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How much will global poverty increase because of COVID-19?
20.03.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
In a recent blog post, we analyzed how the spread of the disease associated with the…
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2020 the Year of #Water4Climate
20.03.20-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
This year’s World Water Day focuses on water and climate change – and how the…
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COVID-19 is a deadly reminder that inclusive water supply and sanitation matters for all of us
20.03.20-
Climate
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Since the COVID-19 crisis escalated, we have been reminded daily that one of the most…
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8 reads on how coronavirus could swing the battle against climate change
18.03.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
As entire countries go on lockdown, factories close and international air travel grinds to a hal…
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COVID-19’s impact on China’s small and medium-sized businesses
17.03.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Since the COVID-19 outbreak began in Nov. 2019 in Hubei Province, China, business activity in the…
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As COVID-19 spreads, no major concern for global food security yet
12.03.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread rapidly. So far, more than 116,000 cases and o…
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Commemorating 2020 International Women’s Day: Creating an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and equal opportunity
27.03.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
An insightful panel discussion on building inclusive work spaces was the focus of International Wome…
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Participants appreciate the practicality of training in seed procurement
27.03.20-
Biodiversity
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Participants of a training course organized by the Provision of Adequate Tree Seed Portfolio (PATS…
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Could agro-ecological approaches be a low-cost alternative towards fall armyworm control for smallholders in Zambia?
27.03.20-
Agriculture
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Smart Mwape, a 65-year-old farmer in Chongwe, Zambia was surprised to find strange caterpillars as…
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COVID-19’s impact on China’s small and medium-sized businesses
17.03.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Since the COVID-19 outbreak began in Nov. 2019 in Hubei Province, China, business activity in the…
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ICRISAT and local seed companies to build a seed industry for supply of high performing hybrids to small holder farmers
13.03.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Demand for sorghum and pearl millet as major food, feed and fodder crop continues…
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What ails India’s free trade agreements?
12.03.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Lately, India’s trade policy seem to lack a vision. After actively pursuing membership in the Reg…
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More than a bank: Rethinking the IADB
10.03.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Second of two parts. Read the first here. As the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) enters it…
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Not just farmers: understanding rural aspirations is key to Kenya's future
10.03.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
About 8.3 million people living in Kenya’s rural areas farm to feed themselves. They typically…
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More than a bank: Reflections on the history of the Inter-American Development Bank
09.03.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
First of two parts. In 2019 the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) celebrated the 60th annive…
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On this International Women’s Day 2020, ILRI commits to strengthening women’s rights in livestock systems and enterprises
07.03.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
This International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) i…
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Celebrating the ‘WILD’ (‘Women In Livestock Development’) at ILRI on International Women’s Day—Video
06.03.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Check out this video short highlighting women working at the International Livestock Research Instit…
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Four (very) short stories of ‘Aha!’ moments—when the central importance of gender issues really hit home
06.03.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
All images here are of a sculpture, ‘Tete’, by Amedeo Modigliani (this picture credit: Christieâ…
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Africa's litigated democracy
28.02.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
On Feb. 12, the Malawi High Court upheld its original decision to nullify the country’s…
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AfricaRice inaugurates the Rice Biodiversity Center for Africa
27.02.20-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Genomics
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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
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 27 February 2020 - The Rice Biodiversity Center for Africa (RBCA) was of…
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Book launch: The making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh
21.02.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
For decades, high fish prices contributed to poor nutrition in Bangladesh, placing a key source…
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Empowering young scientists with new skills to develop genomic-assisted climate-resilient crops
21.02.20-
Biodiversity
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
A recent training course sought to enable young scientists, professors and breeders in the area…
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Complex but adaptive: a fresh look at smallholder value chains and their development
21.02.20-
Big data
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
“The Value Chain Development approach looks at market dynamics and relationships between the diffe…
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Does rural Africa have a 'youth problem'?
19.02.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
More than 20 million young people aged 15-24 join the workforce in Africa south of…
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