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In a grain of rice: Solutions for poverty and hunger in sub-Saharan Africa
13.11.19-
Genomics
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Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
What tiny object is capable of lifting millions of people above the poverty line and…
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A breath of fresh air: New planting machinery offers solution to burning crisis in India
13.11.19-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
When the rice harvest season arrives in northwest India, farmers have only ten to twenty…
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Towards a sustainable future for cocoa: Conserving and celebrating cacao diversity
07.11.19-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Global efforts are underway to secure a sustainable future for a much-loved but highly vulnerable…
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Guardians of diversity: The network of genebanks helping to feed the world
07.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Genomics
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Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
As part of global efforts to achieve sustainable development and address climate change, a network…
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A GIFT for generations to come: The fish ending poverty and hunger for millions
07.11.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Fish bred to address poverty and hunger have now reached 16 countries, with more to…
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Untapped: How Sri Lanka’s septic tanks could become a sustainable support for farming
07.11.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Farmers in Sri Lanka are positioned to benefit from a new policy that recognizes waste…
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India establishes separate ministerial livestock portfolio, a sector outperforming crop agriculture
05.10.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
All illustrations by Bengali artist Jamini Roy, 1887–1972. ‘The creation of a separate ministeri…
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Incorporating prevention into community-based management of acute malnutrition: Insights from Mali and Burkina Faso
04.10.19-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Globally, 52 million children suffer from acute malnutrition. Children with moderate acute malnutrit…
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Crunching IFPRI data to build research capacity in Papua New Guinea
03.10.19-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
One of IFPRI’s most important pillars is capacity building, which includes training students and g…
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Locally-grown fruits and vegetables can improve diets of rural women in India
30.09.19-
Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Malnutrition, including micronutrient deficiency, is especially acute among women in India. In Mahar…
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TICAD7 Side Event: How Japan’s know-how can help address Africa’s food and nutrition challenges
27.09.19-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
To feed its growing population amid climate change and other challenges, Africa needs a flourishing…
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Scaling up the use of Orange Fleshed Puree for Baked and Fried Products
27.09.19-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
In late May the International Potato Centre (CIP) organized a stakeholder engagement and launch meet…
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Fish micronutrients ‘slipping through the hands’ of malnourished people
26.09.19-
Nutrition
New research published reveals the potential of marine fisheries to help tackle nutrient deficiencie…
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Programs need to focus on the double burden of malnutrition: Evidence from Guatemala
25.09.19-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Most countries, at all levels of development and in all regions of the world, today…
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Genomics delivers ‘super chickpea’ in record time
20.09.19-
Genomics
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Nutrition
Two improved varieties developed through genomics-assisted breeding are headed for Indian farms Indi…
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Regional Focus: Working towards healthy diets
20.09.19-
Climate
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Nutrition
IRRI's regional representative for South Asia, Nafees Meah, speaks with Geography and You to discuss…
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Policy seminar: Exploring a cash transfer program's impacts on malnutrition in war-torn Yemen
16.09.19-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
The war in Yemen is an ongoing disaster for its people. Over 80% of the…
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Understanding what impacts last after the project ends
12.09.19-
Nutrition
Little is known about what happens after a development project ends. Scientists with HarvestPlus ret…
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ANH Academy launches technical brief on economic evaluations of multi-sectoral actions for nutrition and health
12.09.19-
Nutrition
The technical working group of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy has published a…
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12 years of research on Tropical Legumes: 25 million smallholder farmers now grow improved varieties
06.09.19-
Genomics
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Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Over a period of 12 years (2007-2019), the Tropical Legumes projects led to the development…
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12 years of Tropical Legumes: 25 million smallholder farmers now grow improved varieties
06.09.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Over a period of 12 years (2007-2019), the Tropical Legumes projects led to the development…
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Multiple bridges connecting the water-nutrition divide: What’s new?
06.09.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
This was the question discussed by experts at a session during this year’s World Water…
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Why the first thousand days matter most
04.09.19-
Nutrition
India’s National Nutrition Mission, or POSHAN Abhiyaan, recognizes the multisectoral nature of th…
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Making local crops work for nutrition-sensitive agriculture
03.09.19-
Nutrition
Supporting nutrition-sensitive agriculture through neglected and underutilized species is a new ope…
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