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Eight food processing units to target malnutrition and poverty in South India’s hinterlands
20.01.20The facilities aim to create sustainable business opportunities around nutritious diets for tribal f…
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Addressing nutrition in Ethiopia: Changes, challenges and opportunities
15.01.20-
Nutrition
John McDermott, director of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health, refl…
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Tribute to Azage Tegegne, leading Ethiopian livestock scientist
14.01.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
It is with as much shock as sorrow that we report the untimely death of…
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New CGIAR dashboard shows results in a new light
13.01.20Interested in how CGIAR is contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Looking for mor…
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Hand-holding outgrowers to produce certified seed in drought-stricken Ghana – a model to emulate
13.01.20Access to quality seed remains a big challenge for farmers in Africa. With increasing drought…
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Roots, tubers and bananas key ingredients of a more sustainable food future
09.01.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A new report from the World Resources Institute points to ways in which roots, tubers…
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The crippling of the multilateral trading system
10.12.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
As of today (Dec. 10), the dispute settlement mechanism of the World Trade Organization (WTO)Â has…
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Policy seminar: Digital technologies are crucial to transforming Africa’s food systems
10.12.19-
Big data
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Digital technologies are key to transforming food systems and agriculture across Africa. A Nov. 26…
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Screening cycle for deadly MLN virus set to begin in Kenya in January 2020
09.12.19-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The maize lethal necrosis (MLN) artificial inoculation screening site in Naivasha, Kenya, will begin…
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Overlooked, underused crops: An answer to our food system problems?
09.12.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A recent report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change rang alarm bells about the…
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African Plant Breeders Association launched in Ghana
09.12.19The African Plant Breeders Association (APBA) was launched recently to bring together plant breeders…
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New dual-purpose pearl millet shows promise as excellent fodder in Niger
09.12.19Two varieties of dual-purpose (food and fodder) pearl millet were shown to increase weight and…
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Workshop on gene editing held at ICRISAT
09.12.19Twenty crop scientists from Asia and Africa were trained for two weeks at ICRISAT on…
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Oceans will be key to future food security – new expert report
09.12.19A new report estimates that the ocean could provide six times more food than…
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2019 ReSAKSS Annual Conference: Gender equality in rural Africa, from commitments to outcomes
06.12.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Third in a series of blog posts on the release of the 2019 Annual Trends and…
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New dual-purpose pearl millet shows promise as excellent fodder in Niger
06.12.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Two varieties of dual-purpose (food and fodder) pearl millet were shown to increase weight and…
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African Plant Breeders Association launched in Ghana
06.12.19-
Biodiversity
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
The African Plant Breeders Association (APBA) was launched recently to bring together plant breeders…
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Agricultural solutions to tackle humanity’s climate crisis
06.12.19-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
More than 11,000 scientists signed on to a recent report showing that planet Earth is facing a…
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Policy seminar: Countries pivotal actors as food systems transform
05.12.19-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Food systems in developing countries are undergoing a rapid transformation, much of it shaped by…
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Time to act on global groundwater
05.12.19Also published as an Op-Ed in Thomson Reuters. Authored by signatories of the Global Groundwat…
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Nurture soil as our food and climate insurance
05.12.19-
Climate
Kassim Massi and Joyce Makawa have learned how conservation agriculture nurtures the soil of their…
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Aljazeera.com: Forget about water at your peril
05.12.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
IWMI's Rachael McDonnell stresses the need for a more central role for water in climate…
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Adaptations Thirst: Accelerating the Convergence of Water and Climate Action
05.12.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Climate-resilient water management should be the unifying agenda for water and climate change adapta…
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Chronic Kidney Disease in Sri Lanka
05.12.19-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Groundwater sources and treatment practices may not be the sole risk factors, and further research…
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