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Nourishing the world: The contribution of fish to sustainable food futures
27.05.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Globally, food production is exceeding sustainable limits while also failing to provide healt…
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CGIAR awarding 100K in Rapid Response Grants to digital innovations tackling COVID-19 impacts
26.05.20-
Big data
In response to the unfolding food security issues brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, CGIAR’s…
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Getting farmers on the phone to protect livestock and livelihoods during COVID-19 – and beyond
25.05.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Continuous collaboration between farmers and scientists is the pinnacle of successful agricultural r…
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IFPRI’s COVID-19 Policy Response (CPR) Portal: Identifying trends and implications for food systems
20.05.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY DANIELLE RESNICK The COVID-19 health and economic crisis has stimulated multiple and varied polic…
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Champion Pollinators on World Bee Day 2020
19.05.20-
Biodiversity
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Around 75% of the world’s food crops depend entirely or in part on animal pollination…
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Could bamboo-based agroforestry systems be the latest kind of climate smart agriculture?
18.05.20-
Biodiversity
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Bamboo is not just this new hipster material used for producing alternative clothes. Bamboo can…
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Virtual seminar: Build on knowledge, translate to action with the 2020 Global Food Policy Report
29.05.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY MARIËLLE KARSSENBERG IFPRI’s 2020 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) was written before the ou…
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Virtual event: COVID-19 and the global effort to end food loss and waste by 2030
22.05.20-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR, TINE HASLING RASMUSSEN AND JILLIAN HOLZER Can we meet Sustainable Development…
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Leveraging local knowledge to map and link agricultural plots to farmer practices
22.05.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY JONATHAN R.B. FISHER, YUTA J. MASUDA, WEI ZHANG, TIMOTHY BOUCHER AND CAROLINA CASTILLA Linkin…
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Survey suggests rising risk of food and nutrition insecurity in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as COVID-19 restrictions continue
21.05.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY KALLE HIRVONEN, GASHAW TADESSE ABATE AND ALAN DE BRAUW Countries have taken varied actions to l…
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IFPRI’s COVID-19 Policy Response (CPR) Portal: Identifying trends and implications for food systems
20.05.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY DANIELLE RESNICK The COVID-19 health and economic crisis has stimulated multiple and varied polic…
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COVID-19-related trade restrictions on rice and wheat could drive up prices and increase hunger
15.05.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY TIMOTHY SULSER AND SHAHNILA DUNSTON Some governments have responded to alarms about possible COV…
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Fixing the global food system after coronavirus
15.05.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY RUBEN ECHEVARRÍA From panic-buying in Europe, to bans on rice exports in Asia and rising fo…
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Virtual seminar: IFPRI researchers on COVID-19 emerging problems and country-level responses
14.05.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR COVID-19 is creating a range of new challenges for economic growth and…
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COVID-19 border policies create problems for African trade and economic pain for communities
12.05.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY ANTOINE BOUËT AND DAVID LABORDE Across Africa, countries have imposed emergency border restrict…
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Providing information to empower women in agriculture: Evidence from Uganda
08.05.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
BY BJORN VAN CAMPENHOUT, ELS LECOUTERE AND DAVID SPIELMAN In many developing countries, women ofte…
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COVID-19 lockdowns are imposing substantial economic costs on countries in Africa
08.05.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY JAMES THURLOW Low and middle-income countries (LMICs) are suffering rapid and substantial economi…
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IFPRI Announces New Board Chair
07.05.20May 7, 2020, Washington, D.C. – The Board of Trustees of the International Food Policy Research…
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Assessing the toll of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the South African economy
06.05.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY CHANNING ARNDT, SHERWIN GABRIEL AND SHERMAN ROBINSON COVID-19 is expected to have major impacts…
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IFPRI’s new COVID-19 Food Price Monitor tracks warning signs of stress in local markets
05.05.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY MANUEL HERNANDEZ, SOONHO KIM, BRENDAN RICE AND ROB VOS Food systems are complex and the disrup…
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Why 'home garden' projects don’t always work: Insights from Ethiopia
04.05.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY KALLE HIRVONEN AND DEREK HEADEY In Ethiopia, the average person eats just 42 kg of fruits and…
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Integrating displaced communities into food systems
01.05.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY ROB VOS AND JULIA WILSON Global hunger has been on the rise for the past…
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Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries
28.04.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY MELISSA HIDROBO, NEHA KUMAR, TIA PALERMO, AMBER PETERMAN AND SHALINI ROY The COVID-19 pandemi…
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Biblical, on steroids, and across generations: The coming food and nutrition crash can be averted if we act now to counter the COVID-19 crisis
28.04.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY LAWRENCE HADDAD “Biblical.” That was the word that the world’s press needed to (finally)…
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