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Famine in Gaza
CGIAR18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
CGIAR14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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How to implement "innovation portfolio management" in a public R&D organization
CGIAR07.03.24To feed and nourish ten billion people by mid-century, and to do so sustainably, our…
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Invest in women, ignite change in food systems
CGIAR05.03.24By Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR Executive Managing Director On this International Women’s Day, we celeb…
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New report: CGIAR's Transformative Crop Technologies Drive $1.3 Trillion Impact
CGIAR27.02.24The cumulative impact of CGIAR-related crop technologies reached US$1,334 billion from 1961 to 2020,…
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Urban wetlands and the built environment: how Colombo’s green spaces enhance city life
IWMI02.02.24-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombo must justify the renewal of its Ramsar Wetland City status this year. Has the…
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Social safety nets are crucial to the COVID-19 response. Some lessons to boost their effectiveness.
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)18.06.20-
Gender equality
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Health
By Daniel Gilligan The poor and other vulnerable groups are suffering the most negative consequences…
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2020 China and Global Agricultural Policy Forum: Building up food systems with inclusiveness and competitiveness
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)18.06.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
By Donghe Li The COVID-19 pandemic has created huge uncertainties for public health and economies…
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Engagement with local gender norms key for equitable, sustainable agricultural development, say experts
CGIAR Research Program on Wheat15.06.20-
Gender equality
A provocative new article in the journal Development In Practice uses evidence from the global c…
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Field Notes: Bangladesh in times of COVID-19. Impacts on aquaculture and fisheries
WorldFish15.06.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In this series of blogs, experts from WorldFish’s focal countries share their personal insights on…
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MYSAP Inland supports small-scale fish farmers and fish processors during COVID-19
WorldFish15.06.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In the Central Dry Zone and upper regions of Myanmar, since April 2017, the Inland…
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Implementing nutrition-sensitive pond polyculture in Zambia: WorldFish teams up with Peace Corps volunteers
WorldFish13.06.20-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
We sat down with Taryn Cadena and Katharine (Katie) Thomas, two young women who were…
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New partnership inked with AGRA to boost improved technology uptake in Africa’s agriculture
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)05.06.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
ICRISAT-led AVISA project is partnering with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)…
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Gender included from the ‘get go’ in global small-scale fisheries study
WorldFish02.06.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Gender experts from across the globe have sought out scarce sets of sex-disaggregated data for…
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Safeguarding Gender Integration In Research During The Covid-19 Pandemic
WorldFish01.06.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The COVID-19 crisis is unprecedented in its rapid transition from a localized public health emergenc…
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Safeguarding gender integration in research during the COVID-19 pandemic
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)29.05.20-
Gender equality
How can researchers ensure that studies inform inclusive COVID-19 responses and that data collection…
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Virtual seminar: Build on knowledge, translate to action with the 2020 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)29.05.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY MARIËLLE KARSSENBERG IFPRI’s 2020 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) was written before the ou…
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Can Egypt’s fish markets empower women and men retailers equally? Prospects for change and barriers to success
WorldFish26.05.20-
Gender equality
Unless gender inequalities in food systems are recognized and addressed, nutrition security and pove…
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Fixing the global food system after coronavirus
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)15.05.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY RUBEN ECHEVARRÍA From panic-buying in Europe, to bans on rice exports in Asia and rising fo…
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Amidst food system shocks, we must ensure weather index insurance reaches the most vulnerable
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)14.05.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
Floods are becoming fiercer and more frequent – and sometimes catastrophic. Across Asia, where mil…
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COVID-19 border policies create problems for African trade and economic pain for communities
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)12.05.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY ANTOINE BOUËT AND DAVID LABORDE Across Africa, countries have imposed emergency border restrict…
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African stakeholders fear severe food chain impact from COVID-19
WorldFish12.05.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Stakeholders in the aquaculture sector have raised an alarm of a looming food crisis unless…
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Better seeds and best practices enhance incomes for smallholder farmers in Mali
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)08.05.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Farmers in Mali are improving their incomes , earning better livelihoods and enjoying more fulfillin…
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Providing information to empower women in agriculture: Evidence from Uganda
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)08.05.20-
Gender equality
BY BJORN VAN CAMPENHOUT, ELS LECOUTERE AND DAVID SPIELMAN In many developing countries, women ofte…
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