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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Health
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

It’s hard to overstate the importance of root, tuber, and banana (RTB crops) for smallholder…

Can creation of a separate Indian Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries bring fresh momentum in growth?

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

The creation of a separate ministerial portfolio for animal husbandry, dairying, and fisheries for t…

Preparing Ghanaian cocoa farmers for changing climate conditions

Climate adaptation & mitigation

CIAT collaborates with CocoaLink to help young farmers mitigate the negative effects of climate chan…

Second national aquaculture forum takes place in Timor-Leste

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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

8 Aug 2019…

‘One Nation One Ration Card’ can transform lives in India

06.08.19

Food security
Gender equality

On June 27, India Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan announced plans to move towards a system of…

2019 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World: Persistent hunger and obesity increase the global burden of malnutrition

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Food security
Nutrition

After decades of steady decline, the trend in world hunger—as measured by the prevalence of…

New CIMMYT pre-commercial hybrids available from Asia maize breeding programs

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Food security

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is offering a new set of improved…

Benefits from trees regreen land and livelihoods

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

Smallholders in Ethiopia are set to benefit from development of tree value-chains. Wood-fuel, round …

Rice Doctor -An innovative technological approach to enhance rice production

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Crop losses due to insect pests and diseases are a major threat to farming communities…

Protect our food. Fund the seed.

02.08.19

Food security

“It is the seed that controls the system, not the other way around.” Chef and…

Transforming sorghum and millet cropping systems through diffusion of quality seed and best bet agronomic practices

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

02.08.19

Eight months of the year was the most farmer Seydou Yolo’s harvest would last to…

Convention on Biological Diversity adopts indicator to track conservation of useful plants

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Biodiversity
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security

Developed by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture and the Crop Trust, the indicator pro…

CIMMYT and CGIAR staff join Ethiopia’s record-breaking tree-planting campaign

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Biodiversity
Environmental health

July 29, 2019, was a remarkable day for Ethiopia. People across the country planted 353,633,660 tre…

Global Food Policy Report–EAT-Lancet Commission launch in The Hague: Rural revitalization and sustainable diets

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Environmental health
Food security

How do two major reports with different emphases on the relationship between nutrition and agricultu…

Joint Grasslands and Rangelands Congress will be held in Nairobi in Oct 2020

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

Food security
Gender equality

Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) and Kenya State Department of Livestoc…

Transform Nutrition West Africa publishes evidence brief on Nigeria's nutrition policy