🎉 Celebrating the first cycle harvest at Nansoni Primary School in Ghana! 🐟 As part of the CGIAR Aquatic Food Systems Initiative, sustainable aquaculture in small dams is empowering the North-East Region. Thanks to our partners and the community! CSIR-Water Research Institute Marie-Charlotte Buisson

CGIAR Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute - EBI Bundesentwicklungsministerium Dept. of Agriculture ICARDA Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Embrapa INIFAP Bezos Earth Fund Gates Foundation Namukolo Covic KALRO Michael Victor Shahida.Hussien 🌾 The ILRI Forage Genebank collection is an important resource of ‘crop wild relatives’, needed to expand the genetic diversity of major crops, and build resilience to emerging environmental and climate change effects 🌍 #ILRIGenebank40

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IFPRI’s Spatial Allocation Model (SPAM) has provided a key tool for assessing croplands since its introduction in 2000.

To develop SPAM2020, IFPRI partnered with the Land & Carbon Lab at World Resources Inst to update the model and global map: ow.ly/7Io450RASiN
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This upcoming conference will discuss work that aims to inform policy & investments to rebuild conflict-affected communities in #Ethiopia .

Register now!

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CGIAR #NPSInitiative #FCMInitiative

#NowReading Aspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of light-touch aspirations interventions in rural Ethiopia.

📝By Jessica Leight, Dan Gilligan, Michael Mulford, Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, and Heleene Tambet.

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CGIAR IFPRI_Africa #Ethiopia

📣 CGIAR Initiative on Asian Mega-Deltas has embarked on an insightful experiment to unlock the potential of rice field ponds for rural communities in Cambodia🇰🇭.

💡Learn more about this experiment here: tinyurl.com/WFPub2405m

#AquaticFoods

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🌾In a new Nature Food commentary, Ismahane Elouafi, Johan Swinnen & Rob Vos - IFPRI examine the dire food crisis in Gaza, emphasizing the importance of research to aid humanitarian efforts and future resilience.

Read the article: on.cgiar.org/3K4TggE

#FoodSecurity #Famine

🌾ICRISAT is transforming crop testing with AI-driven models and portable devices, enabling rapid nutrition evaluation of grains directly at farms and research fields.

Learn more: on.cgiar.org/3UWYrpq

#Innovation #Nutrition

Plants sustain us and other species by providing us with food and oxygen. This #InternationalPlantHealthDay , let's remember to protect them for our future.

Read about the work we do at CGIAR to protect plant health: on.cgiar.org/3QLfnfS #RootForTheBest #PlantHealthDay

📌Ismahane Elouafi, Johan Swinnen & Rob Vos - IFPRI analyze Gaza's acute food crisis in a new Nature Food commentary, revealing the stark escalation and urgent need for effective humanitarian responses.

Read the article: on.cgiar.org/3K4TggE

#FoodSecurity #Famine

🌡Community responders in Isiolo County, Kenya, are on alert for Rift Valley fever, equipped with training from ILRI.org to protect public health and safety.

Read more: on.cgiar.org/44wDjcC

#Empowerment #Health

📰CGIAR #IntheNews

ICARDA is helping Moroccan farmers combat drought with resilient crop varieties, achieving strong yields even in tough conditions.

More: on.cgiar.org/4bgc3Sn

#FoodSecurity Forbes India

🌾At the 9th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology, and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals, Patrick Caron, CGIAR System Board Member, emphasized the need to integrate technology with policy & research to tackle global challenges.

🎥 on.cgiar.org/3UDO48x

🌾KALRO and @IRRI hosted a Farmers’ Field Day in Siaya County, Kenya. The event showcased improved rice varieties and trained farmers on climate-smart agronomy to boost productivity and income.

Read more: on.cgiar.org/3JYTMgh

#ClimateResilience #Agronomy

CGIAR Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute - EBI Bundesentwicklungsministerium Dept. of Agriculture ICARDA Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Embrapa INIFAP Bezos Earth Fund Gates Foundation Namukolo Covic KALRO 🌿 Diverse forage species have reached over 100 countries in 40 years of the ILRI Forage Genebank.

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#ILRIGenebank40

#obituary #restinpeace
ISARC mourns the untimely departure of its esteemed former and founding Director Dr. Uma Shankar Singh, on May 9, 2024.
With his untimely demise, the rice research community lost an extremely promising scientist.

🧬IITA held a workshop in Tanzania to demonstrate the use of molecular markers in banana breeding for genetic purity, seed quality, and crop resilience.

Read more: on.cgiar.org/3UZ1aPb

#Empowerment #AgriFood

📰CGIAR #IntheNews

Louis Verchot from Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and Dr. Aditi Mukherji, Director of CGIAR | Climate Impact Platform, emphasized the importance of global unity in a The Guardian survey on climate change.

🔽 on.cgiar.org/4bdP8Hd

Join us for our third Facebook Live session celebrating #InternationalPotatoDay !

Sunil Chaudhari will be discussing the 'Potato 🥔 in Mulch' approach, revolutionizing farming practices.

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CGIAR Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute - EBI Bundesentwicklungsministerium Dept. of Agriculture ICARDA Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Embrapa INIFAP Bezos Earth Fund Gates Foundation 🥬 The ILRI forage genebank exists to conserve, characterize and maximize the use of forage plants.

It is one of the most diverse collections, with the world’s major collection of African grasses and tropical highland forages. #ILRIGenebank40

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