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Environmental health

Indonesia - The banks of the Ciliwung River are not grounds for Jakarta’s most desired…

DNA sequencing of indigenous African cattle reveals vital clues to increasing productivity

Biodiversity

Since their introduction to Africa thousands of years ago from the Middle East and the…

Climate-smart agriculture improves farmers’ incomes and climate change adaptation capacity

How climate-smart agriculture contributes to the adaptation measures of farmers in Cambodia. The far…

Fish is good for you, and also for the economy

Small fish can contribute to the nourishing of Bangladesh Fsheries are one of the fastest…

Sustained progress made in global work to reduce the rise of antimicrobial resistance—but major gaps remain

Food security
Health

Training on standardized and harmonized surveillance methods for antimicrobial resistance in food an…

What is the future for coral reefs?

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/what-is-the-future-for-coral-reefsScience Media Exchange (Scimex)18 …

Building resilience through fish farming in Malawi

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

https://www.nyasatimes.com/building-resilience-through-fish-farming-in-malawi/Malawi Nyasa Times17 J…

When understanding drivers of food systems become a planetary priority

18.07.18

Food security
Nutrition

This analysis will be one of the very first one of this kind conducted at…

Pay more attention to forests to avert global water crisis, researchers urge

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

18.07.18

Biodiversity
Environmental health

According to a new report, the growing human population and climate change are exacerbating a…

Bolstering NARS partners with systems modeling training

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

18.07.18

Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

The use of systems modeling tools and decision support systems can be of great advantage…

Policy seminar: Building resilience by fostering gender equity at the household level

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

17.07.18

Gender equality

BY GRACE COLLORD While development programs today increasingly focus on promoting resilience, such e…

Science helps tailor livestock-related climate change mitigation strategies in Africa

CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC)

17.07.18

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

Livestock contribute greatly to livelihoods and food security in Africa, yet they are both vulnerabl…

The ‘Policy Pathway’ Matters: Assessing the Impact of Policy-Oriented Research Is Essential to Show CGIAR’s Contribution to Development Outcomes

16.07.18

Food security
Nutrition

One of the primary ways that CGIAR research contributes to development outcomes is through influenci…

Creating value together in Africa’s rice sector

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

16.07.18

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

The multi-stakeholder innovation platform approach promotes rice agribusiness by emphasizing active …

Intersectionality is important for forests too

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

15.07.18

Aristocrats are like the enduring ironwoods, and commoners are like the strangling fig that kills.…

Threat of cassava mosaic disease, strengthening resilience to climate disasters, dominate conversations between CIAT and Vietnam agricultural institutions

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

13.07.18

Biodiversity
Food security

Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the International Center for Tr…

Improved technologies bolster food production efficiency and incomes in rural Zimbabwe