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Bill Gates on CGIAR and Adapting to a Warmer World
12.02.21Climate change is going to force us to consider entirely new needs. We need to…
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Today’s Climate and Food Crises Can Only be Solved in Tandem
09.02.21Extreme weather driven by climate change, conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic are driving worsening …
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CGIAR Joins Forces with World Food Programme to Tackle Post-Pandemic Hunger
26.01.21-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN agency will work with CGIAR to bolster food systems amid…
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Investment into Research Must Double to Halt Climate and Food Crises by 2030
25.01.21-
Climate
World’s largest agricultural research partnership seeks to increase funding to $2 billion annually…
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Agricultural Research Unties the Gordian Knot
04.01.21-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Agricultural research and innovation to transform our food system is the only way to cut…
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How Africa can Lead the World in the COVID-19 Recovery
18.12.20-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Africa, compared to Asia, Europe and the US, has largely escaped the devastating death toll…
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Ghana school lunch program linked to improved learning
01.03.21-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY ELISABETTA AURINO, AULO GELLI, CLEMENT ADAMBA, ISAAC OSEI-AKOTO, HAROLD ALDERMAN AND HONOR DEARLO…
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Book launch: Straight talk about food system challenges
26.02.21-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY HONOR DEARLOVE Over the past several decades, most food systems around the world have…
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How to encourage farmers to adopt sustainable agriculture
23.02.21-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
BY VALERIA PIÑEIRO, JOAQUÍN ARIAS AND HONOR DEARLOVE As populations grow and the climate crisis…
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1.15 Million Children, 122,472 communities, 57 countries, 30 years: New dataset combines Demographic Health Surveys with geographic information systems
21.02.21-
Big data
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Nutrition
BY ZHE GUO, WAHID QUABILI, LIANGZHI YOU AND DEREK HEADEY Research on the linkages between…
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2021 Summit of the Americas: At a precarious moment, an opportunity for a bold regional agenda
19.02.21-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
In the second half of this year, the United States will host the Summit of…
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Policy seminar: Rebuilding food and agricultural research institutions in a post-pandemic world
16.02.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY HONOR DEARLOVE The COVID-19 pandemic presents new challenges to publicly-funded food and agricult…
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Can sports and life skills programs improve labor force outcomes for vulnerable youth?
11.02.21-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
BY LORI BEAMAN, SYLVAN HERSKOWITZ, NIALL KELEHER AND JEREMY MAGRUDER Around the world, youth play…
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Does bottom-up monitoring improve public services? What we found in Uganda
09.02.21-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
BY BJORN VAN CAMPENHOUT AND CAROLINE MIEHE In many developing countries, poor delivery of public…
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How women’s empowerment can expand crop diversification as a climate adaptation strategy in Bangladesh
05.02.21-
Climate
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
BY ELIZABETH BRYAN, ALEX DE PINTO, GREG SEYMOUR, PRAPTI BHANDARY AND FRANCESCA EDRALIN Bangladesh’…
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Model: Rising seas may not drive population away from Bangladesh’s vulnerable coast
03.02.21-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
BY VALERIE MUELLER, ANDREW REID BELL AND HONOR DEARLOVE Climate change-driven sea level rise is…
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Study: Feeling relatively poor increases support for women in the workplace – but men still don’t want them making household decisions
01.02.21-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Feeling poor relative to others can spur families to support women in pursuing work outside…
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Ethiopia’s social safety net effective in limiting COVID-19 impacts on rural food insecurity
28.01.21-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY KIBROM A. ABAY, GUUSH BERHANE, JOHN HODDINOTT AND KIBROM TAFERE Multiple studies have documented…
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Policy seminar: Tackling the double burden of malnutrition with double-duty actions
27.01.21-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The double burden of malnutrition—the combination of undernutrition (stunting, wasting, and micron…
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Book: Global perspectives on agricultural development
26.01.21-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY KEIJIRO OTSUKA AND SHENGGEN FAN While agricultural development has long been linked to increased…
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WEF event: Building gender equitable food systems
13.01.21-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
By SOKHNA SALL SECK Empowering women and girls and the recognition and respect of their…
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Forman Lecture: Ellen Piwoz’s playbook for the future of global nutrition
12.01.21-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN When Ellen Piwoz joined the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2007, th…
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Agricultural value chain finance can help drive Myanmar’s agricultural growth
11.01.21-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY SIDDHARTHA BASU, ALAN DE BRAUW, KHIN PWINT OO AND RUSSELL TOTH Surrounded by some…
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New India National Family Health Survey data shows worrying trends on anemia, overweight
08.01.21-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Children's heights are a bellwether indicator for all the things that can go wrong, or…
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