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Policy seminar: Lessons from China about COVID-19 impacts on food security and livelihoods
06.08.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
By Khiem Nguyen Following the COVID-19 outbreak in Hubei Province in late December, the Chinese…
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Policy seminar: Europe’s Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies aim to build healthy and sustainable food systems
30.07.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
By Khiem Nguyen The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout have underlined the importance of…
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2020 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report: Rising hunger and COVID-19 present formidable challenges
27.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
By Khiem Nguyen Almost 690 million people went hungry around the world in 2019, an…
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Policy seminar: The impacts and legacy of IFPRI’s 2020 Vision Initiative
27.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
By Khiem Nguyen Launched in 1993 and recently concluded, IFPRI’s 2020 Vision Initiative was an o…
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2020 Global Food Policy Report: Emerging challenges of building inclusive food systems in South Asia
24.07.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
By Rebika Laishram In South Asia, the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the largest disruption of…
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Indian diets fall short of EAT-Lancet reference recommendations for human and planetary health
21.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
By Manika Sharma, Avinash Kishore, Devesh Roy, Kuhu Joshi, and Khiem Nguyen Many developing countrie…
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How India’s agrifood supply chains fared during the COVID-19 lockdown, from farm to fork
20.07.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
By Sudha Narayanan Lockdowns imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted food market…
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Policy seminar: No backsliding – reorienting food and health systems to protect nutrition in a global pandemic
17.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
By Janet Hodur The COVID-19 pandemic—and the resulting economic crisis and disrupted food and heal…
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Can groundwater cushion Africa from future shocks, and spark development?
17.07.20-
Food security
Groundwater has thus far been a sleeping giant in most of sub-Saharan Africa. However, there…
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6 Ideas to transform food systems in a post-COVID-19 India
15.07.20-
Food security
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Health
The ongoing health crisis around COVID-19 has raised global concerns on food and nutrition security.…
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Phone surveys to understand gendered impacts of COVID-19: A cautionary note
14.07.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As the health and economic impacts of COVID-19 continue to evolve, researchers have been using…
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Should low-income countries decentralize their COVID-19 responses?
08.07.20-
Gender equality
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Health
By Katrina Kosec and Tewodaj Mogues As countries respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, some have…
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Unite human, animal and environmental health to prevent the next pandemic, says ILRI/UN report
08.07.20-
Health
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take lives and disrupt economies across the world, a…
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Policy seminar: Social safety nets as a COVID-19 response to protect food security and nutrition
07.07.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
By Khiem Nguyen As countries grapple with the health and economic shocks caused by COVID-19,…
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Field Notes: Nigeria’s fish processors call for government support to stay afloat during COVID-19 crisis
07.07.20-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As Nigeria’s fish processors struggle to manage disruptions caused by COVID-19 lockdowns, they are…
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COVID-19 and resilience innovations in food supply chains
06.07.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
By Thomas Reardon and Johan Swinnen Food supply disruptions in developing countries during the COVID…
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Africa is facing a food crisis due to COVID-19. These seeds could help prevent it.
06.07.20-
Food security
Photo: Pearl millet harvest from a field in Mali. Photo: Agathe Diama, ICRISAT "Seed demand…
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Prepare food systems for a long-haul fight against COVID-19
02.07.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
By Maximo Torero The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the global economy hard, and in many…
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