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Bill Gates on CGIAR and Adapting to a Warmer World
12.02.21Climate change is going to force us to consider entirely new needs. We need to…
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Today’s Climate and Food Crises Can Only be Solved in Tandem
09.02.21Extreme weather driven by climate change, conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic are driving worsening …
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CGIAR Joins Forces with World Food Programme to Tackle Post-Pandemic Hunger
26.01.21-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN agency will work with CGIAR to bolster food systems amid…
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Investment into Research Must Double to Halt Climate and Food Crises by 2030
25.01.21-
Climate
World’s largest agricultural research partnership seeks to increase funding to $2 billion annually…
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Agricultural Research Unties the Gordian Knot
04.01.21-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Agricultural research and innovation to transform our food system is the only way to cut…
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How Africa can Lead the World in the COVID-19 Recovery
18.12.20-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Africa, compared to Asia, Europe and the US, has largely escaped the devastating death toll…
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New research in Vietnam shows holistic approach to school-based interventions required to promote healthy eating among children
04.11.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
A new research study by scientists from Vietnam's National Institute of Nutrition and the CGIAR…
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Farming Families Worldwide Are Increasingly Growing More Than One Biofortified Crop
02.11.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The global nutrition community, increasingly focused on holistic approaches to improving diets, is p…
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COVID pandemic overshadows Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security
02.11.20-
Nutrition
On the 11th Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security, governments and development partners face…
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Aflatoxin rapid detection technology wins Big Data Inspire Challenge 2020
30.10.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
A little box that can predict the amount of harmful aflatoxin contained in a handful…
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How to ensure access to healthy diets for all: a clarion call for One CGIAR
30.10.20-
Nutrition
Guest blog by Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) At …
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Growing cities, growing food insecurity: How to protect the poor during rapid urbanization
29.10.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY MARIE RUEL The 2020 State of Food and Nutrition Security in the World (SOFI) estimates that…
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Behavior change communication in conflict zones: Program leads to improved breastfeeding and water treatment practices in Yemen
27.10.20-
Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
BY SIKANDRA KURDI AND SARAH EDWARDS In the world’s most dangerous conflict zones, a child…
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Can citizen science help to fill hydrology data gaps in Ethiopia?
27.10.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
IWMI conducted a qualitative study to investigate the possibilities of embedding a citizen science a…
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Optimizing food assistance programs: Improving household food security and diet quality in Burundi
26.10.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY JEF L. LEROY, DEANNA K. OLNEY, MARIE RUEL, LILIA BLIZNASHKA AND TRACY BROWN Fourth…
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Diet diversification program for tribal women and children to be scaled up in South India
23.10.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Enthused by positive nutritional outcomes among children and women in its first phase, activities of…
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On World Food Day, India PM Modi Endorses Biofortification to Address Malnutrition
22.10.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a strong endorsement to staple crop biofortification a…
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Book launch: Casting light on the ‘Invisible China’
22.10.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY TIMOTHY KAROFF “There is a familiar China that most people know,” write Scott Rozelle and …
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Experts see a bright future for biofortification through improved delivery
21.10.20-
Nutrition
A new paper released at the 2020 World Food Prize today charts important progress in…
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Climate-smart innovations can boost aquatic food systems productivity in Bangladesh, says climate change expert
20.10.20-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Climate-smart innovations are urgently needed to help poor and vulnerable aquatic food system actors…
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Field Notes: Boosting small-scale aquaculture productivity in inland Myanmar
19.10.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Myanmar is one of the largest fish producers in the world. The country ranks among…
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Bethany Smith – Emerging Scientist Series
19.10.20-
Big data
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Climate
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Bethany Smith is a junior researcher working remotely from Australia for the WorldFish Myanmar team.…
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Indian PM Narendra Modi dedicates two ‘healthy oil’ groundnut varieties on World Food Day
16.10.20-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Two groundnut varieties with high oleic acid content, developed by ICRISAT together with the Indian…
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The Failing Food Systems: Can Aquatic Foods turn the tide?
15.10.20-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Currently, 2 billion people around the world lack access to diverse, nutritious, and safe diets…
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