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IITA working on Africa’s first genome edited banana
13.09.19The new frontier for agricultural innovation is genome editing and IITA is already leading the…
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Combating hunger: Switzerland makes renewed contribution to CGIAR
13.09.19Climate change, land degradation and water scarcity increasingly affect agricultural production and …
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To adapt to climate change, double CGIAR research: Report
10.09.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
As the global food system comes under increasing pressure, research is needed to boost productivity,…
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Embracing change: How family farmers can face the future
09.09.19-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
This year opens the Decade of Family Farming (#FamilyFarmingDecade), which aims to improve the lif…
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Multiple bridges connecting the water-nutrition divide: What’s new?
06.09.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
This was the question discussed by experts at a session during this year’s World Water…
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Food policies for healthier diets
05.09.19-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Programs for improving diets often focus on demand, providing incentives to groups of consumers. How…
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2019 Global Food Policy Report Mumbai launch: Building partnerships to spur rural revitalization
20.05.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
India’s report card on rural development presents a mixed picture: While a number of rural…
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Looking for the right tree for the right place? Agroforestry Species Switchboard Version 2
18.05.19-
Nutrition
The updated Agroforestry Species Switchboard is a ‘one-stop shop’ to retrieve data about plant s…
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Public–private–people partnership for cocoa and forests in Côte d’Ivoire
17.05.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
For decades, Côte d’Ivoire has been the world’s largest producer and exporter of cocoa. Its…
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Eradicating hunger through the African Orphan Crops Consortium
17.05.19-
Nutrition
Training scientists in advanced plant genomics is set to transform nutrition in Africa. The Food…
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The human face of urban food systems
16.05.19-
Nutrition
The Urban Food Systems for Better Diets, Nutrition and Health program aims to provide evidence…
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Innovating for change: Interview with Maria Andrade a sweetpotato champion
15.05.19-
Climate
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Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
An accomplished sweetpotato breeder and tireless advocate for improving the nutrition and wellbeing …
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Ethiopian farmers help researchers select potato varieties that the market demands
14.05.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Nutrition
Potato is important to food security and a cash crop in Ethiopia with high potential…
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Ethiopian farmers help researchers select potato varieties that the market demands
14.05.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Potato is important to food security and a cash crop in Ethiopia with high potential…
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Evidence from Malawi: Why agricultural and nutrition education programs should engage both women and men in households
14.05.19-
Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Gender norms and inequalities are an important factor in Malawi’s ongoing food security problems. …
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Study endorses processing of biofortified sweetpotato-based baby food in reducing malnutrition
10.05.19-
Nutrition
Scientists at the International Potato Center (CIP) have welcomed a recent study supporting the comm…
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On a frugal continent of ‘economic vegetarians’, consuming more meat means longer, healthier lives—Economist
08.05.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A slaughterhouse in Maputo, Mozambique (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). The Economist reports that …
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A different focus on stunting
06.05.19-
Nutrition
Is stunting the problem we need to solve, or the indicator of the problems we…
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Study: India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has positive impact on participants’ welfare
06.05.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is one of the largest public works prog…
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Ending undernutrition requires a different focus on stunting
26.04.19-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Anyone following international development is probably familiar with “stunting”—which in nonte…
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Ask the researchers: Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition project
26.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Researchers with Bioversity International recently shared information on the Biodiversity for Food a…
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Food systems innovations for healthier diets: A conceptual framework
24.04.19-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
The Food Systems for Healthier Diets flagship of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for…
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FoodSTART+ featured in the latest iMPACT magazine issue
22.04.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
FoodSTART+ Principal Investigator, Diego Naziri, and CIAT Market Access Specialist, Brice Even share…
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IFPRI/A4NH at the Purdue Global Hunger Colloquium: Policy innovation is key to accelerating progress
22.04.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Leading figures in the global fight against hunger gathered at Purdue University April 10-11 for…
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