Sharon Burke
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Ecosystem security. Former US official. Peacemonger. My personal views.
You know that saying about you can give someone a fish or teach them how to fish? Both are pretty patronizing! CIMMYT works with farmers around the world to figure out together the best way to farm for the future. Please support food security for all
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More pests destroying more crops â thatâs what weâre up against
#foodsecurity
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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âBorrowed timeâ: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis
Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerable
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/20/crop-pests-food-losses-climate-crisis
16 days ago
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What could food sovereignty look like for Mexico? Hint: it all comes back to smallholder farmers
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16 days ago
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#Sudan
#foodsrcurity
itâs possible to plant seeds of future stability even in the most war-torn places
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16 days ago
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CIMMYT
21 days ago
đą Hope docks in Sudan! Sustain Africa, with implementing partner @CIMMYT, delivers 37,000 MT of fertilizer + 5,200 MT of seed potatoes, helping farmers restart production and rebuild food security after years of conflict.
https://on.cgiar.org/4qcpPMO
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Sustain Africa Supports Fertilizer Deliveries for Agricultural Recovery in Sudan
Port Sudan, Sudan 16th December 2025 Today, Sustain Africa, a pan-African initiative hosted by the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) âand implementing partner CIMMYT announce the suc...
https://on.cgiar.org/4qcpPMO
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New video
@cimmyt.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hrKj...
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CIMMYT: Turning science into resilience. đž
YouTube video by CIMMYT
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hrKjZy-y8RM
18 days ago
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Ever had someone else write exactly what you wish you could make people understand? Me either! Until now⌠this piece just nails what I wish people knew about
@cimmyt.bsky.social
& food security
lopezdoriga.com/economia-y-f...
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Desde Texcoco al mundo: el CIMMYT y Bram Govaerts marcan la agenda global de alimentos
Desde MĂŠxico, se generan soluciones cientĂficas que utilizan agricultores desde Ăfrica hasta el sur de Asia, pasando por AmĂŠrica Latina
https://lopezdoriga.com/economia-y-finanzas/desde-texcoco-al-mundo-el-cimmyt-y-bram-govaerts-marcan-la-agenda-global-de-alimentos/
about 2 months ago
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The King of Belgium made Bram Govaerts a Commander of the Order of the Crown this week for scientific achievement & service to humanity â a great honor, and I hope he can continue his future-saving work
@cimmyt.bsky.social
(photo by Dinorah Guzman)
about 2 months ago
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Two of the most important global food systems leaders on why agriculture is foundational to security
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
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Agriculture for Security
Bram Govaerts & Alice Ruhweza argue that supporting local farmers can help stabilize areas beset by conflict and violent extremism.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/agriculture-must-be-viewed-as-an-element-of-security-diplomatic-strategy-by-bram-govaerts-and-alice-ruhweza-2025-11
2 months ago
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Humanity is brilliant at consuming nature & converting it to value, says Sylvia Earle at Global Future Council meeting, âthe biggest security question of our time is whether nature will consume usâ
@weforum.org
3 months ago
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Male moderator just said we need more women in science decision making roles. Could start with having more women on this panel
3 months ago
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Here in NYC climate week & UNGA, the soccer ball everyone is chasing is private sector investment to replace govt funding. For my own organization, we can make that work. But what does that mean for public goods? For goods & services that take care of people but canât be monetized?
3 months ago
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Luyanda Mndzebele is a farmer in Eswatini and a Youth Leader in the Global Partnership for Education â this is the future
3 months ago
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New $100M
@rockefellerfdn.bsky.social
program announced â better school meals are a win-win-win solution (child health & education, smallholder farmers, climate action)
www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/from-cl...
