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Bill Gates on CGIAR and Adapting to a Warmer World
12.02.21Climate change is going to force us to consider entirely new needs. We need to…
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Today’s Climate and Food Crises Can Only be Solved in Tandem
09.02.21Extreme weather driven by climate change, conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic are driving worsening …
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CGIAR Joins Forces with World Food Programme to Tackle Post-Pandemic Hunger
26.01.21-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN agency will work with CGIAR to bolster food systems amid…
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Investment into Research Must Double to Halt Climate and Food Crises by 2030
25.01.21-
Climate
World’s largest agricultural research partnership seeks to increase funding to $2 billion annually…
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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-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Africa, compared to Asia, Europe and the US, has largely escaped the devastating death toll…
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The world needs to learn how to live with COVID-19, says UK public health expert David Heymann
03.09.20-
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A 3-D model of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, developed by ILRI digital communications specialist Annabel Sla…
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Wildlife markets in the pandemic: Prohibit or preserve them? Ban or promote them?
02.09.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Pork sold in a wet market in Cambodia (photo credit: ILRI/David Aronson). ILRI and UN…
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Initial Research Highlights Importance of Irrigation for Ethiopian Farmers During COVID-19
02.09.20-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Agriculture sustains the Ethiopian economy, and access to irrigation here is critical for food secur…
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Improving animal health in southern Africa—Why it matters and what to do
01.09.20-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Cattle being herded towards green pasture on the flood plain in western Zambia (photo credit:…
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The challenges of influencing consumer behavior to improve food safety
31.08.20-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY VIVIAN HOFFMANN AND EMILY WU In Kenya, levels of exposure to aflatoxin—a contaminant produced …
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Rising fodder shortage prompts release of two pearl millet varieties with superior and higher forage in south India
28.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Two pearl millet varieties with 7.0% and 5.4% higher green forage yields as compared to…
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High altitudes linked to higher rates of stunting
27.08.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY KALEAB BAYE, KALLE HIRVONEN AND EMILY WU Child stunting affects nearly 155 million globally, on…
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Improving Biosecurity: A Science-Based Approach to Manage Fish Disease Risks and Increase Socioeconomic Contribution
26.08.20-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Nigeria is now one of Africa’s largest aquaculture producers with catfish (Clarias spp. and Hete…
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Policy seminar: COVID-19, food systems, ecosystems, and the risk of zoonotic diseases
24.08.20-
Climate
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
BY HOPE ZABRONSKY The COVID-19 pandemic—which originated when the novel coronavirus jumped from an…
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Discussions on propelling India towards biofuel sees calls for more R&D
21.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
ICRISAT’s efforts in feedstocks development appreciated on World Biofuel Day India has made good p…
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Harnessing aquatic foods research is vital to COVID-19 recovery, sustainable food systems transformation, say agriculture for development experts
20.08.20-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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The role of aquatic foods in COVID-19 recovery and the sustainable food system transformation demand…
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Book launch: COVID-19 and global food security - what have we learned so far?
17.08.20-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY JOHN MCDERMOTT This post is based on remarks delivered during the Aug. 4 launch event for the…
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Soil-borne pathogen new to chickpea growing regions in India detected
14.08.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A soil-borne pathogen, new to chickpea growing regions in India, was detected during a real-time…
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A food system integration story: Fish with roots, tubers and bananas
13.08.20-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
What do catfish and bananas have in common? No, this is not a riddle or…
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Key recommendations to boost small-scale aquaculture in inland Myanmar
13.08.20-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Small-scale aquaculture is a vital source of food and income in Myanmar. At present, it…
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Zinc study suggests possible role for biofortification in addressing non-communicable diseases
12.08.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
By Laura Pompano and Erick Boy The double burden of malnutrition is a rapidly growing…
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Harvesting rains to grow fruit, vegetables and improved crops at watershed learning sites in India
07.08.20-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
This cropping season, observing all safety measures amidst the COVID pandemic, more than a 1,000…
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New project aims to improve food and nutritional security for 120,000 households in West and Central Africa
31.07.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
A recently launched project, with a focus on iron- and zinc-fortified hybrids and open-pollinated va…
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