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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 hungerÂ
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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Acceleration through collaboration: IFPRI side event at Davos 2019
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)01.02.19-
Nutrition
To accelerate progress to end hunger and malnutrition, we must work together with all key…
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Agricultural intensification has fed the world, but are we healthier?
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)01.02.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Grow more food on less land? Agricultural intensification has intuitive appeal. The Earth has a…
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The global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition and climate change
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)31.01.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
A new report by the Lancet Commission on the global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition and…
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The global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)31.01.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
A new report by the Lancet Commission on the Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Clim…
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Sehgal Foundation and Smart Food align to intensify efforts
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)28.01.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Sehgal Foundation is aligning some big initiatives with the Smart Food Endowment Fund to help crea…
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FAO sets the record straight–86% of livestock feed is inedible by humans
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)28.01.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Cow Jar, by Jean Dubuffet, 1943. As the media frenzy caused by a ‘planetary health diet’…
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FAO sets the record straight on flawed livestock emission comparisons–and the livestock livelihoods on the line
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)27.01.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Artworks by Austrian artist August Walla. As the media frenzy caused by a ‘planetary health dietâ…
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IFPRI’s Shenggen Fan on the ‘differentiated approach’ needed to navigate today’s food systems
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)26.01.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Illustrations by (left to right): Hiroko Yoshimoto, Ranganath Krishnamani, Yusuke Yonezu III. The …
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With huge variations in meat consumption, we’re ‘all in this existential crisis together’—Vox
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)25.01.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
‘Eating more plant-based burgers could help us avoid environmental catastrophe, according to a new…
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Extended partnership to deliver high-yielding, disease-resistant finger millet to farmers
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)23.01.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Nutrition
Farmers can soon access finger millet varieties that not only withstand drought but are also…
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Should we eat red meat? Depends on who’s eating—New York Times
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)22.01.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Left to right: Figure of an under-nourished individual (by The Twin Project), illustration of red…
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Africa and Asia come together to lead a global initiative to diversify staples
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)18.01.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Leading agriculture organizations from Africa and Asia have joined hands to take on a bold…
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Can governments promote homestead gardening at scale? The case of Ethiopia
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)17.01.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Eating fruits and vegetables can help ensure adequate nutrition and reduce the risk of heart…
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PIM Newsletter: October – December 2018
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)14.01.19-
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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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Collection of news from the Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) program for the last quarter…
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Pop sorghum, doughnuts and hammer mills: Nigerian teens see the fun side of agriculture
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)04.01.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
If the teenagers studying in a secondary school in Nigeria ever thought that agriculture was…
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Tackling the double burden of malnutrition: Time to innovate!
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)02.01.19-
Nutrition
A flagship program of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health is…
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Promoting dual-purpose sorghum and vegetable sack gardens for better nutrition in Mali
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)28.12.18-
Biodiversity
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Food security
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Nutrition
Demonstration of improved, dual-purpose sorghum varieties and an innovative method called vegetable …
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Three new UN resolutions focus on plant health, pulses and food safety
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)28.12.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Nutrition
The United Nations General Assembly has declared two new ‘International Days’ and one ‘Year’…
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