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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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How COVID-19 may disrupt food supply chains in developing countries
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)02.04.20-
Food security
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Health
BY THOMAS REARDON, MARC F. BELLEMARE AND DAVID ZILBERMAN The organization of food supply chains (F…
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Building synergies between modernized sweetpotato breeding and seed systems for improved varieties in East and Central Africa
International Potato Center (CIP)02.04.20-
Nutrition
SweetGAINS (Genetic Advances and Innovative Seed Systems) is a program to accelerate and expand the…
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Insecurity in Niger: reversing the gains made in land restoration
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)02.04.20-
Gender equality
Just two years into the implementation of the Reversing Land Degradation in Africa by Scaling-up Ev…
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Wheat curl mites: What are they and how can we fight them?
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)01.04.20The wheat curl mite, a pesky wheat pest which can cause up to 100% yield…
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Economic impact of COVID-19 on tourism and remittances: Insights from Egypt
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)01.04.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY CLEMENS BREISINGER, ABLA ABDEL LATIF, MARIAM RAOUF AND MANFRED WIEBELT As COVID-19 reaches eve…
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IRRI, CCAFS, CCAC boost GHG mitigation in Vietnam to reach NDC targets
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)01.04.20In Vietnam, rice is a dominant and important crop. Yet, traditional paddy rice production…
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COVID-19 lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)31.03.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY DANIELLE RESNICK Informal food markets are vital to feeding African cities, venues the poor…
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COVID19 Highlights Need To Ensure Good Nutrition
HarvestPlus31.03.20-
Health
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Nutrition
“Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.” This well-known quote from Hippocrates…
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Remembering Peter Huxley: One of the ‘giants’ of agroforestry research
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)31.03.20Peter Huxley was one of the ‘giants’ of agroforestry research; one of his greatest legacies…
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Nutrix – the big reach of small fish in nourishing Cambodia
WorldFish31.03.20-
Nutrition
Lyndon Paul offers a tube-shaped wafer for me to try. It fractures as I bite,…
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From sledgehammer to scalpel: Scientists say a ‘moonshot effort’ is needed to end social distancing and this pandemic
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)31.03.20-
Health
Earthrise, as seen from Apollo 8, Dec 1968 (photo credit: astronaut William Anders). Scientists say…
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Tackling agricultural water pollution – a 21st century challenge
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)31.03.20Agriculture is critical to the economies of developing countries. It is the basic source of…
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Lockdowns are protecting China’s rural families from COVID-19, but the economic burden is heavy
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)30.03.20-
Gender equality
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Health
By Scott Rozelle, Heather Rahimi, Huan Wang and Eve Dill COVID-19 lockdowns have major impacts on…
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Lessons from the AIDS epidemic on how COVID-19 may Impact Food and Nutrition Security
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)30.03.20-
Health
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Nutrition
By Stuart Gillespie and Alan Whiteside Given the speed at which COVID-19 is spreading, we must…
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Understanding farmer needs for new sweetpotato varieties
International Potato Center (CIP)30.03.20-
Nutrition
Jeanne Mukasine hails from Gakenke district in the northern reaches of Rwanda, the country of…
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Meeting in The Gambia delivers Banjul Tree Cover Resolution: ‘Every day that we delay comes at a cost’
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)30.03.20-
Food security
On 20-21 February, the Government of The Gambia, under its Large-scale Ecosystem-based Adaptation P…
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Lab-in-a-backpack: Rapid Genomic Detection to revolutionize control of disease outbreaks in fish farming
WorldFish30.03.20-
Big data
A team of researchers from Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, and the UK is harnessing…
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Promoting better agricultural practices of drought-tolerant crops in farming communities
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)30.03.20-
Biodiversity
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Makueni Agribusiness Ventures is a ten-member farmer group that participated in an AVCD funded good…
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