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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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Call to improve food safety in low- and middle-income countries—From hazards to risks and from farm to fork
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)28.10.18-
Health
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Nutrition
The Milkmaid, by Johannes Vermeer, 1660. Food safety hazards are increasingly recognized as a major…
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New World Bank report says food-borne illnesses cost US$110 billion per year in low- and middle-income countries
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)26.10.18-
Health
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Nutrition
AgHealth Rinsing fresh fish in Accra, Ghana (photo credit: ILRI/Kennedy Bomfeh). A new World Bank…
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New World Bank report says food-borne illnesses cost US$ 110 billion per year in low- and middle-income countries
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)26.10.18-
Health
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Nutrition
A new World Bank study, Safe food imperative: Accelerating progress in low- and middle-income countr…
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Leading female rice scientists, young researchers recognized for solutions to global food and nutrition security
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)17.10.18-
Food security
17 October 2018, Singapore—Female scientists and early career researchers were among the seven tra…
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World Food Day in Ethiopia: Achieving food and nutritional security—and better lives—through livestock
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)17.10.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
Siboniso (‘Boni’) Moyo (front, left), the ILRI director general’s representative in Ethiopia, …
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The elusive quest for the perfect chicken
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)16.10.18-
Food security
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Gender equality
A team of researchers investigating chicken diseases in Ethiopia has discovered that there is far…
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Video on food safety research in Vietnam highlights importance of partnerships
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)04.10.18-
Health
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Nutrition
Hung Nguyen-Viet, regional representative for East and Southeast Asia and senior scientist at the In…
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Greenhouse gas emissions from dung patches in developing countries are ‘likely highly overestimated’—New report
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)03.10.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Cattle herding in Kenya (photo credit: CCAFS/Cecilia Schubert). A new research paper published by sc…
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IFPRI, ILRI leaders: Sustainable small-scale livestock farming is essential to meeting the 21st-century’s protein needs
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)26.09.18-
Environmental health
While the potential harms of raising livestock and consuming meat, milk, and eggs are frequently…
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IFPRI, ILRI leaders: Sustainable small-scale livestock farming is essential to meeting the 21st-century’s protein needs
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)25.09.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY DAVID ARONSON While the potential harms of raising livestock and consuming meat, milk, and…
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ILRI’s Jimmy Smith on farm animal diversity for more sustainable and resilient global food systems
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)25.09.18-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), this week ma…
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‘High-yield’ farming costs the environment less than previously thought—and could help spare habitats
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)20.09.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
‘Breed More Dairy Cows’ poster from Vietnam. ‘New findings suggest that more intensive agricul…
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New study examines socio-economic effects of training informal milk vendors in Kenya
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)12.09.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
Training of milk vendors in Kenya’s informal dairy sector could be a pathway to progressively…
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Squaring the meat vs veganism circle
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)06.09.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
The Kiss, drawing by Pablo Picasso. Bull, Plate VIII, Pablo Picasso, 1946. . .…
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German agroecological livestock research investments are benefiting both people and the planet
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)06.09.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
(Left) ILRI Deputy Director General for Biosciences Dieter Schillinger welcomes to ILRI Parliamentar…
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Deadly African swine fever arrives in China, the world’s largest producer of pigs
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)14.08.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Africa swine fever, which recently appeared in Shenyang City, in Liaoning Province, northeastern Chi…
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Aspen New Voices Fellows Andrew Mude and Jemimah Njuki tell of the moments their ag careers ‘took off’
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)10.08.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
For your viewing and listening pleasure, here are two short video ‘stories’ by two great…
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When ‘Do no harm’ is harder than ‘doing good’
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)07.08.18-
Food security
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Gender equality
This drawing depicts a traditional ololili dry-season forage reserve maintained by Tanzania’s pas…
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