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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-
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A new report from the World Resources Institute points to ways in which roots, tubers…
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Ruth Meinzen-Dick receives Elinor Ostrom Award
03.07.19-
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The 2019 Elinor Ostrom Award on Collective Governance of the Commons acknowledges Ruth Meinzen-Dickâ…
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De-risking agricultural value chains using climate-smart agriculture
03.07.19-
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In April 2019, professionals from the soft commodity sectors who represent diverse value chains acro…
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Rohingya in Bangladesh are surviving – but their long-term prospects are grim
02.07.19-
Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Note: Join us July 10 as the authors and other participants discuss their survey of…
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Research approaches required for supporting the empowerment of pastoral dairy women
01.07.19-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Maasai woman feeding her child milk (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). The especially rich and clearl…
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Conference: Challenges of eliminating child labor in agriculture and food chains
28.06.19-
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Around the world, more than 70% of child labor is found in the agriculture sector—an…
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Are high land rental costs pricing African youth out of agriculture?
21.06.19-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
A new study shows that youth can face higher land rental prices than older farmers in Tanzania…
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The missing middle: how enabling environments will translate global commitments into local action
21.06.19-
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Delegates at Global Soil Week 2019 push for effective land governance, local governance structures, …
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From Jamaica to Togo to Vanuatu, agroforestry to help countries prevent climate breakdown
17.06.19-
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In May, delegates from as far away as Papua New Guinea braved visa hurdles and…
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Borderline
14.06.19-
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Ghana - Part VII of VII-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST AFRICA’S…
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Value unchained: putting money into the hands that grow our food
14.06.19-
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Agroforestry, which integrates trees and forest elements into agricultural landscapes, is currently …
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Advocating for livestock, say its supporters, requires stronger narratives as well as robust evidence
11.06.19-
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Mary Nzomo, the chair of Kenya’s Agriculture County Executive Committee Members Caucus, holding th…
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Farmers in Tanzania urged to embrace drought tolerant crops
07.06.19-
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Against the backdrop of changing climatic conditions in Africa, scientists, administrators and seed …
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Webinar: Reflections on gender transformative approaches in agriculture – The promise and cautionary tales
06.06.19-
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The CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research is hosting the webinar ‘Reflections on gender…
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Reversing ‘dangerous decline’ of nature requires global initiatives to engage both men and women
24.05.19-
Biodiversity
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Our planet is in the midst of an ecological emergency, according to several recent reports. Deter…
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Agroforestry at 40: how tree-farm science has changed the world
22.05.19-
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Coffee bushes in a shade-grown plantation in the Andes, Ecuador.Morley Read/Shutterstock Meine van N…
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Greater than the sum of its parts – highlighting how CGIAR is working as one
17.05.19-
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Claudia Sadoff, director general of the International Water Management Institute (left) visits a glo…
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Evidence from Malawi: Why agricultural and nutrition education programs should engage both women and men in households
14.05.19-
Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Gender norms and inequalities are an important factor in Malawi’s ongoing food security problems. …
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Balangiga Farmer – Fisherfolk women learn how to make food products from dried cassava grates
08.05.19-
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Who knew so many different products could be made from cassava? Now thanks to the…
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