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Official Launch of CGIAR’s “Crops to End Hunger” Initiative at Borlaug Dialogue
17.10.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
CGIAR announced its new global initiative, Crops to End Hunger, this week at the World…
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Our food systems are in crisis, and it's not just from climate change
16.10.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
While global leaders gathered in New York City last month to discuss the climate crisis,…
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The cereals imperative of future food systems
15.10.19-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Pioneering research on our three most important cereal grains — maize, rice, and wheat —…
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International Day of Rural Women 2019
15.10.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research is pleased to mark the International Day of Rural…
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International Day of Disaster Reduction
13.10.19-
Climate
We have to accept that in many cases we cannot stop floods or droughts, but…
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A fresh look at the genes behind grain weight in spring bread wheat
09.10.19-
Genomics
To meet the demand for wheat from a rising and quickly urbanizing population, wheat yields…
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Book launch: Ghana’s prospects for economic transformation
17.10.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Over the past 30 years, Ghana has experienced steady growth in per capita income and…
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Ghanaian farmers can now control Aflatoxin, earn big
14.10.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A study has identified the best non-toxic strains that can limit aflatoxin contamination in laborato…
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Agricultural growth is key to spur Ghana's economic growth
09.10.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Ghana has been viewed as one of Africa's political and economic success stories, from maintaining…
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Empowering Africa’s women farmers
07.10.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
More than 60% of all employed women in Africa south of the Sahara work in…
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Closing the gap: women-focused initiative empowers farmers in Odisha
03.10.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Women farmers make up a sizeable part of rice production, but they have less opportunities…
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Climate mitigation can support growth in developing countries
02.10.19-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Climate change is already upon us. Proliferating and intensifying natural disasters, soaring numbers…
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Informal traders in Africa’s cities: Coopted, coerced or just neglected?
01.10.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
In early 2018, as Zambia’s capital of Lusaka faced a widening cholera epidemic, the country’s…
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Informal traders in African cities are being used as political pawns
30.09.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
What’s needed to ensure that informal traders are handled fairly and humanely rather than being…
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Call for proposals: The political economy of food system transformation
25.09.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) is issuing a call for…
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IFPRI at the African Association of Agricultural Economists conference
23.09.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The African Association of Agricultural Economists holds its 6th annual conference this week in Ab…
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Special event: Nurul Islam on a lifetime in global development
19.09.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
In his more than 60 years of work in international development, IFPRI Research Fellow Emeritus Nuru…
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The Papua Atlas: New tool tracks development on remote island, as-it-happens
18.09.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Indonesia - The Papua region, which makes up the Indonesian half of the island of…
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How small businesses are driving growth across African agriculture
12.09.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
A new report from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) finds that millions of sm…
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IRRI co-organizes multi-stakeholder dialogue to strengthen extension and advisory services in Odisha
11.09.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), together with the Department of Agriculture and Fa…
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Harnessing livestock innovations for greater economic good
10.09.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Shirley Tarawali, assistant director general of ILRI, speaking at GASL 2019 (photo credit: IL…
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China offers e-commerce lessons for rural Africa
09.09.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Shuyang, a once poverty-stricken county in China’s northern Jiangsu Province, has a history of hor…
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Embracing change: How family farmers can face the future
09.09.19-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
This year opens the Decade of Family Farming (#FamilyFarmingDecade), which aims to improve the lif…
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Breeding future-ready crops: Incorporating key traits in breeding programs via product profiles
06.09.19-
Biodiversity
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Developing crop varieties that meet the needs of all stakeholders, with farmers, value chain actors…
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