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IRRI scientist honored with Borlaug Field Award for her work on farmer engagement and empowerment
20.09.23-
Food security
LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES (September 19, 2023) – International Rice Research Institute (IRRI…
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Smart investments in agricultural innovation can propel Africa towards food security
07.09.23Photo: suheyp / Adobe Stock By: Lindiwe Agnes Kalibata, Lindiwe Majele Sibanda Transforming food sys…
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Climate-Smart Food Systems are Essential in A Burning World
07.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
By Mr. Aly Abousabaa, ICARDA Director General and CGIAR Regional Director CWANA. Climate scientists …
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Joint Statement from CGIAR System Board and ICRISAT Board Chairs
30.08.23Following the April 2023 resolution by the Governing Board of the International Crops Research Insti…
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Buffalo dairy value chain in Nepal showing symptoms of change
17.08.23-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On 20 July 2023, a team from the CGIAR initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity (SAPLING)…
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Inclusive Agribusiness: Transforming the Landscape for Women and Youth in Agriculture
17.08.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
In Africa, women's contributions to agriculture are immense, as they form the largest share of…
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Discover what urban wetlands are worth
31.10.18-
Environmental health
[caption id="attachment_139075" align="alignnone" width="300"] Colombo Wetlands Complex[/capt…
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World Cities Day: Growing urban poor populations face unique nutrition challenges
30.10.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
For the first time in history, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities. This…
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It's Time for a Change in the Breeding Mindset
30.10.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
"Today the challenge has changed: We need to address an ever growing population, under a…
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NEW STUDY: Dispelling Cash Transfer Myths in Africa
30.10.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Washington, D.C.: Unconditional cash transfers paid to vulnerable populations as regular, predictabl…
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Yes, eating meat affects the environment, but cows are not killing the climate
30.10.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Cattle grazing on public lands near Steens Mountain, Oregon (photo credit: BLM/Greg Shine, CC BY).…
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Raw materials use tipped to nearly double by 2060, OECD report says
30.10.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
(Forests News) — Rising living standards and population growth will push the use of raw…
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Design features of successful social protection programs
29.10.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Rooted in the notion that most poor Africans reside in rural areas and earn their…
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Taking stock of Indonesia’s social forestry program
29.10.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
Indonesia - (Forests News) – Indonesia has an ambitious goal of giving forest-dependent communitie…
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Small-scale fisheries guidelines represent voyage of struggle, empathy and support
29.10.18The Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries were the first sector-specif…
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Water rights for millions of African farmers threatened by law rooted in colonial times, study finds
29.10.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Researchers at Africa Water Week call for efforts to “decolonize” and improve water permit syste…
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7th Africa Water Week
29.10.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
“Decolonizing” formal water law to pave the way for smallholder irrigation. An IWMI research re…
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Evaluating diverse solar irrigation systems for their scalability in India
29.10.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
We have rolled out the solar farming scheme. Farmers can now earn money from farming…
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Call to improve food safety in low- and middle-income countries—From hazards to risks and from farm to fork
28.10.18-
Health
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Nutrition
The Milkmaid, by Johannes Vermeer, 1660. Food safety hazards are increasingly recognized as a major…
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WEBINAR: Do medium and large-scale farms generate income spillovers for rural households? The case of Tanzania
26.10.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Land acquisitions by foreign and local investors has generated much speculation about the impacts on…
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Social protection for the extreme poor: What works?
26.10.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Although the share of population living on less than $1.90 per day worldwide dropped from…
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The Emperor's new NAFTA
26.10.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On Sep. 30, the United States and Canada—following a bilateral agreement between the U.S. and…
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AfricaRice Council of Ministers sends strong signal of commitment to drive Africa’s rice agenda
26.10.18-
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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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The 31st Ordinary Session of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Council of Ministers held recently…
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Nigerian Agriculture Minister endorses groundnut thresher
26.10.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
A motorized groundnut thresher is reducing drudgery for women farmers in rural Nigeria. Introduced i…
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