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Should low-income countries decentralize their COVID-19 responses?

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

08.07.20

Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH

By Katrina Kosec and Tewodaj Mogues As countries respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, some have…

Unite human, animal and environmental health to prevent the next pandemic, says ILRI/UN report

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

08.07.20

Securing PUBLIC HEALTH

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take lives and disrupt economies across the world, a…

Policy seminar: Social safety nets as a COVID-19 response to protect food security and nutrition

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

07.07.20

Nutrition
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY

By Khiem Nguyen As countries grapple with the health and economic shocks caused by COVID-19,…

COVID-19 and resilience innovations in food supply chains

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

06.07.20

Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

By Thomas Reardon and Johan Swinnen Food supply disruptions in developing countries during the COVID…

Pearl millet harvest from a field in Mali. Photo: Agathe Diama, ICRISAT

Africa is facing a food crisis due to COVID-19. These seeds could help prevent it.

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

06.07.20

Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

Photo: Pearl millet harvest from a field in Mali. Photo: Agathe Diama, ICRISAT "Seed demand…

Prepare food systems for a long-haul fight against COVID-19

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

02.07.20

Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

By Maximo Torero The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the global economy hard, and in many…

Fishing boats, Ngapali beach, Gyeiktaw, Myanmar. Photo by Finn Thilsted.

Prioritizing aquatic food systems key to global food, nutrition security, say panellists at Virtual Ocean Dialogues.

WorldFish

01.07.20

Nutrition
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

Increased commitment to aquatic food systems will boost food and nutritional security as the world…

Stop waiting to get back to normal: We need to build back better – and this starts with transforming food systems

CGIAR

01.07.20

Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Nutrition
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

By Kanayo F. Nwanze, CGIAR Special Representative to the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 Lately…

Significant economic impacts due to COVID-19 and falling remittances in Myanmar

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

25.06.20

Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY

By: Xinshen Diao and Michael Wang As COVID-19 spreads in more low- and middle-income countries,…

Policy seminar: What is needed for gender-sensitive COVID-19 responses in agriculture and food security?

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

25.06.20

Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

By Khiem Nguyen COVID-19 is posing new challenges to efforts to promote women’s empowerment, threa…

New research hub to coordinate CGIAR’s COVID-19 response

CGIAR

25.06.20

Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

A CGIAR COVID-19 Hub has been established to consolidate existing scientific evidence and help suppo…

To counter COVID-19 in Nepal, we must support small-scale women farmers

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

24.06.20

Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

COVID 19 has exposed the deeply embedded social and economic inequalities in human societies. The…

Roadside market. Mozambique, Angonia province (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann).

ILRI teams up with research partners to launch CGIAR COVID-19 Hub

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

24.06.20

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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

The International Livestock Research Institute has teamed up with the International Food Policy Rese…

World’s largest public agricultural research network launches COVID-19 Hub to support global scientific response

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

23.06.20

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Image of the full virion (complete, infective form of a virus outside a host cell)…

How to ensure effective government responses as COVID-19 spreads to rural areas

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

22.06.20

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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH

By Katrina Kosec and Catherine Ragasa Policy makers and researchers tracking the impacts of COVID-19…

Policy seminar: Micronutrients in emergencies – how can we prevent an increase in hidden hunger?

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

22.06.20

Nutrition
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH

By Aynsley Morris The COVID-19 pandemic and associated business shutdowns and other control measures…

Alimentación en tiempos de pandemia: Realismo sin magia

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

19.06.20

Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

By Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla El día 2 de junio, el programa de Latinoamérica y el Caribe…

Social safety nets are crucial to the COVID-19 response. Some lessons to boost their effectiveness.

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

18.06.20

Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH

By Daniel Gilligan The poor and other vulnerable groups are suffering the most negative consequences…