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Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service

28.03.22

Gender equality

For the past three years, the International Potato Center’s (CIP) SweetGAINS program in Africa has…

SPIA’s workflow reaches the land of rivers

21.03.22

Gender equality

Bangladesh will be the fourth focus country of SPIA’s national data systems team. We recently…

Fishing boat in Timor Leste. Photo by Jennifer King

Deadlock over UN treaty for high seas keeps developing countries at a disadvantage

19.03.22

Biodiversity
Environmental health
Gender equality

The livelihoods of millions worldwide continue to be at risk after UN Member States failed…

Revealing the deeper forces impacting women’s lives after COVID-19

14.03.22

Gender equality

As the world emerges from the pandemic, agricultural researchers have begun training their lenses to…

International Women’s Day 2022

08.03.22

Gender equality

Today around the world, we celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) to note the achievements and…

International Women’s Day 2022 newsletter

08.03.22

Gender equality

On International Women’s Day 2022, we highlight how women and girls in agriculture and food…

Zambian woman with forest foods. Photo: Joe Nkadaani/CIFOR.

How COP27 can deliver climate justice for rural women

08.03.22

Gender equality

by Nicoline de Haan, CGIAR GENDER Platform director This op-ed was first published by the…

Women scientists are driving force for the potato program in Georgia

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

07.03.22

Gender equality

In the USAID Potato Program in Georgia, led by the International Potato Center (CIP), women…

In focus: Women making a difference in the world of water

07.03.22

Gender equality
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

As we celebrate International Women’s Day 2022 and pursue "gender equality today for a sustainable…

A gender-responsive tool for better pest and disease management

04.03.22

Gender equality

Women play a vital role in agriculture, especially in developing countries, but because technologies…

Ready? Set? Transform! How to make gender equality last

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

04.03.22

Gender equality

This post was first published as part of GFAR's partners in action campaign. -- The…

Lessons from a decade of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI)

03.03.22

Gender equality
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

BY EMILY MYERS OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Since its launch in 2012, IFPRI’s Women’s Empowerment…

In the Spotlight: Afrina Choudhury

02.03.22

Environmental health
Food security
Gender equality
Health
Nutrition
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Afrina Choudhury is a senior gender specialist and research fellow at WorldFish as well as…

WorldFish spotlights resilient aquatic food systems at the Healthy Oceans Tech and Finance Forum 

01.03.22

Biodiversity
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health
Food security
Gender equality
Health
Nutrition
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

At last month’s Healthy Oceans Tech and Finance Forum hosted by the Asian Development Bank,…

A woman is husking rice in Bangladesh. Photo: Mike Lusmore/Duckrabbit.

New hotspot mapping reveals where climate change hits women the hardest

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

25.02.22

Gender equality

Women are more at risk of experiencing adverse climate change effects in some areas than…

COVID-19 and rising global food prices: What’s really happening?

10.02.22

Food security
Gender equality

BY ROB VOS, JOSEPH GLAUBER, MANUEL HERNÁNDEZ AND DAVID LABORDE Food prices are skyrocketing around…

In the Spotlight: Marleen Schutter