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Unite human, animal and environmental health to prevent the next pandemic, says ILRI/UN report
08.07.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take lives and disrupt economies across the world, a…
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IITA releases 10-year strategy for managing invasive species in Africa
04.07.20Prevention, early detection and control make up the three-pronged approach that Africa is taking on…
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West Africa | 40 000 producers will benefit from a new European plant breeding project
02.07.20Photo: Groundnut producers from the Fatick region (Senegal) visiting demonstration plots of new vari…
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New brief details drivers of stunting reduction in Vietnam
01.07.20-
Nutrition
This Stories of Change in Nutrition study aims to understand the history, contemporary treatment and…
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Stop waiting to get back to normal: We need to build back better – and this starts with transforming food systems
01.07.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
By Kanayo F. Nwanze, CGIAR Special Representative to the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 Lately…
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Women farmers in Malawi and Zambia fighting fall armyworm
25.06.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Life as we once knew it is gone. The emergence and spread of COVID-19 has…
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Fourteen breeding seed orchards already established in Ethiopia
07.07.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate
The Provision of Adequate Tree Seed Portfolio in Ethiopia project, led by World Agroforestry (ICRA…
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Climate-smart agriculture in Ethiopia and beyond: ‘We need to amplify the lessons’
23.06.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Jim Hallett of the Society for Ecological Restoration reviews major recent book by World Agroforestr…
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Reversing desertification to enhance food security.
16.06.20-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
This year’s Desertification and Drought Day theme is Food. Feed. Fiber. focusing on links betwee…
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Special Feature: Eyes In The Sky, Farmers Rest Insured
15.06.20-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Odisha, India: Paddy farmers in Odisha look to the skies with the hope that rain…
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Piloting climate-smart agriculture for climate-change adaptation in Viet Nam
12.06.20-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
A new project financed by the German Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safet…
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Study suggests that climate smart agriculture can boost yields, reduce hunger and emissions globally
11.06.20-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY ALEX DE PINTO AND NICOLA CENACCHI Climate change is a threat to agriculture production around…
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Interdrought 2020 congress proceedings now online
09.06.20-
Climate
The Interdrought 2020 congress presents the latest developments to address this global challenge. In…
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WorldFish celebrates World Oceans Day
08.06.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
This year’s theme of World Oceans Day, Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean was at the centre of…
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Coping with climate change through agroforestry: the experience of the Ykalingas in the Philippines
08.06.20-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The province of Kalinga is surrounded by mountains and divided into three distinct geographical area…
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De-risking livelihoods in climate and conflict hotspots: The need to align humanitarian and development objectives and finance
08.06.20-
Climate
Climate and conflict are major threats to livelihoods and food security in the Global South.…
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Conservation agriculture feeds people and protects the environment
04.06.20-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
On June 5, 2020, the world celebrates World Environment Day as COVID-19 continues to cause…
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Groundwater depletion in Punjab: Time for a major policy overhaul
04.06.20-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The time for quick fixes is over; a comprehensive policy overhaul is urgently needed to…
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Balanced agro-ecosystems strengthen food security
04.06.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Preserving biodiversity, and the potential it stores, soils, landscapes, and diets, is one of the m…
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Boosting environmental education in primary schools in Mali
04.06.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Environmental degradation and climate change are major concerns for all countries in the world. The…
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Transforming food systems for a new era: Enabling markets and public sector actions to incentivize sustainable practices
28.05.20-
Climate
Many technologies and practices can help farmers improve their incomes and help the environment, but…
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Transforming food systems for a new era: Supporting prosperity through mobility and rural reinvigoration
26.05.20-
Climate
A number of years ago, while interviewing farmers in semi-arid Zimbabwe, one of us (Bruce)…
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Collecting, conserving, and deploying agrobiodiversity to support dryland communities
21.05.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Agrobiodiversity is the genetic variety and variability of animals, plants, and micro-organisms that…
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What's in the soil, stays in the soil: Conserving carbon in our soils to transform food systems
19.05.20-
Climate
We are in a time of crisis and great uncertainty. COVID-19, besides being responsible for…
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