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UNFSS Science Days: Reforming agricultural policies to support food systems transformation

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

13.07.21

Environmental health
Food security

According to the OECD’s recently released 2021 Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Repor…

COVID-19, food systems, and One Health in an urbanizing world: Research responses at a national level

International Potato Center (CIP)

13.07.21

The course and effects of COVID-19 have exposed new vulnerabilities in our global food system.…

UNFSS Science Days: Promise of the commons for sustainable and equitable food systems

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

13.07.21

Environmental health

BY HAGAR ELDIDI AND RUTH MEINZEN-DICK The commons (natural resources held and used collectively) sup…

Roots and tubers can help households to weather storms

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

13.07.21

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security

When super-typhoon Ompong blasted through the northern Philippines in September 2018, farmers who gr…

Resolving tensions between global development goals and local aspirations

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

13.07.21

The Sustainable Development Goals – a set of 17 globally agreed-upon targets for the year 2030 �…

New high-yielding pigeonpea variety set for release in India, more to come

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

13.07.21

DRG 59, a high-yielding variety of pigeonpea resistant to Fusarium wilt and sterility mosaic disease…

Haveli cultivation turns desolated landscape into paradise: Case study of Poora Birdha village, Lalitpur district

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

13.07.21

Highlights 200-year-old traditional rainwater harvesting system brought back into practice Construct…

Modernizing crop breeding to safeguard tomorrow’s populations

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

13.07.21

When designing our research, the most significant variable that crop breeders like me consider is…

Women in Burundi supported to save time and improve children’s nutrition

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

13.07.21

Malnutrition is a public health concern in Burundi, with the highest level of hunger among…

Baskets of Golden Eggs shared at the CGIAR June Transfer Marketplace

CGIAR

12.07.21

By Amanda Harding, Colleen Anderson, Sonja Vermeulen, Katia Krivonos, Oluchi Ezekannagha, Frank Plac…

Enable TAAT staff with staff of Equity Bank, Tanzania.

ENABLE-TAAT partners with banks to provide business credit to trained African youth

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

12.07.21

ENABLE-TAAT is supporting its beneficiaries by linking them to financial institutions that can help …

Africa produces several kinds of cereals, including maize, millet, rice, sorghum, and wheat.

Researchers give decision-makers tools for better SAI interventions

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

12.07.21

Africa is a major producer of several kinds of cereals like sorghum, millet, wheat, maize,…

I-Youth Executive Manager Aline Mugisho speaking on the role of youth in feeding Africa.

Youth to contribute innovative solutions to world hunger

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

12.07.21

The World Food Forum has called for the massive involvement of youth in developing sustainable…

Bina Majhi runs a successful fish hatchery business with her husband in Hajipur village, Patuakhali district, Bangladesh. Photo: AWM Anisuzzaman/WorldFish.

CGIAR GENDER Platform Newsletter, June-July 2021, issue 2

CGIAR GENDER Platform

12.07.21

Gender equality

Welcome to the second 2021 issue of the CGIAR GENDER Platform newsletter. In this issue,…

Representatives of BOWEN University and IITA signed MoU to seal partnership.

BOWEN strengthens partnership with IITA to promote student and youth entrepreneurship

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

12.07.21

IITA continually partners with government and private organizations, including universities, to adv…

Harvesting fish with gill nets under two metres of ice on the Kolyma River, Sakha-Yakutia, Russia (Siberia). Photo by Snowchange.

Owning the story: People and human rights at the heart of communication on small-scale fisheries

WorldFish

11.07.21

Food security
Gender equality

Speakers and panelists at two webinars on ethical and inclusive communication on small-scale fisheri…

Building the evidence case for scaling up drought risk financing in East Africa

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

10.07.21

Climate adaptation & mitigation

Just over 10 years ago, researchers at the International Livestock Research Institute and their part…

Fish farmer Champa Debnath poses with Mola from her pond in the Khulna District of Bangladesh. Photo by Habibul Haque.

Transforming Bangladesh’s aquatic food systems

WorldFish

10.07.21

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security
Nutrition

A virtual event was held to support Bangladesh’s aquatic foods systems and balance conservation wi…

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UNFSS Science Days: Reforming agricultural policies to support food systems transformation

COVID-19, food systems, and One Health in an urbanizing world: Research responses at a national level

UNFSS Science Days: Promise of the commons for sustainable and equitable food systems

Roots and tubers can help households to weather storms

Resolving tensions between global development goals and local aspirations

New high-yielding pigeonpea variety set for release in India, more to come

Haveli cultivation turns desolated landscape into paradise: Case study of Poora Birdha village, Lalitpur district

Modernizing crop breeding to safeguard tomorrow’s populations

Women in Burundi supported to save time and improve children’s nutrition

Baskets of Golden Eggs shared at the CGIAR June Transfer Marketplace

ENABLE-TAAT partners with banks to provide business credit to trained African youth

Researchers give decision-makers tools for better SAI interventions

Youth to contribute innovative solutions to world hunger

CGIAR GENDER Platform Newsletter, June-July 2021, issue 2

BOWEN strengthens partnership with IITA to promote student and youth entrepreneurship

Owning the story: People and human rights at the heart of communication on small-scale fisheries

Building the evidence case for scaling up drought risk financing in East Africa

Transforming Bangladesh’s aquatic food systems