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The Path to Empowering Women in Agricultural Science
Africa & Middle East: ...a research institution, including the development of research questions and methodologies. Once produced, gender-responsive research should not just remain on the shelf, but rather be disseminated to drive real change...
Read MoreEquitable Food Systems Need Equitable Science
Africa & Middle East: Dorine Odongo, Communications Manager at African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) Dorine Odongo outlines the importance of ensuring the representation of women in science to strengthen research and...
Read MoreHow Europe-Africa Research Collaboration Can Uncover Climate Solutions for Farmers
Africa & Middle East: ...research from the private sector, civil society, public research and private philanthropy. As Delphine Gluzman from the BNP Paribas Foundation highlighted, limited philanthropic investment into climate research should be the...
Read MoreSeed Giants Must Collaborate or Be Dwarfed By Threat of Climate Change
Global: ...a relay race, and yet the crop research field is running 100m sprints in different places at different times. For every scientific advance, other areas of crop research go under-resourced...
Read MoreBringing Biodiversity into the Green Revolution Equation
: ...increasingly the international agriculture research for development community is also investing in climate change, nutrition, dryland cereals, livestock and farming systems research—and biodiversity. But global private sector research dwarfs public...
Read More#Nexus2020 Twitter Chat Summary – “The Most Important Questions for Business”
Global: ...energy, water & environment (FEWE)? What can be done to make these impacts and dependencies more sustainable? Q2 How can research help businesses manage FEWE impact and dependencies? Research needs to be relevant...
Read MoreOne Planet Fellowship takes action to discover the next generation of African climate scientists in agriculture
Africa & Middle East: ...women engaging in research and development. Launched at the 2017 One Planet Summit in Paris, hosted by President Emmanuel Macron, the One Planet Fellowship seeks to boost climate research in...
Read MoreFrom ‘Gateway to the West’, St. Louis Blazes New Trail as Major Agtech Hub
Northern America: ...the city of St. Louis, nestled in a naturally biodiverse environment, now acts as a hub of transformative and impactful agtech research and development. A research and innovation hub For...
Read MoreEmpowering Women Farmers in India for Equal Opportunities and Growth
Asia: ...to succeed when guided by agricultural research that pays specific attention to the needs and wants of rural women. That’s why the recently concluded international research conference ‘From research to...
Read MoreHarnessing Digital Tools for Climate and Agriculture
Global: J. Nicolas Hernandez-Aguilera, Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) J. Nicolas Hernandez-Aguilera explores how digital tools can empower farmers in developing countries with...
Read MoreSaving Every Grain of Rice: A Conversation with Jerry Tjoe Awie
Latin America & the Caribbean: ...van Dijk Rice Research Centre (ADRON), Suriname’s national rice research institute. Supported by the Crop Trust, he leads a project that aims to make sure the country’s rice diversity remains...
Read MoreLouis Malassis Prize Shortlist: The Story Behind the Science of Professor Hervé Vanderschuren
Africa & Middle East: ...collaboration-driven research objectives and the development of research tools and implementation of cutting edge technologies. Training session on cassava transformation in the lab (Tanzania) “Over the last years, robust cassava...
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