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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Jan 8, 2019 In the News The new finance solutions building the resilience of African…

Making small-scale irrigation work for women

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

Food security
Gender equality

As climate change makes rainfed agriculture an increasingly precarious venture, small-scale irrigati…

Four reasons small farms are running out of water – and how we can fix it

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Food security

Originally published as an Op-Ed on Thompson Reuters From Cape Town to California to the…

Reducing high yield gaps with decision-support apps

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

Big data
Food security

Ethiopia is Africa’s third largest producer of maize, after Nigeria and South Africa. Although the…

The Great Food Transformation

Biodiversity
Environmental health

Launched today, the EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems sets out pr…

Timelapse of Borneo deforestation 200-2017. Green to white= forest loss, green to black= forest cleared and converted to plantations in the same year, green to blue= forest permanently flooded by hydropower dams.

Has Borneo’s deforestation slowed down?

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

Borneo - When people talk about deforestation in Indonesia and Malaysia, palm oil often gets…

For Indian farmers, Direct Benefit Transfers can work better than fertilizer subsidies

14.01.19

Food security

Technological innovations, along with price support measures and the supply of subsidized key inputs…

PIM Newsletter: October – December 2018

CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

14.01.19

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health
Food security
Gender equality
Nutrition
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Collection of news from the Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) program for the last quarter…

Byte by byte: How improved data management is enhancing innovation and impact

WorldFish

14.01.19

Big data

WorldFish has been a leader in aquaculture and fisheries development for decades, producing valuable…

A 4-step plan for spatial planning

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

13.01.19

Environmental health

Spatial plans, which organize people and activities within a certain area, are often developed by…

Farm loan waivers are not the panacea (Hindu Business Line)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Jan 8, 2019 In the News Farm loan waivers are not the panacea (Hindu Business…

A model for reaching poor farmers, reducing subsidy costs in Ghana (My Joy)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Jan 6, 2019 In the News A model for reaching poor farmers, reducing subsidy costs…

Fish protein wafers to ease acute malnutrition in children (Sci Dev)

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

Jan 10, 2019 In the News Fish protein wafers to ease acute malnutrition in children…

Making small-scale irrigation work for women

Food security

What are ways to ensure small-scale irrigation technologies benefit women farmers? A new REAC…

Protecting Congo’s botanical treasures

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Environmental health
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Congo Basin - Nestled within Africa’s biggest rainforest lies what was once the world’s largest…

Exploring the impacts of new U.S. and European agriculture policies

10.01.19

Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

On Dec. 20, President Donald Trump signed the 2018 U.S. Farm Bill into law. Meanwhile,…

How can restoration help solve hunger?