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Agricultural Research Unties the Gordian Knot
04.01.21-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Agricultural research and innovation to transform our food system is the only way to cut…
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How Africa can Lead the World in the COVID-19 Recovery
18.12.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Africa, compared to Asia, Europe and the US, has largely escaped the devastating death toll…
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Good Nutrition is Crucial for the Coronavirus Vaccine to Work Effectively
26.11.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Vaccines are harder to deliver and potentially less effective at stimulating an immune response in…
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New Study: CGIAR Innovations Reach Nearly 80 Percent of Ethiopia’s Rural Households
09.11.20An independent study published last month has documented the extensive reach of CGIAR-related agricu…
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How to ensure access to healthy diets for all: a clarion call for One CGIAR
30.10.20-
Nutrition
Guest blog by Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) At …
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Are Food Systems ‘Broken’ – or Just Out of Sync?
16.10.20Our food systems are not broken; they are out of sync with what we need…
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Experts call for global One Health platform to consolidate evidence on actions to tackle antimicrobial resistance
30.12.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
The World Health Organization has declared that antimicrobial resistance is one of the top 10…
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Policy seminar: Expanding policy research to strengthen Eurasia’s food systems
29.12.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN Along with other regions of the world, Eurasia has been hit hard…
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10 new chickpea varieties released in 2020 in collaboration with NARS
24.12.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Market-driven chickpea innovations record many firsts in Africa and Asia. To meet the growing global…
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Announcing CIMMYT-derived fall armyworm tolerant elite maize hybrids for eastern and southern Africa
23.12.20-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is pleased to announce the successful …
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Policy seminar: Promoting recovery and resilience for Latin America’s agrifood industry
22.12.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY ADRIANA CAMPOS, JONATHAN HEPBURN AND VALERIA PIÑEIRO The COVID-19 pandemic has presented serious…
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Coming Full Circle with Maize
22.12.20-
Biodiversity
From studying wild cucurbits in Spain to judging the “Largest Maize Ear in the World”…
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Delivering improved maize seed against all odds
21.12.20-
Climate
As one of the pioneer homegrown seed companies in Uganda, Farm Inputs Care Centre (FICA)…
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Transformative engagements – a new way to discuss gender relations in agriculture
21.12.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
For years now, gender equality has been a central objective in international development agendas. Th…
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From ruptures to fault lines: tracing the global impact of COVID-19 on migrants and rural development
21.12.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Migrants are the quintessential global citizens, leaving their places of birth and moving across bor…
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A no-meat diet everywhere will not solve the climate crisis
21.12.20-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
People in industrialized regions like the United States of America or Europe are generally urged…
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Irrigating fodder crops to improve nutrition for animals and people in Ethiopia
20.12.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
When livestock are fed high-quality fodder, produced with the help of irrigation, they deliver bette…
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AfricaRice and Liberia solidify ties to build resilient rice-based food systems
18.12.20-
Nutrition
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 18 December 2020. The partnership between the Africa Rice Center (AfricaR…
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Does response fatigue bias our understanding of rural livelihoods against women and youth?
18.12.20-
Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
BY KATE AMBLER, SYLVAN HERSKOWITZ AND MYWISH MAREDIA A recent policy focus on work opportunities…
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Genomics-assisted breeding delivers high-yielding, wilt resistant chickpea for commercial cultivation in central India
18.12.20-
Genomics
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Nutrition
A high-yielding and wilt resistant variety with a yield potential double to that of existing…
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Upskilling climate change experts in Mali: Training begins with live project synopsis
18.12.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
A training program initiated by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency is upskilli…
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Scientists reveal the hybrid origin of the white Guinea yam
18.12.20An international team of scientists has revealed the origin of the most popular food staple…
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Breaking Ground: Gokul Paudel finds the best on-farm practices for South Asia
18.12.20-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Gokul Paudel is an agricultural economist working to streamline farming practices in South Asia. He…
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Solving South Asia’s sustainability issues will require a systems approach to crop management
18.12.20-
Climate
New research by an international team of scientists, including scientists from the International Mai…
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