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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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Voices from the field: Supporting healthy food environments in India
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)29.10.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Rates of overweight and obesity are rising at an alarming rate in India, especially among…
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IMMANA announces research grant call for applications
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)29.10.19-
Nutrition
The Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA) program has announ…
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Sorghum flour with high shelf life hits Nigerian markets
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)25.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
In a first-of-its-kind enterprise in Nigeria, a large-scale flour mill has come up with processed…
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Blue maize is all the rage, but are consumers willing to pay?
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)17.10.19-
Nutrition
Step into supermarkets or restaurants in Mexico City and surrounding towns and you might see…
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Nobel Economics Prize: Experiment-based research to reduce hunger, malnutrition, and global poverty
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)17.10.19-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
I am delighted to congratulate Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer on winning this…
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Matching local knowledge with science to promote regreening
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)16.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Training farmers in tree-nursery establishment and management is a critical, nature-based solution t…
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Global Report on Food Crises mid-year update tracks world’s food insecurity hotspots
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)15.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
For the past three years, the number of people around the world in urgent need…
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CGIAR centers push recommendations for CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Nutrition and Diets
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)15.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Placing the Global South front and center Among the critical conversations had at the recently…
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Understanding what impacts last, after the project ends
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)08.10.19-
Nutrition
Development projects set out to better understand and find ways to improve outcomes for people…
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Sustainable livestock systems for sustainable lives
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)08.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Paul Cezanne, Still Life with Bread and Eggs. This month, in a new issue of…
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Confused about the meat/milk/diet wars? That’s OK. It’s complicated. And poorly fact-checked. And under-studied.
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)07.10.19-
Nutrition
All illustrations by Japanese graphic artist Zenji Funabashi. Just in time to add fuel to…
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India establishes separate ministerial livestock portfolio, a sector outperforming crop agriculture
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)05.10.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)04.10.19-
Health
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Nutrition
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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)03.10.19-
Health
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Nutrition
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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)30.09.19-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.09.19-
Health
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Nutrition
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
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)27.09.19-
Health
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Nutrition
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
WorldFish26.09.19-
Nutrition
New research published reveals the potential of marine fisheries to help tackle nutrient deficiencie…
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