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Survey: China’s small and medium-sized enterprises rebounded after the COVID-19 lockdown, but economic problems linger
22.10.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY XIAOBO ZHANG COVID-19 has made the issue of resilience of the world’s food supply…
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Indian PM Narendra Modi dedicates two ‘healthy oil’ groundnut varieties on World Food Day
20.10.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Two groundnut varieties with high oleic acid content, developed by ICRISAT together with the Indian…
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AgriFoodTrust platform gains momentum in quest for more inclusive, transparent agriculture
19.10.20-
Big data
The AgriFoodTrust platform is gaining traction in its quest to bring inclusive and usable trust an…
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Are Food Systems ‘Broken’ – or Just Out of Sync?
16.10.20Our food systems are not broken; they are out of sync with what we need…
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CGIAR Research Pays Off: New Report Finds 10 Times Return on Investment
16.10.20Investments in CGIAR research generate returns of 10 times the amount invested, a new report…
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Ending Global Hunger Need Not Cost the Earth – If We Invest Now
15.10.20This year should have been a milestone for global climate action, setting out the road…
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Cameroon’s “Bean Sharer”
28.10.20After learning about the benefits of improved bean varieties, one woman has singlehandedly taken up…
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Young people in Niger explore different forms of agriculture for a better future
27.10.20Photo: Fruit tree nursery in the commune of Bande, Zinder, Niger. (B Traore, ICRISAT) nterprises…
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Shining a Brighter Light on Adoption and Diffusion of CGIAR-Related Innovations in Ethiopia
27.10.20Taking a Country-Level Approach to Documenting Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Ethiopia Shi…
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Fodder chopping machines lead to a thriving livestock feed enterprise in rural Niger
26.10.20Fodder chopping machines are proving to be a great help to livestock farmers in rural…
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Diet diversification program for tribal women and children to be scaled up in South India
23.10.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Enthused by positive nutritional outcomes among children and women in its first phase, activities of…
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Community-based training on milk hygiene improves knowledge, attitudes and practices of women pastoralists in Borana, Ethiopia
23.10.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Milk and milk products are essential in the diets of the Borana pastoral community in…
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Survey: China’s small and medium-sized enterprises rebounded after the COVID-19 lockdown, but economic problems linger
22.10.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY XIAOBO ZHANG COVID-19 has made the issue of resilience of the world’s food supply…
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On World Food Day, India PM Modi Endorses Biofortification to Address Malnutrition
22.10.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a strong endorsement to staple crop biofortification a…
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Book launch: Casting light on the ‘Invisible China’
22.10.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY TIMOTHY KAROFF “There is a familiar China that most people know,” write Scott Rozelle and …
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Asia-Pacific Region – Launching the Roadmaps Process
22.10.20The third Asia-Pacific Forest Sector Outlook Study (FAO, 2019) highlighted two important areas for…
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Somalia agriculture partners learn about integrated fall armyworm control practices
21.10.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Fall armyworm continues to cause havoc in Africa. Farmers in Somalia have not been spared…
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Experts see a bright future for biofortification through improved delivery
21.10.20-
Nutrition
A new paper released at the 2020 World Food Prize today charts important progress in…
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Disinfecting equipment keeps agricultural production running in Bangladesh
20.10.20As with other industries in the country, most light engineering workshops in Bangladesh closed at…
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Book launch: Agricultural extension evolves to address a rapidly changing world
20.10.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN Through its programs that educate farmers and apply scientific research in the…
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WUR and CGIAR working together to equip future researchers, managers and leaders to address challenges in multifunctional foodscapes
20.10.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The current pandemic is proving the urgent need to find more inclusive, holistic, sustainable and…
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Five lessons on how to encourage open sharing of standardized data for sustainable agricultural growth
20.10.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Standardized data on agronomic traits - from soil types to weather patterns - can power…
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ICRISAT among 11 global ‘Hubs’ to accelerate the use of natural genetic diversity to advance crop improvement
20.10.20Using chickpea as the case species, one of the proposed 11 hubs of DivSeek International…
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Youth or Young mothers? the paradox of transitions in the rural women’s lives
20.10.202020 is a unique year. We have spent most of it ‘surprised’ by the turn…
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