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COP22 – Marrakech
Leaders and experts from international, regional and national research, development and donor organizations today called for stepping up efforts on drought management and mitigation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in the face of climate change. As climate change is increasingly affecting…
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GAPAD SDG2 2016 Webinar
GAPAD SDG2 2016 Webinar: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture. Tuesday | 20 September 2016 Time : 11.00am (East African Time) Global Action Plan for Agricultural Diversification (GAPAD) is an initiative to support the United Nation Sustainability Development Agenda…
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Quinoa Conference
The global population is expected to increase to 9.7 billion in 2050 and there are concerns about the capacity of agriculture to produce enough food for the growing population. By some estimates, food production will need to go up by about 60 percent either through…
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Plantwise wins OECD development innovation prize
11 March 2016 – The CABI-led Plantwise programme won the OECD Development Assistance Committee’s Prize 2015 for innovation. The award recognises initiatives that take innovative approaches to international development, scaling up pilot projects and applying them more widely. Over the past five years, Plantwise has…
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The $60 billion a year industry made from a plant
(CNN)The word bamboo typically brings to mind images of baskets, or bamboo shoots commonly used in Asian cuisine. But this hearty, fast-growing plant has become an economic stronghold in parts of the world, with an estimated global economy valued at $60 billion a year, according…
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Launch of the Declaration on Agricultural Diversification in Paris
The Declaration on Agricultural Diversification, spearheaded by Crops For the Future (CFF), was launched and signed in Paris by world renowned research leaders during the recent meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP21. The Declaration, which aims to build agricultural…
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