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Double burden of COVID-19: Declining livelihood opportunities and aspiration failure among poor people
08.05.20-
Food security
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Health
The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a health crisis but an economic crisis too. In…
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COVID-19 lockdowns are imposing substantial economic costs on countries in Africa
08.05.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY JAMES THURLOW Low and middle-income countries (LMICs) are suffering rapid and substantial economi…
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Equality in a post-pandemic era: gender, COVID-19, agriculture and climate change
08.05.20COVID-19 is intensifying climate change impacts, adding extra pressure to food systems, livelihoods,…
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COVID-19 threatens agriculture, food, nutrition security: WLE Chair joins international call for action
07.05.20-
Food security
In an open letter to the United Nations and national governments, global experts and leaders are c…
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Let’s not forget the quality of food in crisis, millet entrepreneurs speak out
07.05.20-
Environmental health
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Health
Pan-India survey highlights areas for government intervention A recent survey of millet entrepreneur…
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Assessing the toll of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the South African economy
06.05.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY CHANNING ARNDT, SHERWIN GABRIEL AND SHERMAN ROBINSON COVID-19 is expected to have major impacts…
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COVID-19: Flattening the food insecurity curve
06.05.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
To avoid societal collapses and their many potential ripple effects on world security, we must…
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IFPRI’s new COVID-19 Food Price Monitor tracks warning signs of stress in local markets
05.05.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY MANUEL HERNANDEZ, SOONHO KIM, BRENDAN RICE AND ROB VOS Food systems are complex and the disrup…
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STOP COVID-19 CRISIS MORPHING INTO A FOOD CRISIS : SUPPORT TO AFRICA’s RICE SECTOR
05.05.20-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Introduction The world is facing unprecedented challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-…
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Terrain through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic: Footprint for a healthy planet
05.05.20-
Food security
Scientists have demonstrated that such diseases as COVID-19, the new SARS-COV2 coronavirus, and Ebol…
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Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 Updates: India
05.05.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
On March 25th India initiated a strict 21-day lockdown, later extended until May 3rd and…
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Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 Updates: Bangladesh
05.05.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Protective measures were instated progressively from March 17th, evolving into a ten-day nationwide…
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Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 Updates: Myanmar
05.05.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Following first case detections at the end of March, Myanmar instituted stay-at-home orders, curfe…
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Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 Updates: Egypt
05.05.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Egypt enacted measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at the end of March including…
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Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 Updates: Nigeria
05.05.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
More than 25 million residents in Abuja, Lagos, and Ogun states were put under federal lockdown on…
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IFPRI, IRRI, CIMMYT, WorldFish make joint call for measures to avert risk to food system
05.05.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
CGIAR Research Centers commend Bangladesh’s response to contain Covid-19 spread, call for ensuring…
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Fixing the global food system after coronavirus
04.05.20-
Food security
Op-Ed from the Chair of the CGIAR WLE-supported Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensificat…
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Stronger local food value chains can leave Eastern and Southern Africa more resilient post COVID-19
01.05.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
COVID-19 has seized the drylands of Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), home to some of…
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