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On being a woman, in the field and in her field
10.02.19-
Environment
It was the sense of adventure that wooed Greta Dargie into scientific research, the photos…
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The new generation of women scientists working for global food security
10.02.19Despite progress in recent years, there still remains a concerning gender gap in science, with…
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Meet the role models for the next generation of women and girls in science
08.02.19-
Gender
“We need to encourage and support girls and women to achieve their full potential as…
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A world where livestock are part of the solution—Ethiopia state minister
08.02.19-
Food Security
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Nutrition
Ethiopian girl drinking milk produced by the family cow (photo credit: Africa Rising). The recent…
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State capacity and agricultural service provision: The case of rural Nepal
01.02.19-
Food Security
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Prosperity
In Nepal, bureaucrats’ local knowledge and motivation make a difference in serving rural farmers. …
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Scaling to new heights in agriculture
29.01.19-
Food Security
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Prosperity
How to scale? This question frequently comes up as projects look to expand and replicate…
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Farmer science accelerates climate adaptation
19.02.19-
Big data
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Climate
A new study in PNAS addresses the challenge of climate adaptation in a way that…
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Water security for sustainable dryland development
18.02.19-
Climate
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Food Security
The search for options to boost water productivity…
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New paper explores green growth strategy for the Philippines
12.02.19-
Climate
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Environment
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Health
A new paper examines the economywide impact of promoting renewable power generation in the Philippin…
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Fresh funds to help clean up ocean plastics in Asia
12.02.19-
Climate
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Environment
It might not sound quite like a fairytale romance, but the match between millions of…
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Insect extinction, Japanese tree revelations, and world’s smelliest fruit
11.02.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Forests News delves into last week's headlines from around the globe: Insects could vanish within…
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Making Egypt’s power sector more diverse and sustainable
05.02.19-
Climate
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Environment
In Egypt, like everywhere, growing energy demand is increasingly at odds with the urgent need…
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Leopards on the loose, a planet inferno, and will fast food giants spark a Domino’s effect for climate change?
05.02.19-
Climate
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Environment
Forests News pick of stories from around the globe: McDonald’s, KFC and Domino’s: Investors dang…
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Confronting the challenges of salinity intrusion on agriculture in South Asia
01.02.19-
Climate
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Environment
Salinity intrusion—accelerating due to sea level rise and coastal erosion—is leading to contamin…
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The global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition and climate change
31.01.19-
Climate
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Nutrition
A new report by the Lancet Commission on the global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition and…
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The global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change
31.01.19-
Climate
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Nutrition
A new report by the Lancet Commission on the Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Clim…
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HEADLINES: The world’s rich talk climate change at Davos whilst the poor bear its brunt in Mali
28.01.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate
Forests News delves into last week's headlines from around the globe: In Forests News last…
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New partnerships launched to bolster climate services in Rwanda
28.01.19-
Climate
Not having access to timely, location-specific climate information makes it very difficult for small…
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DailyNews.lk: Countering climate change with the cascade effect
24.01.19-
Climate
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Environment
Researchers with IWMI have joined a major effort to rehabilitate "tank" (or small reservoir) cascade…
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What are the socioeconomic factors that influence CSA adoption?
21.01.19-
Climate
To better understand the socioeconomic factors that foster or slow down the adoption of climate-smar…
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WorldFish appoints Dr. Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio to board
19.01.19-
Climate
WorldFish is pleased to welcome Dr. Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio to its Board of Trustees.…
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IKEA assembles plan to be carbon negative by 2030
16.01.19-
Climate
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Environment
By keeping its design high, prices low, service quick and ice cream fresh at the…
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Has Borneo’s deforestation slowed down?
15.01.19-
Climate
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Environment
Borneo - When people talk about deforestation in Indonesia and Malaysia, palm oil often gets…
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PIM Newsletter: October – December 2018
14.01.19-
Climate
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Environment
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Food Security
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Gender
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Nutrition
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Prosperity
Collection of news from the Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) program for the last quarter…
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