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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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As policy makers call for building capacity for food system transformation, who is listening?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)21.01.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Since its emergence in the last few years as a leading paradigm, food system transformation…
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Equity in agriculture-nutrition-health research: What have we been researching and what are the gaps?
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)19.01.20-
Nutrition
To understand what is needed in tackling different aspects of inequity in agriculture for better…
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Industry plans to reach consumers with high oleic groundnut oil in 2-3 years
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)17.01.20-
Health
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Nutrition
Two new groundnut varieties with more than 78% oleic acid have captured the attention of…
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The meat wars: A backlash is occurring on the backlash to meat dietary recommendations published late last year
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)16.01.20-
Nutrition
Roy Lichenstein, Standing Rib (via Wikiart). On 19 Nov 2019, guidelines were published in the…
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Addressing nutrition in Ethiopia: Changes, challenges and opportunities
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)15.01.20-
Nutrition
John McDermott, director of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health, refl…
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IFPRI short video contest: School garden and healthy cooking program targets the double burden of malnutrition in Mexico
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)14.01.20-
Health
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Nutrition
irst in a series of guest posts by winners of IFPRI's My Food, Our Future short video…
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Inalienable imperative—More, and more sustainable, meat, milk, eggs and fish for more than one billion people
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)10.01.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
A new scientific article from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems judiciously…
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Investing in nutrition for long-term returns: improved human capital and productivity
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)09.01.20-
Health
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Nutrition
“Investments in improving nutrition in the first 1000 days should be considered as long-term econo…
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Focus on the political and commercial drivers behind the double burden of malnutrition
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)03.01.20-
Health
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Nutrition
On Dec. 16, The Lancet published a new series of papers on The Double Burden of Malnutrition—th…
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Biofortification: A plausible antidote to India's hidden hunger problem
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)02.01.20-
Health
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Nutrition
A dip in India’s ranking in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) has rightly created a stir in…
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Double duty actions in nutrition: Preventing harm and maximizing impacts on all forms of malnutrition
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)02.01.20-
Health
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Nutrition
Traditionally, the term “malnutrition” has been applied to problems such as micronutrient defici…
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On why the EAT-Lancet’s ‘Great Food Transformation’ will require a ‘Great Economic Transformation’—and more
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)31.12.19-
Nutrition
Illustration by Hiroko Yoshimoto. A new paper by scientists at the International Food Policy Researc…
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Call for abstracts now open: ANH Academy Week 2020
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)13.12.19-
Nutrition
The 2020 Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy Week will be held in Malawi from 29…
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Overlooked, underused crops: An answer to our food system problems?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)09.12.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
A recent report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change rang alarm bells about the…
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Chronic Kidney Disease in Sri Lanka
IWMI05.12.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Groundwater sources and treatment practices may not be the sole risk factors, and further research…
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Overlooked, underused crops: An answer to our food system problems?
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)03.12.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Despite the existence of over 5,500 food crops globally, we are eating a smaller array…
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Leading change in nutrition: Transform Nutrition West Africa holds first Francophone ‘short course’
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)01.12.19-
Nutrition
An all-African team from Transform Nutrition West Africa and the African Nutrition Leadership Progra…
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AfricaRice wins prestigious Al-Sumait Prize 2019
AfricaRice28.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
Recognizing the important role of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) in enhancing food security in…
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