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A new report proposes a paradigm shift in how we view water and soil salinity. Recycling saline water and restoring salt-affected soils could significantly increase food, feed and renewable energy without expanding land use. In Ethiopia, CGIAR water experts contributed to an ambitious strategy for the development of irrigation to boost food production and incomes of millions of farmers. 

An IP expert at the CGIAR Dryland Systems program explores the potential implications for global public goods and poor smallholder farmers of the Enlarged Board of Appeals of the European Patent Office’s ruling that marker-assisted selection is a technical method.

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