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🌾 🔬 Behind every resilient harvest is decades of science, partnership and local knowledge.
🌍 CGIAR works to turn scientific breakthroughs into practical solutions that farmers can use today and adapt for tomorrow.
📺 on.cgiar.org/45HaDPT
#WithScienceWeCan #FoodSystems
🌱 As the @UN Biodiversity Conference closes, Ismahane Elouafi and Stefan Schmitz from @CropTrust make the case for sustained investment in genebanks. Their joint article explores why safeguarding crop diversity is essential to future food security 👉 on.cgiar.org/47I0D9R
🌾Africa's rice import bill tops US$6 billion a year. But @irri is confident that more of that value can stay on the continent if we move proven solutions from pilots to scale 🌍
Read more 👉 on.cgiar.org/3Wl3SS1
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Hailemariam and Roman Foundation explore collaboration on nutrition and women empowerment
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#IITAStories #FoodSecurity #Partnerships
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アンドレ・ザンドストラ CGIAR(国際農業研究協議グループ) ディレクターとは本日で４回目の面談となりました。地元千葉が8月の千葉豪雨、9月の大雨、台風25号と度重なる災害に見舞われ研究連携による気候変動に強い作物の開発等の重要性を再認識する中、非常に有意義な意見交換をすることができました
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🇮🇳 @estic_2026🎤 The next agricultural transformation cannot be defined by what we produce alone. It must be defined by how well we nourish people, sustain livelihoods, and protect our planet.
Let's continue the conversation at CGIAR Science & Partnership Week! @icarindia
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Dr Ismahane Elouafi, @CGIAR_EMD, @CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research), and Dr M. L. Jat, Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE), and Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (@icarindia) , called on Prof. @AjaySoodIISc, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, to apprise him of CGIAR Science Week and ongoing CGIAR–ICAR activities in India.
The discussion focused on strengthening scientific engagement in agriculture and explored opportunities to advance research through continued cooperation. It also provided an opportunity to exchange perspectives on emerging priorities in science and technology.
The meeting was also attended by Ms Shira Tabachnikoff, Lead, Communications & Advocacy; Shri Sanjay Agarwal, Assistant Director General; and Mr Praveen Kumar, Manager, Country Relations, from ICRISAT.
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ICRISAT at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (#CBDCOP17), being held from 19–30 October 2026 in Yerevan, #Armenia.
The event convened key partners, stakeholders, and funders to discuss vital issues around biodiversity conservation and the significance of crop genetic diversity in dryland agriculture.
Representing ICRISAT, Dr Stanford Blade (@DrStanfordBlade), Deputy Director General – Research and Innovation, and Dr Falalou Hamidou, Senior Scientist – Regional Genebank and Country Representative of Niger, attended the session “Scaling up capacity sharing to bridge the DSI divide,” focusing on access to digital sequence information (#DSI) and capacity building. They also highlighted the role of ICRISAT’s Genebank in conserving crop genetic diversity for research and crop improvement.
A key highlight was the inclusion of ICRISAT’s 2025 DSI training course, conducted under the CGIAR Genebanks Accelerator, in CGIAR’s presentation at the conference.
COP17 Armenia (@COP17_Arm2026) | Government of the Republic of Armenia (@armgov) | United Nations Biodiversity (@UNBiodiversity) | UN Environment Programme (@UNEP) | International Union for Conservation of Nature (@IUCN) | United Nations Development Programme (@UNDP).
CGIAR (@CGIAR) | CGIAR Genebanks | CGIAR Breeding for Tomorrow (@CGIARbreeding).
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What does high-quality science mean for research meant to change food, land, and water systems?
@CGIAR's answer is QoR4D, or Quality of Research for Development.
Watch the short explainer: on.cgiar.org/3WzN1Lj
@IAES_CGIAR
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Wild potato 🥔 relatives hold valuable traits for tackling heat, pests, and diseases.
CIP and the @CropTrust are expanding the BOLD project in Kenya to help turn this diversity into more resilient varieties for farmers.
👉🏽 bit.ly/PR-PotatoAfrica
🔸@CGIAR
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Governments can protect the diversity that agriculture depends on by funding the genebanks that safeguard it.
In their new Op-Ed, "Crop Diversity: The Foundation of Food Security," Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director of @CGIAR and Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director of the Crop Trust explore the integral role properly funded genebanks play on global crop diversity.
Learn more in our new Op-Ed: tinyurl.com/3ct8958v
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New IFPRI research across five African countries finds that a 10% increase in farm productivity:
🌱 Raises GDP by 4.2% on average
📉Reduces poverty by 3.3 percentage points
🥗 Lowers the cost of a healthy diet by 6.5%
📄 Read the study: africa.ifpri.info/evidence-f…
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💧 A new @CGIAR Center External Review finds IWMI on a positive transformational trajectory, recognizing its strong strategic foundations, distinctive water-security mandate and growing operational reach.
Read the findings👉 on.cgiar.org/3UVPhw0
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Curtain Raiser | CGIAR Science & Partnership Week 2027 (April 12–17) announced by Dr. M.L. Jat, Dr. Ismahane Elouafi & Dr. Himanshu Pathak.
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At #ESTIC2026, Ms. Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR, called for science-led agricultural transformation prioritising nutrition, sustainable livelihoods, climate resilience and planetary health.
#ICAR @CGIAR @ChouhanShivraj @PIB_India
🔬🌾Agricultural science used to move one way, from wealthy countries to the Global South. Not anymore. Now funding needs to catch up.
@CGIAR_EMD lays out how in a new paper 👉 helix.ceps.eu/publication/23…
Register for #CGIARScienceWeek 🌍
Join us in New Delhi for a week of science, innovation and partnerships tackling food systems challenges.
📅 12–17 April 2027
Register: cgiar.org/spw2027
@ICRISAT @icarindia
In eastern DRC, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT’s #B4WE project is empowering 13 young women to grow their bean businesses.
🌱 Empowering women. Strengthening livelihoods. Building resilience.
Read more: on.cgiar.org/4i5RsGa
🌽 High yields and aflatoxin resistance can go together. @IITA_CGIAR researchers tested 166 maize hybrids and found 5 that combine both, a step toward safer maize 🔬
Read more 👉 on.cgiar.org/4dO0MvO
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Evidence alone won't scale climate solutions. Partnerships, finance and national systems are crucial too.
Today, hear how research is being connected to action in agri-food systems.
🕒 15:00 EAT | 13:00 CET
🔗 on.cgiar.org/4zQPCyX
#RoadtoCOP31 @CGIAR
