Return of the watermelon
23 November 2022, NZ: Loved by consumers, but tricky to grow, LeaderBrand is busy investing in a domestic watermelon crop to produce a
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Analyzing 25 years of maize supply and demand in the Global South
23 November 2022, Africa: Over the next 10 years, maize is due to become the most widely grown and traded crop globally and is already
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Govaerts delivers keynote speech to Cereals and Grains 22
22 November 2022, Africa: One of the biggest challenges facing the world today is how to balance a healthy diet for humans with
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Nutrien ag solutions announces support to flood-affected communities
21 November 2022, AU: Nutrien Ag Solutions today announced it would donate $150,000 to the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) to
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Misinformation on GMOs in Kenya
21 November 2022, Kenya: They say a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth puts on its shoes. Barely had
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Research shows impact of root and crown rot in wheat
19 November 2022, Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country in the world and the fourteenth largest producer of wheat; in 2021 alone,
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Agriculture for Peace platform launches at Borlaug Dialogue
19 November 2022, UN: Events of the past year have underscored the correlation of food supply chains, and weaknesses that need to be
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Claudia Sadoff on Transforming Food Systems – Devex COPcast
19 November 2022, UN: As part of a series of COP27 podcasts, CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Claudia Sadoff, sat down with Devex’s Associate Editor,
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Opening the door to commercial fodder production
18 November 2022, Zambia: The paired challenges of population growth and climate change have put smallholder farmers in Zambia in a squeeze. In the
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Opinion: If COP 27 Ignores Farmers, Global Food Security will Suffer
17 November 2022, UN: We are already living in a world that is 1.2 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial times, with the science unequivocal that
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