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Global Food Policy Report 2020 launch: Building inclusive food systems

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

15.04.20

Food security
Gender equality

BY KATARLAH TAYLOR The April 7 launch of IFPRI’s flagship 2020 Global Food Policy Report—this y…

For the poorest countries, the full danger from coronavirus is only just coming into view

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

14.04.20

Gender equality
Health

BY MARI PANGESTU Three months after the outbreak began, it is easy to see the…

Diets in a time of coronavirus: Don’t let vegetables fall off the plate

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

13.04.20

Food security
Gender equality

BY JODY HARRIS Vegetables are a key source of essential nutrition and play a crucial…

A chapati could get out of reach for people who fall short in income in response to their sudden inability to walk to work. Photo: Michael Hauser

COVID-19-measures, daily laborers and their nutrition

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

10.04.20

Food security
Gender equality

Drive along any major road connecting an African city with the hinterland early in the…

Global Food Policy Report 2020: Inclusive food systems can help build resilience to withstand pandemics and other shocks

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

06.04.20

Food security
Gender equality

BY JOHAN SWINNEN As the world battles the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the…

Ms Zuwena Hamisi Chipangula runs the Tunduru Agro-Dealer shop in Tanzania. Photo: Ndichu J

A rich harvest of not just legumes but of changed destinies and better nutrition

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

03.04.20

Gender equality
Nutrition

Charting the 12 year course of the Tropical Legumes project This compilation of real-life ‘impact�…

A training on thresher operation and maintenance in Central Alego Ward in Siaya, Kenya.

Rising market pull for dryland crops prompts move for setting up efficient seed delivery systems

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

03.04.20

Gender equality
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Increasing market demand for dryland crops in Kenya and Tanzania owing to IFAD-funded project interv…

Producers and farmers of the Sabunyuma cooperative in the Kayes region with ICRISAT and IER staff. Farmer Daba Kane (circled in white in the picture). Photo: Magassa M, ICRISAT

Certified seed fetches twice the market rate: Farmers hitch onto seed production

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

03.04.20

Gender equality

Growing certified improved seed of millets and legumes is a profitable business enterprise for farme…

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…

Economic impact of COVID-19 on tourism and remittances: Insights from Egypt

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

01.04.20

Gender equality
Health

BY CLEMENS BREISINGER, ABLA ABDEL LATIF, MARIAM RAOUF AND MANFRED WIEBELT As COVID-19 reaches eve…

COVID-19 lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

31.03.20

Gender equality
Health

BY DANIELLE RESNICK Informal food markets are vital to feeding African cities, venues the poor…

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
Health

By Scott Rozelle, Heather Rahimi, Huan Wang and Eve Dill COVID-19 lockdowns have major impacts on…

COVID-19: Trade restrictions are worst possible response to safeguard food security

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

27.03.20

Food security
Gender equality

As COVID-19 spreads around the globe, fears of a deep global recession are mounting. Some…

Policy seminar: Sustainable trade and the EU-Mercosur Agreement

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

27.03.20

Food security
Gender equality

In 2019, the European Union and the Mercosur trade bloc (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay)…

The staff posing with the theme gesture of the International Women’s Day 2020. Photo: ICRISAT

Commemorating 2020 International Women’s Day: Creating an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and equal opportunity

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

27.03.20

Gender equality
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

An insightful panel discussion on building inclusive work spaces was the focus of International Wome…

Shared responsibilities and equal economic benefits

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

25.03.20

Gender equality

Women play a crucial role in Ethiopian agriculture. A significant portion of their time is…

Reflections on Uganda’s seed systems: building opportunities and addressing constraints

CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)

25.03.20

Food security
Gender equality

A blog by the RTB seed system research cluster to reflect on lessons from field…

Dr Paco Sereme, Chair of the ICRISAT Governing Board and Dr Ramadjita Tabo, Research Program Director, WCA watching a poster presentation by phd student Ms Madina Diancoumba along with other scientists. Photo: N Diakite, ICRISAT

Nutrition, gender and breeding modernization: Focal points of West and Central Africa research agenda

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

20.03.20

Gender equality
Health

The spotlight was on biofortification, gender equity and breeding program modernization at the recen…

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Global Food Policy Report 2020 launch: Building inclusive food systems

For the poorest countries, the full danger from coronavirus is only just coming into view

Diets in a time of coronavirus: Don’t let vegetables fall off the plate

COVID-19-measures, daily laborers and their nutrition

Global Food Policy Report 2020: Inclusive food systems can help build resilience to withstand pandemics and other shocks

A rich harvest of not just legumes but of changed destinies and better nutrition

Rising market pull for dryland crops prompts move for setting up efficient seed delivery systems

Certified seed fetches twice the market rate: Farmers hitch onto seed production

Insecurity in Niger: reversing the gains made in land restoration

Economic impact of COVID-19 on tourism and remittances: Insights from Egypt

COVID-19 lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade

Lockdowns are protecting China’s rural families from COVID-19, but the economic burden is heavy

COVID-19: Trade restrictions are worst possible response to safeguard food security

Policy seminar: Sustainable trade and the EU-Mercosur Agreement

Commemorating 2020 International Women’s Day: Creating an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and equal opportunity

Shared responsibilities and equal economic benefits

Reflections on Uganda’s seed systems: building opportunities and addressing constraints

Nutrition, gender and breeding modernization: Focal points of West and Central Africa research agenda