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Shrimp Farming and Research in Bangladesh Adapts to COVID-19 Pandemic
07.01.21-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted tremendously every aspect of the economy in Bangladesh, including…
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From ruptures to fault lines: tracing the global impact of COVID-19 on migrants and rural development
21.12.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Migrants are the quintessential global citizens, leaving their places of birth and moving across bor…
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Mobile app connects fish farmers with aquaculture information despite COVID-19 in Myanmar
16.12.20-
Big data
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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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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A new mobile application is delivering crucial aquaculture information to small-scale fish farmers w…
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How to support students and the learning process during India’s COVID-19 school closures
09.12.20-
Gender equality
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Health
The long-term social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are unknown, but many worry…
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Lancet Countdown 2020 report calls for governments to align global COVID-19 recovery with response to climate change
06.12.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
The COVID-19 pandemic and climate change represent converging challenges to which no continent, coun…
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Waves of disease, waves of poverty: New evidence on the economic impacts of COVID-19 in Myanmar
01.12.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY DEREK HEADEY, THAN ZAW OO, KRISTI MAHRT, XINSHEN DIAO, SOPHIE GOUDET AND ISABEL LAMBRECHT…
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Success despite Covid: Hope from a Water Users Association in Central Myanmar
26.11.20-
Food security
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Health
The impact Covid-19 has had on farmers has been devastating. Harvest delays due to mobility…
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Biofortified crops have a key role to play in COVID-19 response
19.11.20-
Nutrition
COVID-19 has presented many challenges to agriculture this year, but those challenges are also provi…
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Crowdsourced data reveals threats to household food security in near real-time during COVID-19 pandemic
17.11.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to multiple disruptions in food demand and supply, and while…
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Paper: Conceptualizing COVID-19’s impacts on household food security
04.11.20-
Food security
The COVID-19 pandemic impacts food security in a number of ways, from disrupting food systems…
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COVID pandemic overshadows Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security
02.11.20-
Nutrition
On the 11th Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security, governments and development partners face…
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Disinfecting equipment keeps agricultural production running in Bangladesh
20.10.20As with other industries in the country, most light engineering workshops in Bangladesh closed at…
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WUR and CGIAR working together to equip future researchers, managers and leaders to address challenges in multifunctional foodscapes
20.10.20-
Food security
The current pandemic is proving the urgent need to find more inclusive, holistic, sustainable and…
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Field Notes: Boosting small-scale aquaculture productivity in inland Myanmar
19.10.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Myanmar is one of the largest fish producers in the world. The country ranks among…
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Bethany Smith – Emerging Scientist Series
19.10.20-
Big data
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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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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Bethany Smith is a junior researcher working remotely from Australia for the WorldFish Myanmar team.…
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The impact of COVID-19 on the food system in Nairobi
18.10.20-
Food security
There have been far reaching effects on Nairobi’s economy following the COVID-19 crisis, with the…
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Youth or Young mothers? The paradox of transitions in the rural women’s lives
16.10.20-
Gender equality
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Health
Year 2020 is a unique year. We have spent most of it ‘surprised’ by the…
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Water and nutrition in a COVID-19 context: Where do we go from here?
16.10.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
Claudia Ringler is Deputy Director of IFPRI's Environment and Production Technology and a Co-Coordi…
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