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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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2020 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report: Rising hunger and COVID-19 present formidable challenges
27.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
By Khiem Nguyen Almost 690 million people went hungry around the world in 2019, an…
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Policy seminar: The impacts and legacy of IFPRI’s 2020 Vision Initiative
27.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
By Khiem Nguyen Launched in 1993 and recently concluded, IFPRI’s 2020 Vision Initiative was an o…
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2020 Global Food Policy Report: Emerging challenges of building inclusive food systems in South Asia
24.07.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
By Rebika Laishram In South Asia, the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the largest disruption of…
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Making food system value chains inclusive for smallholders and rural people
22.07.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
By Rob Vos and Khiem Nguyen Rapid urbanization and income growth are driving shifts in…
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Indian diets fall short of EAT-Lancet reference recommendations for human and planetary health
21.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
By Manika Sharma, Avinash Kishore, Devesh Roy, Kuhu Joshi, and Khiem Nguyen Many developing countrie…
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How India’s agrifood supply chains fared during the COVID-19 lockdown, from farm to fork
20.07.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
By Sudha Narayanan Lockdowns imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted food market…
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Policy seminar: No backsliding – reorienting food and health systems to protect nutrition in a global pandemic
17.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
By Janet Hodur The COVID-19 pandemic—and the resulting economic crisis and disrupted food and heal…
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Catch-up growth cannot undo damage from undernutrition
10.07.20-
Nutrition
By Jef L. Leroy, Edward A. Frongillo, Pragya Dewan, Maureen M. Black, and Robert A.…
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Should low-income countries decentralize their COVID-19 responses?
08.07.20-
Gender equality
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Health
By Katrina Kosec and Tewodaj Mogues As countries respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, some have…
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Policy seminar: Social safety nets as a COVID-19 response to protect food security and nutrition
07.07.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
By Khiem Nguyen As countries grapple with the health and economic shocks caused by COVID-19,…
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COVID-19 and resilience innovations in food supply chains
06.07.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
By Thomas Reardon and Johan Swinnen Food supply disruptions in developing countries during the COVID…
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Prepare food systems for a long-haul fight against COVID-19
02.07.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
By Maximo Torero The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the global economy hard, and in many…
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Micronutrient status in the DR Congo: What to do when diet and blood measurements do and don’t align
29.06.20-
Health
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Nutrition
By Kristina Michaux and Erick Boy Deficiency of one or more micronutrients, particularly iron, vitam…
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Significant economic impacts due to COVID-19 and falling remittances in Myanmar
25.06.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
By: Xinshen Diao and Michael Wang As COVID-19 spreads in more low- and middle-income countries,…
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Policy seminar: What is needed for gender-sensitive COVID-19 responses in agriculture and food security?
25.06.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
By Khiem Nguyen COVID-19 is posing new challenges to efforts to promote women’s empowerment, threa…
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How to ensure effective government responses as COVID-19 spreads to rural areas
22.06.20-
Gender equality
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Health
By Katrina Kosec and Catherine Ragasa Policy makers and researchers tracking the impacts of COVID-19…
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Policy seminar: Micronutrients in emergencies – how can we prevent an increase in hidden hunger?
22.06.20-
Health
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Nutrition
By Aynsley Morris The COVID-19 pandemic and associated business shutdowns and other control measures…
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Alimentación en tiempos de pandemia: Realismo sin magia
19.06.20-
Food security
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Health
By Eugenio Díaz-Bonilla El día 2 de junio, el programa de Latinoamérica y el Caribe…
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