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Sustainability of food systems: Five steps beyond the EAT-Lancet report
19.09.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A new paper highlights five areas of research and action that require more attention if…
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New insights to help advance cassava breeding worldwide
19.09.20Researchers at IITA, along with partners from the NextGen Cassava Breeding Project, have uncovered…
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Big data and new technology can help us understand and respond to climate change and conflict risks – here’s how
18.09.20-
Climate
Written by Elisabeth Gilmore, Senior Associate Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO…
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Polio Provides the Roadmap for Tackling Pandemic and Food Security
11.09.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
"A tiny microbe has humbled us all – and yet has also provided us with…
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Transforming African food systems for a resilient future
10.09.20-
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
By Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and I…
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The geometry of disease: A longitudinal calf cohort study in Kenya has yielded a unique database and biorepository
10.09.20-
Big data
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Fun with Lines and Curves by Elsie C. Ellison, 1972 (binding illustration). The IDEAL project,…
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Policy seminar: COVID-19, food systems, ecosystems, and the risk of zoonotic diseases
24.08.20-
Climate
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY HOPE ZABRONSKY The COVID-19 pandemic—which originated when the novel coronavirus jumped from an…
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Embracing change: CGIAR issues response to MOPAN assessment
24.08.20In May of this year, the Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN) released i…
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What does it take to change the Earth? India’s National Agroforestry Policy and beyond
24.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
In 2014, India became the first country in the world to adopt a national agroforestry policy.…
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A call for a holistic view of meat eating by Lawrence Haddad, of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
24.08.20-
Nutrition
Standing Rib, by Roy Lichtenstein, 1962. ‘Eat less meat’ is seen by many as a…
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New forms of aquatic foods: Exploring plant-based and cell-based seafood
24.08.20-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Seafood, including aquatic animals, like fish and crustaceans, and plants such as seaweeds, are cruc…
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Project to develop Aflasafe technology that controls deadly aflatoxin in Uganda launched
23.08.20Kampala, Uganda – The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the National Agr…
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Which varieties of roots, tubers, and bananas do farmers and other users want in Africa, and how can breeding programs meet their needs better?
23.08.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
It is critical to know which varieties are being adopted and why, both to show the value of in…
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Five-year plan for driving Grain Legume and Dryland Cereals seed delivery systems through commodity value chains
21.08.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
For those seeking to create a win-win for farmers, marketers and consumers of grain legumes…
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Discussions on propelling India towards biofuel sees calls for more R&D
21.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
ICRISAT’s efforts in feedstocks development appreciated on World Biofuel Day India has made good p…
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Double harvest for half the effort
21.08.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Peter Mwangofi is a pigeonpea farmer from Karonga district in Malawi. He relies on the…
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Lessons for gender in seed systems
20.08.20Seed systems are complex and dynamic, involving diverse, interdisciplinary actors. Women play an imp…
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Harnessing aquatic foods research is vital to COVID-19 recovery, sustainable food systems transformation, say agriculture for development experts
20.08.20-
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
The role of aquatic foods in COVID-19 recovery and the sustainable food system transformation demand…
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WorldFish climate change leader Essam Yassin Mohammed seeks a systems approach for resilient aquatic foods
20.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Marine and freshwater resources provide a lifeline for millions of impoverished people around the wo…
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Climate Security: The Role of Climate and Food Systems Science in Conflict Prevention and Peace-building
19.08.20-
Climate
Written by Nam Nguyen and Diego Osorio. Image credit: Tobin Jones/UN Photo A systemic analysis…
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Tree roots reduce landslide risk
19.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Researchers in Indonesia provide evidence of suitability of tree species in preventing landslides. &…
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Soil-borne pathogen new to chickpea growing regions in India detected
19.08.20Photo: File photo of Dr Mamta Sharma and her team at work in the pathogen…
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The missing link between maize seeds and trust
18.08.20The world population is expected to rise to almost 10 billion by 2050. To feed…
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Making sense of why spouses disagree in household surveys
18.08.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
BY KATE AMBLER, CHERYL DOSS, CAITLIN KIERAN AND SIMONE PASSARELLI With women’s empowerment an i…
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