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Using the MARPLE kit to diagnose wheat rust in Ethiopia
12.08.19- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
MARPLE (Mobile and Real-time PLant disEase) Diagnostics is a revolutionary mobile lab developed by a…
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New drought monitoring system will reduce climate risks for South Asian farmers
12.08.19- Climate
- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
To mitigate the food security and economic risks of South Asia’s frequent and intense droughts,…
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Artificial intelligence helps banana growers protect the world’s most favorite fruit
12.08.19- Biodiversity
Using artificial intelligence, scientists created an easy-to-use tool to detect banana diseases and …
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Alternatives to burning can increase Indian farmers’ profits and cut pollution, new study shows
09.08.19- Creating JOBS and GROWTH
- Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
Published in Science, the article provides evidence for national policies that block stubble burning…
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Guiding farmers to safer use of pesticides in Rwanda and Burundi
08.08.19- Creating JOBS and GROWTH
- Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
It’s hard to overstate the importance of root, tuber, and banana (RTB crops) for smallholder…
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‘One Nation One Ration Card’ can transform lives in India
06.08.19- Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
On June 27, India Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan announced plans to move towards a system of…
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Laying the foundation for fisheries research in Myanmar
08.07.19With most of its population residing in coastal areas and within the mega Delta of…
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Rice varietal cafeterias: An effective extension tool for promoting climate-resilient rice
08.07.19The rice varietal cafeteria provides a space where farmers and other stakeholders interact, discuss,…
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Celebrating World Zoonoses Day with a focus on ILRI’s research on zoonotic diseases
06.07.19- Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
To celebrate World Zoonoses Day, marked annually on 6 July, we take a look at…
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The Seed of the Technology: ISTA conference generates interest in concerns of the drylands
05.07.19- Biodiversity
- Climate
Discussions at the recently concluded congress of the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) …
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IRRI, CCAFS support the promotion of climate-smart rice production in Vietnam
05.07.19To mainstream climate change adaptation and mitigation in rice production, the National Agriculture …
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IRRI partners with social enterprise to incubate women’s producer company
05.07.19As a concerted effort to test various models of women’s entrepreneurship development in rice agri-…
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From smallholders to entrepreneurs, growing farmer resilience through Farmer Business Schools
04.07.19- Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Rural Filipino farmers are reinventing themselves from smallholders to food-processing entrepreneurs…
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Sweetpotato jams and juices contribute to forest conservation in the Philippines
04.07.19- Creating JOBS and GROWTH
- Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Once considered a survival food during times of drought or severe rains, sweetpotato cultivation is…
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Scaling out sustainable livestock production alternatives: financing schemes in the Colombian Amazon
04.07.19Peru and Colombia, countries harboring 23 per cent of the Amazon rainforest, are aware of…
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Pause, reflect, learn, adapt
04.07.19- Biodiversity
- Climate
- Nutrition
Land restoration targets and commitments have been set at global, regional, national and local level…
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CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research - 2019 second quarter newsletter issue
04.07.19- Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Here is the tenth issue of the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research’s quarterly newsle…
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Naila Kabeer’s Seeds of Change harvest: a ‘simple’ question of respect and equality
04.07.19- Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
During the Seeds of Change conference, the CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research team ap…
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United States and Mali launch five-year partnership for food security and livelihood resilience
03.07.19- Creating JOBS and GROWTH
- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Written by Assoumane Maiga Beneficiary Aoussata Coulibaly (left) talks with the Malian minister of a…
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Ruth Meinzen-Dick receives Elinor Ostrom Award
03.07.19- Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
- Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
The 2019 Elinor Ostrom Award on Collective Governance of the Commons acknowledges Ruth Meinzen-Dickâ…
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IITA joins call for a global surveillance system to detect and halt the spread of crop disease
03.07.19- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A team of researchers has argued in Science that as nations collaborate to detect and stop human…
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De-risking agricultural value chains using climate-smart agriculture
03.07.19- Climate
- Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
In April 2019, professionals from the soft commodity sectors who represent diverse value chains acro…
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Understanding farmers’ willingness to pay for root, tuber and banana crop planting material
02.07.19- Creating JOBS and GROWTH
- Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Experimental auctions reveal the true willingness of farmers to pay (WTP) for various farming inputs…
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Rohingya in Bangladesh are surviving – but their long-term prospects are grim
02.07.19- Nutrition
- Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Note: Join us July 10 as the authors and other participants discuss their survey of…
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