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Agricultural Research Unties the Gordian Knot
04.01.21-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Agricultural research and innovation to transform our food system is the only way to cut…
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How Africa can Lead the World in the COVID-19 Recovery
18.12.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Africa, compared to Asia, Europe and the US, has largely escaped the devastating death toll…
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Good Nutrition is Crucial for the Coronavirus Vaccine to Work Effectively
26.11.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Vaccines are harder to deliver and potentially less effective at stimulating an immune response in…
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New Study: CGIAR Innovations Reach Nearly 80 Percent of Ethiopia’s Rural Households
09.11.20An independent study published last month has documented the extensive reach of CGIAR-related agricu…
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How to ensure access to healthy diets for all: a clarion call for One CGIAR
30.10.20-
Nutrition
Guest blog by Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) At …
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Are Food Systems ‘Broken’ – or Just Out of Sync?
16.10.20Our food systems are not broken; they are out of sync with what we need…
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Reducing air pollution in China’s urban areas can improve local housing markets
03.12.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY MANUEL HERNANDEZ AND FRANCESCA EDRALIN China’s air pollution is among the worst in the…
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Protecting Soil, Protecting People
03.12.20Just a handful of soil contains the hundreds of thousands of microbes, bacteria and fungi…
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Use of scientific evidence for greater partnerships and better policies
02.12.20Discussion sessions with Nigerian Agriculture Minister “Concrete outcomes of research are indispen…
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Waves of disease, waves of poverty: New evidence on the economic impacts of COVID-19 in Myanmar
01.12.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY DEREK HEADEY, THAN ZAW OO, KRISTI MAHRT, XINSHEN DIAO, SOPHIE GOUDET AND ISABEL LAMBRECHT…
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Generic catchphrase or global commitment: What is women’s empowerment?
01.12.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Empowering all women and girls is among the global goals guiding international development efforts t…
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Three new drought-adapted ICARDA/ARIA wheat varieties released in Afghanistan
01.12.20ICARDA and the Agricultural Research Institute of Afghanistan (ARIA) have released three new Drought…
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Gender dynamics in seed systems development: Emerging research of critical importance
30.11.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
New PIM Synthesis Brief provides analysis of current issues and an outlook for future research…
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2020 CAER-IFPRI Annual Conference: Boosting China's urban-rural integrated development
30.11.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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By Donghe Li China’s rapid economic growth has been driven by urbanization, and vice versa.…
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Voices from the Field: Young women farmers anchor CGIAR session at Cultivate Africa
30.11.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Women must be included to successfully build inclusive and sustainable food systems in Africa. Yet,…
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Banana seed system innovations – assessing decision-making roles to increase their take-up
30.11.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Innovations in seed systems can have a powerful impact on crop production, particularly in…
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History meets hydrology in a South Indian district's perilous water gap
30.11.20-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Kolar district, in India's southern state of Karnataka, has been known for centuries as a…
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Newly launched millet food finder shows a revolution is underway
27.11.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Millets have sometimes been hailed as the next quinoa but researchers collating a global database…
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Use of scientific evidence for greater partnerships and better policies
27.11.20-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Surveys on agricultural technology adoption in Nigeria carried out in 2019-2020 revealed gains made …
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Matching seed to farmer
27.11.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Since the earliest days of global wheat breeding at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement…
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Money-making machines
27.11.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
A new small-mechanization pilot initiative launched in July is equipping farmers with the business a…
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Molecular breeding speeds development of better seeds
27.11.20-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
To adequately confront rapidly changing plant pests and diseases and safeguard food security for a…
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WorldFish joins united effort to boost climate-smart food systems in Malawi
27.11.20-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
In Malawi, land and aquatic food systems engage 80 percent of the population playing a…
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Dried small fish powder provides opportunity for child health in Myanmar
27.11.20-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
As the COVID-19 pandemic underscores the need for nutritious diets, efforts to promote dried small…
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