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From Climate Blind Spot to Climate Opportunity: A Call to Integrate Regenerative School Meals into National Climate Plans
September 23, 2025, New York City â Today, during the UN General Assembly and Climate Week, we â the Governments of Brazil, France, Somalia, together with
https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/from-climate-blind-spot-to-climate-opportunity-a-call-to-integrate-regenerative-school-meals-into-national-climate-plans/
3 months ago
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Minister for Green Transition in
#Denmark
Jeppe Bruus pointed to a Novo Nordisk Foundation regenerative school meals project in Eastern Africa
@cimmyt.bsky.social
is part of! Thank you, Minister
3 months ago
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#Somalia
committed to working with smallholder farmers to feed schoolchildren but âwe know we cannot do this alone,â says Minister Farah Sheikh Abdulkadir
@rockefellerfdn.bsky.social
3 months ago
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Next up: Minister for Economic Cooperation & Development
#Germany
Reem Alabali Radovan committing for Germany to global school meals program with
@rockefellerfdn.bsky.social
3 months ago
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âFor millions of children, hunger is a daily crueltyâŚschools are one of the most effective delivery mechanisms we have for delivering child health & nutrition,â says former President of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete
@rockefellerfdn.bsky.social
3 months ago
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âEach seed is a meal for the future,â says Janja Lula da Silva, First Lady of Brazil, about the importance of healthy, regenerative meals for students
@rockefellerfdn.bsky.social
3 months ago
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The Science Advisor to PM Modi tells a meeting of farmers & agriculture innovators about how AI will help them â it starts with trust, privacy, and security
@cimmyt.bsky.social
#BISA
#worldfoodprize
#icarindia
4 months ago
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What does MasAgro mean in Africa? If youâre at the Africa Food Systems Forum, come and find out Sept 3rd at 9:00 am in the Main Exhibit Hall stage!
#AFSF2025
@cimmyt.bsky.social
4 months ago
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Art in real time at
#ACSF2025
4 months ago
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âDrought tolerant maize is a scalable technology,â says Gates Fdn Africa Director Paulin Basinga
@cimmyt.bsky.social
agrees!! We can do that â we ARE doing that with African partners
#AFSF2025
4 months ago
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The stage is set at the Africa Food Systems Forum! Join
@cimmyt.bsky.social
if youâre here in Senegal on Sept 3 for a great conversation about women, youth, & climate resilient agriculture in
#Africa
#AFSF2025
4 months ago
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Happy
#GlobalWheatDay
! This wheat is actually sick â you have no idea how hard it is to keep wheat healthy enough to get to bread, pasta, chapati, ugaliâŚ
5 months ago
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Wow, hear this food security podcast, donât just listen â this is the vision that gets me to work every day from Bram Govaerts &
@cimmyt.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
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We need to act NOW to change agriculture for the future
Podcast Episode ¡ Future Fork with Paul Newnham ¡ 08/11/2025 ¡ 25m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/future-fork-with-paul-newnham/id1741482357?i=1000721514333
5 months ago
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First day at CIMMYT as their new Chief Engagement Officer! Theyâre building farms of the future with smallholder farmers across the global south (to the benefit of US agriculture, too). Delighted to join this global food security group, with their hands-on approach to cutting edge science.
7 months ago
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This omits critical minerals (other than potash & petroleum) â Canada is also a minerals superstar. Itâs a comparative advantage to have those materials freely traded from a friend, ally & neighbor
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/w...
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Does the United States âNeedâ Canada?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/world/canada/trump-us-canada-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
8 months ago
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Sanho Tree
about 1 year ago
Microplastics are the time bomb planted beneath modernity. âFor instance, zinc oxide accounts for around 0.7% of a tyreâs weight. Though it is essential for making tyres more durable, zinc oxide is highly toxic for fish and other aquatic life and disrupts ecosystems even in trace amounts.â
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Brian Regan has a bit for you
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vyma...
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9 months ago
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Shashank Joshi
9 months ago
Mike Studeman, ex head of naval intelligence. 'anybody that tells you ânear peerâ or this very trite and overused, you know, âpacing challengeâ, in many areas the Chinese military has outpaced the US Military. And so we have to be realistic in many ways.'
markurban.substack.com/p/chinas-cha...
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China's Challenge to US Maritime Power
A conversation with the man who ran US naval intelligence
https://markurban.substack.com/p/chinas-challenge-to-us-maritime-power
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Sharon Burke
CGIAR
9 months ago
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@cgiar-emd.bsky.social
has been named on the 2025
#TIME100
list of the worldâs most influential people. A powerful recognition of her visionary leadership and CGIAR work in transforming food systems. Read more đ
on.cgiar.org/3Epu6Kw
#WithScienceWeCan
on.cgiar.org/3Go0Jc1
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Ismahane Elouafi on TIME100 list of the most influential people in the world
CGIAR is delighted to announce that CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Ismahane Elouafi has been named on the 2025⯠TIME100 list of the worlds 100 most influential people. Each year TIME100 celebrates...
https://on.cgiar.org/3Epu6Kw
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Well thatâs not good
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9 months ago
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Devastated to hear about the death of Rich Armitage. He was a larger than life character, in every sense. An honor of a lifetime working for him
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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Richard Armitage, Powell deputy and foreign policy heavyweight, dies at 79
The former deputy secretary of state played a role in outing a CIA officer whose husband was a vocal critic of the Iraq War.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/04/14/richard-armitage-powell-deputy-foreign-policy-heavyweight-dies-79/
9 months ago
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An opportunity for GOP pols whoâve always opposed Law of the Sea to blow up the treaty? Will US warships guard mining ops? A return to privateers (which would blow up another treaty)?
