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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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Nigerian experiences shared at milestone data forum on nutrition action in West Africa
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)11.05.20-
Nutrition
Together 4 Nutrition Data Forum drew diverse groups of data producers and users to address…
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COVID-19: Stakeholders count losses in Aquaculture
WorldFish11.05.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Stakeholders in the aquaculture sector have raised an alarm of a looming food crisis unless…
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‘Our lives depend on it’: Women’s gleaning vital for food and income in Timor-Leste
WorldFish11.05.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
It’s 5 am on an August morning. The tide is low at Beacou beach, where…
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STOP COVID-19 CRISIS MORPHING INTO A FOOD CRISIS : SUPPORT TO AFRICA’s RICE SECTOR
AfricaRice05.05.20-
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Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Introduction The world is facing unprecedented challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-…
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Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 Updates: India
WorldFish05.05.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
On March 25th India initiated a strict 21-day lockdown, later extended until May 3rd and…
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Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 Updates: Bangladesh
WorldFish05.05.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Protective measures were instated progressively from March 17th, evolving into a ten-day nationwide…
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Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 Updates: Myanmar
WorldFish05.05.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Following first case detections at the end of March, Myanmar instituted stay-at-home orders, curfe…
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Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 Updates: Egypt
WorldFish05.05.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Egypt enacted measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at the end of March including…
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Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 Updates: Nigeria
WorldFish05.05.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
More than 25 million residents in Abuja, Lagos, and Ogun states were put under federal lockdown on…
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IFPRI, IRRI, CIMMYT, WorldFish make joint call for measures to avert risk to food system
WorldFish05.05.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
CGIAR Research Centers commend Bangladesh’s response to contain Covid-19 spread, call for ensuring…
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Why 'home garden' projects don’t always work: Insights from Ethiopia
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)04.05.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY KALLE HIRVONEN AND DEREK HEADEY In Ethiopia, the average person eats just 42 kg of fruits and…
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New protein study reveals power of millet-legume blends for enhancing human health
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)01.05.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Two billion people around the world are suffering from protein and micronutrient deficiencies. The r…
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Reaching Farmers and Vulnerable Communities Amid COVID-19
HarvestPlus28.04.20-
Nutrition
As the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to contain it impact economies and societies around the…
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Biblical, on steroids, and across generations: The coming food and nutrition crash can be averted if we act now to counter the COVID-19 crisis
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)28.04.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY LAWRENCE HADDAD “Biblical.” That was the word that the world’s press needed to (finally)…
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Integrating gender and nutrition in Ugandan policy: An assessment
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)24.04.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
Most of Uganda’s population relies on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihoods. Agriculture is h…
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Global Report on Food Crises: 135 million in 55 countries faced acute hunger in 2019
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)23.04.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY SARA GUSTAFSON An estimated 135 million people in 55 countries around the world faced…
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The COVID-19 nutrition crisis: What to expect and how to protect
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)23.04.20-
Health
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Nutrition
BY DEREK HEADEY AND MARIE RUEL Nutrition has been a development priority for a decade. Many…
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Iron Pearl Millet: Crop of the Future for Improving Nutrition in Sahel
HarvestPlus21.04.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
Iron-biofortified pearl millet is grown by a quarter of a million farmers in India, and…
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