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Using the MARPLE kit to diagnose wheat rust in Ethiopia
12.08.19- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
MARPLE (Mobile and Real-time PLant disEase) Diagnostics is a revolutionary mobile lab developed by a…
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New drought monitoring system will reduce climate risks for South Asian farmers
12.08.19- Climate
- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
To mitigate the food security and economic risks of South Asia’s frequent and intense droughts,…
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Artificial intelligence helps banana growers protect the world’s most favorite fruit
12.08.19- Biodiversity
Using artificial intelligence, scientists created an easy-to-use tool to detect banana diseases and …
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Alternatives to burning can increase Indian farmers’ profits and cut pollution, new study shows
09.08.19- Creating JOBS and GROWTH
- Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Published in Science, the article provides evidence for national policies that block stubble burning…
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Guiding farmers to safer use of pesticides in Rwanda and Burundi
08.08.19- Creating JOBS and GROWTH
- Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
It’s hard to overstate the importance of root, tuber, and banana (RTB crops) for smallholder…
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‘One Nation One Ration Card’ can transform lives in India
06.08.19- Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
On June 27, India Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan announced plans to move towards a system of…
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New CIMMYT pre-commercial hybrids available from Asia maize breeding programs
05.08.19- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is offering a new set of improved…
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Rice Doctor -An innovative technological approach to enhance rice production
05.08.19- Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Crop losses due to insect pests and diseases are a major threat to farming communities…
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Protect our food. Fund the seed.
02.08.19- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
“It is the seed that controls the system, not the other way around.” Chef and…
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Transforming sorghum and millet cropping systems through diffusion of quality seed and best bet agronomic practices
02.08.19Eight months of the year was the most farmer Seydou Yolo’s harvest would last to…
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Convention on Biological Diversity adopts indicator to track conservation of useful plants
01.08.19- Biodiversity
- Climate
- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Developed by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture and the Crop Trust, the indicator pro…
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CIMMYT and CGIAR staff join Ethiopia’s record-breaking tree-planting campaign
01.08.19- Biodiversity
- Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
July 29, 2019, was a remarkable day for Ethiopia. People across the country planted 353,633,660 tre…
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Global Food Policy Report–EAT-Lancet Commission launch in The Hague: Rural revitalization and sustainable diets
01.08.19- Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
How do two major reports with different emphases on the relationship between nutrition and agricultu…
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Joint Grasslands and Rangelands Congress will be held in Nairobi in Oct 2020
01.08.19- Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) and Kenya State Department of Livestoc…
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Transform Nutrition West Africa publishes evidence brief on Nigeria's nutrition policy
01.08.19- Nutrition
To help policymakers in Nigeria better understand the direction of nutrition-relevant policies and t…
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Cobs & Spikes podcast: Interview with Juan Gonzalo Jaramillo Mejia on social inclusion
31.07.19- Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
How can social protection programs be truly inclusive? Taking a social inclusion lens to agricultura…
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Biofortified staples may hold the key to India’s rural malnutrition
31.07.19- Nutrition
Micronutrient deficiency affects a large section of the Indian population, as it does in many…
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After 75 years, agriculture and nutrition meet again
31.07.19- Nutrition
- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
For the third year in a row, the recently-released FAO State of Food Insecurity and Nutrition repo…
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Kenyan livestock sector to grow ‘exponentially’—Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
31.07.19- Creating JOBS and GROWTH
- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Cattle grazing at ILRI’s Kapiti Ranch Research Station, outside Nairobi, in Kenya (photo credit: I…
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IRRI, Tao Corporation sign pact for the commercialization and distribution of elite hybrid rice varieties across the Philippines
31.07.19- Climate
- Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Partnership seen to give local rice farmers better access to seeds of high-yielding and climate-resi…
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Researchers support district experts and farmers in Climate Risk Profiling
30.07.19- Climate
The agriculture sector in Uganda is largely rain fed; this includes Nwoya District located within…
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Linking local and global food systems for more healthy and sustainable communities
30.07.19- Biodiversity
- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Three new areas of investigation related to diets, nutrition and sustainability, starting with short…
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Conference: Confronting the challenges in transforming Ethiopia’s economy
30.07.19- Creating JOBS and GROWTH
- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Ethiopia has made substantial progress in recent decades, but is now confronting mounting economic c…
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How do you protect what’s ‘everywhere but nowhere?’
30.07.19- Climate
- Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Ethiopia - This week Ethiopia began its ambitious 4 billion tree planting program. Ethiopia’s Prim…
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