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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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CGIAR Research Centers commend Bangladesh’s response to contain Covid-19 spread, call for ensuring…

Why 'home garden' projects don’t always work: Insights from Ethiopia

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BY KALLE HIRVONEN AND DEREK HEADEY In Ethiopia, the average person eats just 42 kg of fruits and…

IPNLF strengthens its senior management team with two new additions

International Potato Center (CIP)

The International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) has hired two new senior team members to…

Potatofied innovations: Developing entrepreneurial skills among farmers in Assam

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

Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

There is, perhaps, no vegetable in the world as versatile as the potato. And farmers…

Farmer Timothée Goita has built a house in Yorosso town to facilitate accommodation for his daughter Safiatou, who studies there. Photo: N Diakite, ICRISAT

Access to improved varieties and warrantage services helps malian farmers save for children’s schooling

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

Farmer Timothée Goita has built a house in Yorosso town to facilitate accommodation for his…

Fixing the global food system after coronavirus