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Ethiopian economy grows, but diets are still poor
13.04.18- Food Security
- Nutrition
A new Ethiopia has emerged in recent years. A potent combination of increased agricultural productiv…
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Counting down: Scientists warn of ‘alarming’ loss of Borneo orangutans
10.04.18- Biodiversity
- Environment
Once, there were hundreds of thousands of orangutans roaming the island of Borneo. Over the…
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More cassava for less time
05.04.18- Biodiversity
- Food Security
Cassava has a relatively long growth cycle compared to other important crops. It takes an…
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AfricaRice launches free mobile app for rice weed control in Africa
05.04.18- Environment
- Food Security
The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) has launched a powerful new decision-support tool, called ‘Ric…
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10 best-bet innovations for agriculture in the National Adaptation Plans
03.04.18- Climate
A degree of future climate change is inevitable, making adaptation measures indispensable. However, …
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Rice Today: Mending Asia’s broken rice bowls
30.03.18- Climate
- Food Security
A decade of research demonstrates that “citizen science” has a major role to play in…
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Maruti - the pigeonpea saviour
26.04.18- Biodiversity
A direct release from the ICRISAT genebank helped revitalize the pigeonpea industry in Karnataka, In…
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What happened at the 2018 Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit
25.04.18- Climate
Asia-Pacific is the fastest growing region on earth, home to the world’s three largest cities.…
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Unlocking rice gene diversity for food security
25.04.18- Food Security
- Genomics
A new study published in the Nature journal opens the possibility to accelerate rice breeding…
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CGIAR Germplasm Health Units commit delivery of good quality germplasm
25.04.18- Food Security
- Genomics
The GHU is composed of germplasm experts from CGIAR centers including AfricaRice, Bioversity Interna…
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Transform Nutrition-West Africa launches with consultation in Dakar
24.04.18- Nutrition
Transform Nutrition-West Africa, a new regional platform which aims to enable effective policy and p…
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On the need for expanding sustainability frameworks and veterinary vision in developing countries
24.04.18- Environment
- Health
Divine bovine, painting by Karen Bezuidenhout. A new science paper argues for broadening traditional…
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How’s the water? Crowdsource to find out
23.04.18- Big data
- Environment
Montane forests in East Africa play a crucial role as water towers, holding freshwater long…
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Earth Day, Animal Day
23.04.18- Biodiversity
- Environment
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Ethiopia sets out the futures for its growing poultry, dairy and meat subsectors
23.04.18- Food Security
- Prosperity
ILRI senior livestock adviser Barry Shapiro (photo credit: ILRI). A new livestock sector analysis fr…
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A Ponzi scheme with Nature?
23.04.18- Prosperity
A few months back, we shared our first impressions of new research on the Zambian…
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New advanced poultry facility combines art and science to boost nutrition and incomes in Ethiopia
21.04.18- Biodiversity
- Food Security
Woman farmer with her chicken, southern Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Camille Hanotte). On 26 April 2…
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‘Living tools’ at the frontier of vaccine development—A Keystone Symposium workshop by Vish Nene
20.04.18- Genomics
- Health
Health for Animals and the World Veterinary Association launched the first annual World Animal Vacci…
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GCP21: Africa must double cassava production by 2050 to avert food crisis
19.04.18- Food Security
- Prosperity
Africa needs to double cassava production to avert a major food crisis by 2050, said…
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Enhancing seed quality in Sri Lanka through improved drying and storage
19.04.18- Food Security
IRRI and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations through the Closing Rice…
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Fishing with a new research method nets bountiful insights
19.04.18- Biodiversity
- Food Security
Why might fish stocks be more depleted inside a marine protected area (MPA) than…
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Youth migration and labor constraints in African agrarian households
18.04.18- Food Security
- Gender
- Prosperity
The new paper investigates how youth migration in Ethiopia and Malawi affects household labor, hired…
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In REDD+ villages, women say their wellbeing has declined
17.04.18- Gender
Climate change interventions in forest communities are still not getting it right when it comes…
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Is waste the next big business opportunity?
17.04.18- Environment
- Food Security
A new 800-page book profiles multiple ways to harness waste to help fill the world’s…
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