Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

The Sustainable Development Goals or Global Goals are a collection of 17 interlinked goals designed to be a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all”. The SDGs were set in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030.
https://sdgs.un.org/goals

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Agreement builds on successful partnership in southern and eastern Africa.

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CIMMYT research helps meet Sustainable Development Goals through engagement of scientists and stakeholders in participatory action research.

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CIMMYT offers proven science and formidable partnerships to help achieve the recently stated G7 ambitions for global food security and nutrition.

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CIMMYT and CGIAR contributions to the SDGs highlighted in new campaign.

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Understanding the relationship between climate change and plant health is key to conserving biodiversity and boosting food production today and for future generations.

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CIMMYT’s MasAgro project acknowledged for promoting sustainable agriculture in new report by The Economist Intelligence Unit.

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Martin Kropff sits down with scientists involved in maize breeding, wheat quality and crop data to discuss their successes and passion behind the work that they do to help CIMMYT and CGIAR reach the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Don’t underestimate the crucial role nitrogen plays in cereal-based agroecosystems and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

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An expansive new review seeks out the key drivers of climate-resilient crop adoption to mobilize decades of scientific and development research towards the eradication of hunger by 2030.

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CIMMYT representatives discuss the impact of the pandemic on Mexico and why CIMMYT works towards more resilient agri-food systems with healthier and more prosperous people.

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Source: The Hindu Business Line (17 Apr 2020)

New study in India reports conservation agriculture increases crop yield and income, reduces the use of natural resources, and offers climate benefits.

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Paper describes mindset and skills required to go from pilot project to sustainable systemic change at scale.

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EAT-Lancet Commission offers a roadmap for a global food system that provides a healthy, sustainable diet for the world’s 10 billion people by 2050.

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The initiative will serve to develop comprehensive soil information at scale for the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha

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