the Face of Climate Change 18 December 2023, Africa: While the world’s attention is fixed on
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Promoting sustainable and resilient crop-livestock systems in Niger
18 December 2023, Niger: Can the promotion of forage legume crops play a pivotal role in establishing sustainable crop-livestock systems and significantly
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Ambition, investment needed to deliver food and climate breakthroughs after historic COP28
COP28 climate talks put food and agriculture on the menu, but world’s largest publicly funded agricultural research organization says now
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CGIAR appoints Guillaume Grosso as Deputy Executive Managing Director
15 December 2023, France: CGIAR, the world’s largest publicly-funded agrifood system research network, has appointed Guillaume Grosso as CGIAR Deputy Executive Managing
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First in the World: Google Weed View? Professor Trains Computer to Spot Invasive Weed
Algorithm for AI Enables Low-Cost Tracking of Invasive Plant 14 December 2023, US: To manage johnsongrass, a noxious weed that crowds out
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New Zealand’s horticulture sector set to outpace forestry in export revenue
14 December 2023, NZ: The Ministry for Primary Industries’ Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries shows a strong future for New Zealand
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A New Bean Product Development and Scaling in East Africa
14 December 2023, Africa: In the heart of Kigali, Rwanda, Govindaraj, a Senior Scientist in Crop Development at HarvestPlus, and Telesphore Ndabamenye,
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CGIAR Joins Global Commitments at COP28’s Food, Agriculture and Water Day
13 December 2023, UAE: COP28’s Food, Agriculture and Water Day, 10 December, witnessed increased support for food systems transformation and cemented CGIAR’s
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Growing optimism for this season’s summerfruit
13 December 2023, NZ: Central Otago apricot growers are hopeful for a bumper crop this year, after a few challenging seasons. Simon
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