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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 hungerÂ
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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Resilient, inclusive aquatic foods systems key to tackling climate change and COVID-19, say researchers
WorldFish25.09.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Employing a systems approach to build the resilience of all actors in aquatic food systems…
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Promoting nonfarm businesses in Papua New Guinea can improve rural diets
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)22.09.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
BY GRACIE ROSENBACH ANDÂ EMILY SCHMIDT Rural nonfarm enterprises (NFEs) can provide a variety of ben…
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Catch-up growth cannot undo damage from undernutrition
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)20.09.20-
Nutrition
Linear growth retardation is a widely used marker of undernutrition. While the development community…
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WorldFish’s Shakuntala Thilsted joins experts to lead UN Food Systems Summit
WorldFish18.09.20-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
WorldFish’s Program Leader for Value Chains and Nutrition Shakuntala Thilsted was appointed a…
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Bihar State in India to Promote Biofortified Crops to Address Nutrition Security
HarvestPlus17.09.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
The Government of Bihar, India’s third most populous state, is making a major commitment to…
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Strengthening the orange-fleshed sweetpotato value chain in Malawi
International Potato Center (CIP)14.09.20-
Nutrition
Simple processing is spreading the advantages of orange-fleshed sweetpotato, with benefits for farme…
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COVID-19: The virus will mostly spare young children; the economic crisis will not
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)14.09.20-
Health
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Nutrition
BY MARIE RUEL ANDÂ DEREK HEADEY As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread and persist, disrupting…
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Building diverse and healthier diets for Africa’s growing population
International Potato Center (CIP)11.09.20-
Nutrition
A healthy diet ensures adequate calories and nutrients—with a balanced, diversity of foods from se…
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Increased funding support to AVISA to accelerate crop improvement and improve seed delivery systems
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)11.09.20-
Health
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Nutrition
One year after it began, Accelerated Varietal Improvement and Seed Delivery of Legumes and Cereals…
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Transforming African food systems for a resilient future
CGIAR10.09.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
By Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and I…
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Chicken intervention in Ethiopian households improved the nutrition and growth of young children
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)09.09.20-
Health
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Nutrition
Ethiopian chicken farmer with her children (photo credit: ILRI). ILRI animal geneticist/breeder Tade…
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Elevating women’s role to improve food systems
International Potato Center (CIP)08.09.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
Women play a vital role in growing, processing and marketing food in developing countries, yet…
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New alliance for better dairy animal nutrition in Kenya will work to advance ‘human nutrition, success and progress’
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)08.09.20-
Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Lilian Satia, a young dairy entrepreneur in Nakuru, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Georgina Smith). Yeste…
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Wildlife markets in the pandemic: Prohibit or preserve them? Ban or promote them?
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)02.09.20-
Health
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Nutrition
Pork sold in a wet market in Cambodia (photo credit: ILRI/David Aronson). ILRI and UN…
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Getting beyond ’empty signifiers’—Food policy expert Corinna Hawkes asks: What are food systems for?
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)29.08.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
All children’s artworks on this page are from Artsonia Art Gallery. In the lead up…
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High altitudes linked to higher rates of stunting
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.08.20-
Health
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Nutrition
BY KALEAB BAYE, KALLE HIRVONEN AND EMILY WU Child stunting affects nearly 155 million globally, on…
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Data collection in a diverse and complex food system
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)25.08.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
IFPRI’s objectives in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are to strengthen data collection and analysis to…
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A call for a holistic view of meat eating by Lawrence Haddad, of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)24.08.20-
Nutrition
Standing Rib, by Roy Lichtenstein, 1962. ‘Eat less meat’ is seen by many as a…
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