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Farmers in India face erratic rainfall, prolonged dry spells, groundwater overexploitation and water pollution from chemicals. Climate change disproportionately affects small farmers, but their insights can inform sustainable adaptation strategies. Read: bit.ly/3zhczkV

NISD intern Hileena Chole wins the Norfolk International Scholarship to research cooperative water management for Norfolk farmers. Announced at the Royal Norfolk Show, this initiative aims to tackle water shortage and climate challenges. Read more: bit.ly/3zq1qyi #water

Just wrapped up an amazing time at the Royal Norfolk Show! NISD showcased our grasspea breeding research and engaged with many on sustainable food and farming. Honoured by the presence of Lady Philippa Dannatt, Prof. David Maguire, Peter Innes, and others. Excited for next year! #food

NISD's Janet Mutiso, with International Potato Center, explores nudges for Ugandan sweet potato farmers. Turns out, nudges can drive adoption of improved crop varieties! But they work best when paired with comprehensive agronomic advice.   Read more: bit.ly/4bRXUua     Photo credit: CIP

NISD is a partner in a UK-CGIAR project led by ICARDA to tackle wheat rust, a disease with devastating effects on smallholder farmers. The project applies genetic and breeding strategies to improve wheat varieties grown in the Global South. Full Link: bit.ly/3XawYBq

🧬The new grasspea genome has been published, offering new potential to accelerate breeding efforts for climate-smart agriculture. This allows us to unlock the secrets of grasspea’s resilience for new varieties for farmers and to improve other crops🫛 nisd.ac.uk/new-grasspea-g…

📰🚨The 2024 Global Hunger Index shows progress to Zero Hunger is slowing, but gender justice can change this. 'Gender justice is a path to reduce hunger and build resilience in agri-food systems’ Nitya Rao NISD Director & report co-author. #GHI2024 nisd.ac.uk/gender-justice…

MARPLE Diagnostics just trained the first researchers from Pakistan & Türkiye! Researchers can now use the mobile lab to track wheat rusts at the field, accelerating global surveillance 🌾 Thanks to KALRO NJORO for hosting & BMGF and FCDO for their support CIMMYT Diane Saunders

🌾It's the 2024 Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue next week 🎉 Join our Director, Nitya Rao for a session on protecting crop diversity for a resilient future. Register👉 lnkd.in/g_FeAAJ Thanks to The Crop Trust, UK Science & Innovation Network for support 🙏 World Food Prize Foundation

Looking forward to speaking on this panel Development UEA 🌍 Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development

Join #foodprize24 for a session today on crop diversity for sustainable food systems - with NISD director and Development UEA 🌍 professor Nitya Rao ⏰11:45 (CT) | 4:45 (GMT) wordfoodprize.org/register Thank you The Crop Trust and FCDO Research, Science and Technology for organising 🙏

Making use of greater crop diversity is integral to improve diets for diverse producers and consumers. 🫐🫛🍠 Nitya Rao at the 2024 Borlaug Dialogue with World Food Prize Foundation Great sessions today, and more to go tomorrow! 📸The Crop Trust

Happening today! #FoodPrize24 Join us at our side event to explore how we can bring young voices to the decision table and better enable their participation and leadership in shaping the future of food and nutrition security. World Food Prize Foundation @CGIARNutrition CGIAR GENDER

🥗Nitya Rao calls for more equitable use of crop diversity to improve diets, and how to build greater intersectional understanding of farmer needs to improve nutrition & resilience👩‍🌾 Great session at #FoodPrize24 thanks to The Crop Trust FCDO Research, Science and Technology nisd.ac.uk/2024-borlaug-d…

Join us 28 Nov with Prof. Tara Garnett of ECI, Univ of Oxford, Oxford Martin School and TABLE for a seminar on what 'better' looks like in food system change and what needs to be done for us to achieve it. ⏰ 12pm 📍Hybrid. ZICER 2.03 UEA link 👇 nisd.ac.uk/event/whats-go…

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⏰ Join us this Thursday at 12pm (GMT) Dr Tara Garnett of the Environmental Change Institute & Oxford Martin School on how to achieve more constructive and inclusive decision making for better futures. In person and online. Details 👇 nisd.ac.uk/event/whats-go…

Starting at 12 (GMT) today in ZICER 2.03, UEA, Norwich Here's the link to register and join online 👉events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d56dee68… nisd.ac.uk/event/whats-go…