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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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Experts call for increased investment in One Health to reduce the burden of neglected zoonoses
14.04.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
One Health is a concept that recognizes that the health of people is linked to…
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From waste to wealth: The innovation turning cassava peels into a growing new industry
05.04.21-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
To make garri, cassava roots have to be peeled. Traditionally, the peels have been dumped…
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International Livestock Research Institute scientists support Kenyan government to identify SARS-CoV-2 variants
31.03.21-
Genomics
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
In the Nairobi laboratories of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the organizati…
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Nairobi is rapidly losing its green spaces: this could open the door to more diseases
30.03.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
A research study led by the International Livestock Research Institute explored the impact of a…
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Peter Hotez at ILRI on vaccines and misinformation
29.03.21-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Peter Jay Hotez, an American pediatrician and leading international vaccine advocate, spoke out agai…
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ILRI scientist Hung Nguyen-Viet discusses his experiences with the WHO team investigating COVID-19 origins
19.03.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Hung Nguyen-Viet, co-leader of the Animal and Human Health program at the International Livestock Re…
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The One Health research-for-development agenda: Enhancing the holistic health of people, animals and environment
03.03.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Nephew of a dairy entrepreneur near Nairobi, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Georgina Smith). JIMMY SMITH,…
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New study investigates the governance structure of the Nairobi pork value chain and its impact on food safety
23.02.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
A new study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science (February 2021) has documented the governan…
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Experts call for global One Health platform to consolidate evidence on actions to tackle antimicrobial resistance
30.12.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
The World Health Organization has declared that antimicrobial resistance is one of the top 10…
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A no-meat diet everywhere will not solve the climate crisis
21.12.20-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
People in industrialized regions like the United States of America or Europe are generally urged…
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Irrigating fodder crops to improve nutrition for animals and people in Ethiopia
20.12.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
When livestock are fed high-quality fodder, produced with the help of irrigation, they deliver bette…
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Lancet Countdown 2020 report calls for governments to align global COVID-19 recovery with response to climate change
06.12.20-
Climate
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
The COVID-19 pandemic and climate change represent converging challenges to which no continent, coun…
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One Health in action: Research by ILRI and partners improves the health of people, animals and the environment
01.11.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
The current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has brought into sharp focus the interconnectedn…
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Community-based training on milk hygiene improves knowledge, attitudes and practices of women pastoralists in Borana, Ethiopia
23.10.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Milk and milk products are essential in the diets of the Borana pastoral community in…
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Celebrating Open Access Week 2020 with a focus on ILRI’s open access research on animal and human health
19.10.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
International Open Access Week is an opportunity to raise awareness about open access publishing of…
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Training researchers virtually when supplies can cross borders but people cannot
16.10.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, supplies can cross international borders, but the same…
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Experts review policy innovation to improve milk safety in informal markets
13.10.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
A new research report (Oct 2020) by scientists from the International Institute for Environment and…
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Nomadic pastoralist communities: An invisible frontier in health surveillance
29.09.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
A new research paper in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Sept 2020)…
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