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CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

BY CHANNING ARNDT, SHERWIN GABRIEL AND SHERMAN ROBINSON COVID-19 is expected to have major impacts…

Improving small-scale crop production using evidence-based soils agronomy

CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

A rapid and low-cost spectral technique was used to improve farmers’ understanding of their soils,…

Registration systems for farmers’ varieties: Ongoing policy dialogues and experiences from the field

CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

Biodiversity
Gender equality

Why haven’t farmers’ varieties yet found a place in national and global seed markets? And…

COVID-19: Flattening the food insecurity curve

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security

To avoid societal collapses and their many potential ripple effects on world security, we must…

IFPRI’s new COVID-19 Food Price Monitor tracks warning signs of stress in local markets

CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

Food security
Gender equality

BY MANUEL HERNANDEZ, SOONHO KIM, BRENDAN RICE AND ROB VOS Food systems are complex and the disrup…

PIM News: April 2020

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Environmental health
Food security

April 2020 collection of COVID-19 resources, new publications, blogs, webinars, and more from the CG…

COVID-19’s long shadow darkens the future of Southeast Asia’s food security

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Food security

5 May 2020, Los Banos, Philippines/Bangkok, Thailand — As COVID-19 continues to threaten th…

Improving small-scale crop production using evidence-based soils agronomy

Biodiversity
Food security

Small-scale farming is the main food security contributor in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, owing to c…

STOP COVID-19 CRISIS MORPHING INTO A FOOD CRISIS : SUPPORT TO AFRICA’s RICE SECTOR

AfricaRice

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Big data
Biodiversity
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health
Food security
Gender equality
Health
Nutrition
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Introduction The world is facing unprecedented challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-…

Terrain through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic: Footprint for a healthy planet

Food security

Scientists have demonstrated that such diseases as COVID-19, the new SARS-COV2 coronavirus, and Ebol…

Behind the paper: Inland fisheries are a key ingredient to reaching Sustainable Development Goals

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Where does the fish for your favorite curry, stew, or soup come from? Most often…

Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 Updates: India

Food security
Nutrition

On March 25th India initiated a strict 21-day lockdown, later extended until May 3rd and…

Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 Updates: Bangladesh

Food security
Nutrition

Protective measures were instated progressively from March 17th, evolving into a ten-day nationwide…

Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 Updates: Myanmar

Food security
Nutrition

Following first case detections at the end of March, Myanmar instituted stay-at-home orders, curfe…

Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 Updates: Egypt

Food security
Nutrition

Egypt enacted measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at the end of March including…

Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 Updates: Nigeria

Food security
Nutrition

More than 25 million residents in Abuja, Lagos, and Ogun states were put under federal lockdown on…

IFPRI, IRRI, CIMMYT, WorldFish make joint call for measures to avert risk to food system