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Impact of COVID-19 on women working in the domestic sector in Hyderabad
01.05.20-
Food security
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Health
The recently extended lockdown in India, now in force until 3 May, is a necessary…
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Leveraging digital tools for adaptive food systems in India during the COVID-19 lockdown
30.04.20-
Big data
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Food security
Despite many exemptions from lockdown, the agricultural sector in India has experienced major disrup…
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Maize project supports partners in COVID-19 response
30.04.20The long wait for registration As the world continues the fight to overcome the COVID-19…
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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-
Gender equality
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Health
BY MELISSA HIDROBO, NEHA KUMAR, TIA PALERMO, AMBER PETERMAN AND SHALINI ROY The COVID-19 pandemi…
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South Asia women in agriculture during COVID-19
28.04.20-
Gender equality
While COVID-19 pandemic has affected the livelihoods of billions worldwide, the economic fallout of …
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Reaching Farmers and Vulnerable Communities Amid COVID-19
28.04.20-
Nutrition
As the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to contain it impact economies and societies around the…
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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-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY LAWRENCE HADDAD “Biblical.” That was the word that the world’s press needed to (finally)…
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When climate and Covid-19 collide: Ten steps to prepare South Asia
28.04.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As if managing the evolving coronavirus pandemic is not enough, countries in South Asia are…
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COVID-19: How the development community can contribute to food system recovery and resilience
27.04.20-
Big data
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Food security
In the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic, open, data-driven collaboration and digitally-enabled…
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Down to Earth: When COVID-19, climate collide: How south Asia can prepare itself
27.04.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
Careful planning is needed to avoid major damage, while marshalling resources towards limiting the s…
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8 Food Security Implications of the COVID-19 Crisis
24.04.20-
Big data
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Food security
From disrupting agricultural input supply chains to carving out new crisis response roles for social…
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Is a pandemic the time to think about genebanks?
24.04.20-
Biodiversity
Reasons to consider seeds in the time of the coronavirus Perhaps you think that the…
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The COVID-19 nutrition crisis: What to expect and how to protect
23.04.20-
Health
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Nutrition
BY DEREK HEADEY AND MARIE RUEL Nutrition has been a development priority for a decade. Many…
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Seeds of rural recovery: States must consider accommodating returnee migrants in small-farming
23.04.20-
Food security
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Health
Small and marginal farmers remain the dominant food producer and major workforce in India, and…
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COVID-19 and what it means for wild meat
23.04.20The spread of diseases from animals to humans—called zoonoses—is a public health issue as eviden…
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Policy seminar: COVID-19's implications for food security, nutrition, and poverty
22.04.20-
Food security
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Health
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, disruptions in…
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The response from the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT to COVID-19 impacts on global food systems
22.04.20The number of people affected by hunger, already a staggering 800 million, could double as…
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Why gender matters in COVID-19 responses – now and in the future
22.04.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY AGNES QUISUMBING, NEHA KUMAR, RUTH MEINZEN-DICK AND CLAUDIA RINGLER Controlling the COVID-19 p…
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