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Polio Provides the Roadmap for Tackling Pandemic and Food Security
11.09.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
"A tiny microbe has humbled us all – and yet has also provided us with…
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Transforming African food systems for a resilient future
10.09.20-
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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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
By Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and I…
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The geometry of disease: A longitudinal calf cohort study in Kenya has yielded a unique database and biorepository
10.09.20-
Big data
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Fun with Lines and Curves by Elsie C. Ellison, 1972 (binding illustration). The IDEAL project,…
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Call for applications for Joint PhD Program WUR, CGIAR and SIPRI on climate security
08.09.20-
Climate
We are looking for Wageningen University and Research (WUR), CGIAR, and the Stockholm International …
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Launch of CGIAR Gender Platform highlighted at African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF)
08.09.2007 September, Rwanda -- Women’s preferences, realities, and ambitions have rarely been at the fore…
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CGIAR launches Excellence in Agronomy 2030 to improve outcomes for smallholder farmers amidst climate change
08.09.2007 September, Rwanda -- Over 300 million smallholder farmers in developing countries bear the brunt…
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COVID-19: The virus will mostly spare young children; the economic crisis will not
14.09.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY MARIE RUEL AND DEREK HEADEY As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread and persist, disrupting…
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Experts call on African countries to prioritize food safety in urban food markets
11.09.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa launched its 2020 Africa Agriculture Status Report…
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Transforming African food systems for a resilient future
10.09.20-
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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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
By Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and I…
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The geometry of disease: A longitudinal calf cohort study in Kenya has yielded a unique database and biorepository
10.09.20-
Big data
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Fun with Lines and Curves by Elsie C. Ellison, 1972 (binding illustration). The IDEAL project,…
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Chicken intervention in Ethiopian households improved the nutrition and growth of young children
09.09.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Ethiopian chicken farmer with her children (photo credit: ILRI). ILRI animal geneticist/breeder Tade…
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The challenges of influencing consumer behavior to improve food safety
05.09.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
In Kenya, levels of exposure to aflatoxin are among the highest in the world, owing…
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Supermarketization is not the only strategy to enhance food safety in China
05.09.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
In a new paper, the author explores how supermarketization of China's vegetable sector has impacted…
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The world needs to learn how to live with COVID-19, says UK public health expert David Heymann
03.09.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
A 3-D model of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, developed by ILRI digital communications specialist Annabel Sla…
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Wildlife markets in the pandemic: Prohibit or preserve them? Ban or promote them?
02.09.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Pork sold in a wet market in Cambodia (photo credit: ILRI/David Aronson). ILRI and UN…
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Improving animal health in southern Africa—Why it matters and what to do
01.09.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Cattle being herded towards green pasture on the flood plain in western Zambia (photo credit:…
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The challenges of influencing consumer behavior to improve food safety
31.08.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY VIVIAN HOFFMANN AND EMILY WU In Kenya, levels of exposure to aflatoxin—a contaminant produced …
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Rising fodder shortage prompts release of two pearl millet varieties with superior and higher forage in south India
28.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Two pearl millet varieties with 7.0% and 5.4% higher green forage yields as compared to…
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High altitudes linked to higher rates of stunting
27.08.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY KALEAB BAYE, KALLE HIRVONEN AND EMILY WU Child stunting affects nearly 155 million globally, on…
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Policy seminar: COVID-19, food systems, ecosystems, and the risk of zoonotic diseases
24.08.20-
Climate
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY HOPE ZABRONSKY The COVID-19 pandemic—which originated when the novel coronavirus jumped from an…
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Discussions on propelling India towards biofuel sees calls for more R&D
21.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
ICRISAT’s efforts in feedstocks development appreciated on World Biofuel Day India has made good p…
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Book launch: COVID-19 and global food security - what have we learned so far?
17.08.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY JOHN MCDERMOTT This post is based on remarks delivered during the Aug. 4 launch event for the…
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Soil-borne pathogen new to chickpea growing regions in India detected
14.08.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A soil-borne pathogen, new to chickpea growing regions in India, was detected during a real-time…
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A food system integration story: Fish with roots, tubers and bananas
13.08.20-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
What do catfish and bananas have in common? No, this is not a riddle or…
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