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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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Livestock’s potential in Tanzania is ‘huge’—keynote by ILRI’s Iain Wright at the National Livestock Expo
10.07.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
ILRI deputy director general Iain Wright gave a keynote speech at Tanzania’s first National Livest…
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Forests: The greenest pastures?
09.07.18-
Food security
Ethiopia - How can you keep farms productive for generations while reducing the impact on…
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Reassessing the aid-policy-growth relationship: A new approach
09.07.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY XIN GENG AND MANUEL A. HERNANDEZ Can foreign aid be effective only if countries have…
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Decentralized dairy cooperatives support livelihoods of thousands of women in rural India
09.07.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Dairy farming is one of the most important sources of income and nutrition for rural…
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Connecting the dots: the role of social science research in agricultural R&D systems
09.07.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
Are we doing enough to ensure social science research contributes to advancing agricultural R&D …
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Why farmers in India adopt certain technologies but ignore others
06.07.18-
Food security
BY AVINASH KISHORE Exactly 125 years ago, British agricultural scientist John Augustus Voelcker warn…
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India gets its first biofortified sorghum
06.07.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
India’s first biofortified sorghum (jowar), with significantly higher iron and zinc than regular s…
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Translating food safety research into policy action in Vietnam
06.07.18-
Food security
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Health
The agri-food sector, particularly livestock, plays an important role in the economy, livelihoods an…
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Agroforestry with refugees in Uganda: overwhelming demand and a huge desire to plant
06.07.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
“There is space for trees in refugee settlements,” Clement Okia told officials, NGOs, donors and…
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Nepal, IRRI strengthens collaboration to achieve self-sufficiency and reduce budget-draining rice importation at 15th National Rice Day
06.07.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Rice importation eats up a substantial chunk of Nepal’s national budget each year, adversely affec…
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India gets its first biofortified sorghum
05.07.18-
Nutrition
Hyderabad, 5 July 2018| India’s first biofortified sorghum (jowar), with significantly higher ir…
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Mutating diseases drive wheat variety turnover in Ethiopia, new study shows
05.07.18Rapidly emerging and evolving races of wheat stem rust and stripe rust disease—the crop’s deadli…
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RICE CRP to boost communication of its vision and impact across regions
05.07.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
To map out the general course of its operations towards achieving food security and eliminating…
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Damned if you don’t!
05.07.18-
Environmental health
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Health
Time for smart dam design and operation to combat malaria in Africa.…
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Vaccinating farm animals helps drive up disposable incomes of smallholders in Kenya and Tanzania
04.07.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Wide-scale vaccination of cattle against East Coast fever would remove one of the biggest obstacles…
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Gaharu: A migration story
03.07.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Indonesia - When the “gaharu rush” began, the migrants came in their hundreds. Suddenly, in…
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Targeting open defecation, other factors accelerates anemia reduction among pregnant women in India
03.07.18-
Health
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Nutrition
BY SAMUEL SCOTT AND SUMAN CHAKRABARTI One in two pregnant women in India are anemic. This…
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Climate change impacts on rice in Africa
03.07.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Irrigated rice production in East Africa is projected to increase slightly due to CO2 fertilization…
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