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Sustainability of food systems: Five steps beyond the EAT-Lancet report
19.09.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A new paper highlights five areas of research and action that require more attention if…
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New insights to help advance cassava breeding worldwide
19.09.20Researchers at IITA, along with partners from the NextGen Cassava Breeding Project, have uncovered…
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Big data and new technology can help us understand and respond to climate change and conflict risks – here’s how
18.09.20-
Climate
Written by Elisabeth Gilmore, Senior Associate Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO…
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Polio Provides the Roadmap for Tackling Pandemic and Food Security
11.09.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
"A tiny microbe has humbled us all – and yet has also provided us with…
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Transforming African food systems for a resilient future
10.09.20-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
By Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and I…
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The geometry of disease: A longitudinal calf cohort study in Kenya has yielded a unique database and biorepository
10.09.20-
Big data
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Fun with Lines and Curves by Elsie C. Ellison, 1972 (binding illustration). The IDEAL project,…
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Low-tech solutions plus improved coordination for climate resilience in coastal Bangladesh
16.09.20-
Climate
Cyclone Amphan hit the coast of Bangladesh in May, and was followed in July by…
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CGIAR breeding programs need more than just tech upgrades. They need change management
15.09.20-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
By Hugo Campos, CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB) / International Potato Centre (CIP) The statu…
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GDI Knowledge Hub moves online
14.09.20The new Gender, Diversity and Inclusion (GDI) Knowledge Hub is now online, providing all staff acr…
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COVID-19: The virus will mostly spare young children; the economic crisis will not
14.09.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY MARIE RUEL AND DEREK HEADEY As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread and persist, disrupting…
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Farmer-managed natural regeneration as a land-restoration strategy: under what conditions does it work?
14.09.20-
Biodiversity
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
The upcoming 2021–2030 United Nations decade of restoration aims to accelerate efforts towards ach…
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What rising CO2 does to one of world’s most important protein sources
14.09.20Photo: A combined physiological and transcriptomic approach provides insights into the molecular dyn…
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Increased funding support to AVISA to accelerate crop improvement and improve seed delivery systems
14.09.20Photo: Farmers from Mali next to their sorghum harvest (AVISA) One year after it began,…
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Experts call on African countries to prioritize food safety in urban food markets
11.09.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa launched its 2020 Africa Agriculture Status Report…
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Gendering migration: how straightforward is it?
11.09.20-
Biodiversity
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Drawing on the narratives of women and men who have domestic or international migration experience,…
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Multiple cropping could help feed the world
11.09.20-
Climate
Global population and food demand are expected to increase considerably in the future. Solutions to…
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Transforming African food systems for a resilient future
10.09.20-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
By Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and I…
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Strengthening the orange-fleshed sweetpotato value chain in Malawi
10.09.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Simple processing is spreading the advantages of orange-fleshed sweetpotato, with benefits for farme…
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The geometry of disease: A longitudinal calf cohort study in Kenya has yielded a unique database and biorepository
10.09.20-
Big data
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Fun with Lines and Curves by Elsie C. Ellison, 1972 (binding illustration). The IDEAL project,…
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Chicken intervention in Ethiopian households improved the nutrition and growth of young children
09.09.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Ethiopian chicken farmer with her children (photo credit: ILRI). ILRI animal geneticist/breeder Tade…
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Improving governance of trees can better conserve biodiversity
09.09.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate
The expansion and intensification of agriculture as well as the associated clearing of forests are…
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Diving into diverse human-ocean relationships bares the base of a fair blue economy
09.09.20-
Biodiversity
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
We are all ocean people, whether we live by the sea or not. Life on…
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Call for applications for Joint PhD Program WUR, CGIAR and SIPRI on climate security
08.09.20-
Climate
We are looking for Wageningen University and Research (WUR), CGIAR, and the Stockholm International …
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New alliance for better dairy animal nutrition in Kenya will work to advance ‘human nutrition, success and progress’
08.09.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Nutrition
Lilian Satia, a young dairy entrepreneur in Nakuru, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Georgina Smith). Yeste…
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