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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Biodiversity
Climate

Large scale ecosystems the size of the Amazon forests could collapse within 50 years and…

Policy seminar: The changing challenges of hidden hunger

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

Nutrition
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH

Global efforts to improve nutrition require approaches that focus on the entire food system, leading…

This 18th century sketch might be the map to our agro-ecological transformation

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

To tackle today’s planetary-scale challenges of biodiversity loss and chemical pollution, tame sol…

Ethiopia has a Nobel Prize and a fast-growing economy. Can it also gain a food secure future?

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Ethiopia is now Africa’s fastest-growing economy, and this week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is rece…

More than a bank: Rethinking the IADB

CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY

Second of two parts. Read the first here. As the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) enters it…

A woman in Rwanda holds a tub of biofortified climbing beans. Biofortified crops, on their way to feeding 1 billion people by 2030, have proven an effective way to improve diets, reflecting the close connections between agriculture and nutrition.

Study shows high-iron beans improve women’s physical performance

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Nutrition

Iron-biofortified beans improved iron status and physical performance of iron-deficient Rwandan wome…

Not just farmers: understanding rural aspirations is key to Kenya's future

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

About 8.3 million people living in Kenya’s rural areas farm to feed themselves. They typically…

No time to waste: Tropical forests become source of global warming

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Climate change
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES

Terry Sunderland, a collaborating author of the Nature article “Asynchronous carbon sink saturatio…

More than a bank: Reflections on the history of the Inter-American Development Bank

09.03.20

Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY

First of two parts. In 2019 the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) celebrated the 60th annive…

What keeps Bill Gates up at night? A (highly prescient) 2015 article spells out our COVID-19 challenges today

08.03.20

Bill Gates (photo credit: Marcos Fuentes via Flickr). What keeps Bill Gates up at night?…

On this International Women’s Day 2020, ILRI commits to strengthening women’s rights in livestock systems and enterprises

CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)

Creating JOBS and GROWTH
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY

This International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) i…

Open data to boost Groundnut breeding initiatives: a testimony by Dr. Janila Pasupuleti

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Groundnut is among the key grain legumes playing a vital role in enhancing human nutrition…

IITA-BIP sets record for maize production per hectare in Nigeria

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

The Business Incubation Platform (BIP) of IITA has set a new production record for maize in Nige…

How wasps are used to control the destructive cowpea pest—Maruca vitrata

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Securing PUBLIC HEALTH

Maruca vitrata, also known as Maruca pod borer, is one of the most devastating insect…

Shoppers stock up on food supplies in reaction to news of spreading disease

Preventing global food security crisis under COVID-19 emergency

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY

The COVID-19 outbreak is showing a new trend. While the situation in China has improved…

International Open Data Day 2020: Crowdsourcing global insights from national data in Bangladesh

Nutrition
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY

Collecting and sharing data and other information publicly is crucial for researchers, policy makers…

Celebrating the ‘WILD’ (‘Women In Livestock Development’) at ILRI on International Women’s Day—Video

Creating JOBS and GROWTH

Check out this video short highlighting women working at the International Livestock Research Instit…

Four tools ILRI is using to help livestock systems transform to greater gender equality