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Famine in Gaza
CGIAR18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
CGIAR14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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How to implement "innovation portfolio management" in a public R&D organization
CGIAR07.03.24To feed and nourish ten billion people by mid-century, and to do so sustainably, our…
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Invest in women, ignite change in food systems
CGIAR05.03.24By Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR Executive Managing Director On this International Women’s Day, we celeb…
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New report: CGIAR's Transformative Crop Technologies Drive $1.3 Trillion Impact
CGIAR27.02.24The cumulative impact of CGIAR-related crop technologies reached US$1,334 billion from 1961 to 2020,…
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Urban wetlands and the built environment: how Colombo’s green spaces enhance city life
IWMI02.02.24-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombo must justify the renewal of its Ramsar Wetland City status this year. Has the…
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Build trust, build lives…
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)19.02.21-
Health
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“Farmers thought we were coming to steal their money!” Microfinance specialist Lamine Sountoura …
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Morocco’s Wheat Sector: Higher Productivity is Within Reach
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)18.02.21-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
A recent study by ICARDA scientists analyzed Morocco’s wheat sector, a strategic crop that is…
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Classic milpa maize intercrop can help feed communities forgotten by development
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)12.02.21-
Nutrition
The traditional milpa intercrop — in which maize is grown together with beans, squash, or…
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African project highlights importance of legume crops on World Pulses Day
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)12.02.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
Could legumes be the key to food production sustainability and climate change resilience? They consu…
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In the Spotlight: Quennie Vi Rizaldo
WorldFish11.02.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Quennie Vi Rizaldo is a Human Nutrition Specialist at WorldFish collaborating on the USAID-funded Fi…
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In the Spotlight: Bernadette Fregene
WorldFish11.02.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Bernadette Fregene is WorldFish’s aquaculture compact leader and a professor of aquaculture and fi…
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Building Commercial Standards to Boost Trade in Nutrient Enriched Crops
HarvestPlus10.02.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
In every step of commercial supply chains, purchasers look to standards to ensure that suppliers…
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Reviving the pulse in food security
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)09.02.21-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
World Pulses Day, hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations,…
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Inspiring Ethiopian youth to adopt smart farming
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)29.01.21-
Nutrition
Youth in the highlands of Ethiopia have been encouraged to take up farming by participation…
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Policy seminar: Tackling the double burden of malnutrition with double-duty actions
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.01.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
The double burden of malnutrition—the combination of undernutrition (stunting, wasting, and micron…
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Q&A with Maria Andrade: Breeding nutritious sweetpotatoes that farmers and families love
International Potato Center (CIP)25.01.21-
Nutrition
Orange-fleshed sweetpotato breeder and World Food Prize winner Dr. Maria Isabel Andrade loves sweetp…
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Policymakers urged to prioritize aquatic foods to end malnutrition
WorldFish21.01.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
Global policymakers and development funders have been urged to think of fish and other aquatic…
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Great ideas, science and dedication, 50 years of transformative innovations
International Potato Center (CIP)20.01.21-
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Nutrition
As we mark the 50th anniversary since the foundation of CIP and the CGIAR, you can be proud of…
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Nutrition-sensitive approaches from pond to plate in Myanmar
WorldFish19.01.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Looking at aquaculture through a nutrition lens is leading production and dietary shifts toward dive…
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Increased sustainability and research capacity for tilapia aquaculture in Zambia
WorldFish19.01.21-
Biodiversity
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Aquaculture is currently the main consumer of global fishmeal production. Sustainability concerns in…
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Forman Lecture: Ellen Piwoz’s playbook for the future of global nutrition
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)12.01.21-
Health
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Nutrition
BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN When Ellen Piwoz joined the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2007, th…
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New India National Family Health Survey data shows worrying trends on anemia, overweight
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)08.01.21-
Health
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Nutrition
Children's heights are a bellwether indicator for all the things that can go wrong, or…
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Shrimp Farming and Research in Bangladesh Adapts to COVID-19 Pandemic
WorldFish07.01.21-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted tremendously every aspect of the economy in Bangladesh, including…
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