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9 months ago
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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her)
9 months ago
An anonymous group of food industry execs published a memo warning about âa threat to food security like none other we have seenâ in the UK, citing degrading soil health, water scarcity, heating, and extreme weather. Mitigation strategies donât meet level of risk
www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/whistle...
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Whistleblowers warn UK food industry heading for climate disaster
Inside Track x Food claims the UK food industry has 'reached a moment of threat to food security like none other we have seen'
https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/whistleblowers-warn-uk-food-industry-heading-for-climate-disaster/702944.article
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Great piece on water security at a geopolitical fulcrum â Nepal!
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9 months ago
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Vanilla comes from this orchid. Hard to grow, labor intensive to harvest, needs heat & humidity. Madagascar is the major world producer, also has graphite & nickel reserves, very low income country nonetheless. âŹď¸47% US tariff
9 months ago
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Wonder if the Europeans are rushing in to try to cut a deal first? Natural gas, antimony, pistachios, mmmm
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9 months ago
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Annie Leymarie
9 months ago
"Integrated assessment models, used to guide how much governments should invest in cutting GHG emissions, have failed to capture major risks from climate change. Potential economic benefits of urgent climate policy action have also been significantly understated"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows
Experts say previous economic models underestimated impact of global heating â as well as likely âcascading supply chain disruptionsâ
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/01/average-person-will-be-40-poorer-if-world-warms-by-4c-new-research-shows
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Zack Labe
9 months ago
Monday ice update -
#Arctic
sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data) ⢠about 570,000 km² below the 2010s mean ⢠about 970,000 km² below the 2000s mean ⢠about 1,540,000 km² below the 1990s mean ⢠about 1,920,000 km² below the 1980s mean Plots:
zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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Russia is a minerals powerhouse â or it could be. These are huge, decadal projects, and Russiaâs investment environment is not exactly a safe bet
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9 months ago
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Oh wow â an element of the GOP has long opposed the Law of the Sea; this move for deep sea mining access from TMC may give them a hammer to break it. Would be consistent with new critical minerals EO
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9 months ago
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Sounds like a pretty weak hand at the negotiating table
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9 months ago
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Chris Mah
10 months ago
Deep-Sea mining and its impact on the midwater!
theconversation.com/deep-sea-min...
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Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about â by dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone
A planned mining method to gather critical minerals from the seafloor would create sediment plumes higher up in the water column where many creatures live.
https://theconversation.com/deep-sea-mining-threatens-sea-life-in-a-way-no-one-is-thinking-about-by-dumping-debris-into-the-thriving-midwater-zone-247690
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Heard Sen Grassley speak yesterday to an agriculture group & he noted thereâs a saying: âsociety is nine meals away from revolution.â Felt pretty ominous in current circumstances! (even though he qualified it wonât happen here)
10 months ago
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I believe âwar plansâ refers to a limited number of strategic & theater level plans on the shelf? That would be the China plan Musk was going to hear not the Yemen strike. Sounds like the Signal chat disclosed OPORDS not warplans. So, a technicality not a lie. Still very classified tho
10 months ago
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Sen Klobuchar
#DialogueNext
has confidence some of her Republican colleagues will ârise upâ for food security & calls coming SCOTUS cases âa stress test for democracyâ âImmigrants donât diminish America; they ARE Americaâ Farmers are in the âheadwindsâ of tariffs, avian flu, US cuts
10 months ago
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Here for bipartisan food security
#dialoguenextdc
hosted by @WORLDFOODPRIZE. âHereâ at the Willard â was supposed to be at the US Institute of Peace. Hard to get past that
10 months ago
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PIK_climate
10 months ago
Even 'safe'
#climate
scenarios may overshoot 2°C warming: New PIK study shows feedback loops like
#permafrost
thaw could amplify global heating throughout this millennium. Paris agreement only possible with very low emissions + low climate sensitivity.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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Amplified global heating risk due to climate and carbon cycle feedbacks
24.03.2025 - Global heating over this millennium could exceed previous estimates due to carbon cycle feedback loops. This is the conclusion of a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact...
https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/amplified-global-heating-risk-due-to-climate-and-carbon-cycle-feedbacks
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