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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-
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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-
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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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Africa, compared to Asia, Europe and the US, has largely escaped the devastating death toll…
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Women and youth turning to tree-based enterprises for livelihoods in Mount Elgon, Uganda
10.07.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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In the Mount Elgon region, women and youth comprise a critical labour force for farming.…
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Small is beautiful
09.07.20-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Can Africa’s smallholder farmers adopt and reap the benefits of farm mechanization? The Farm Mecha…
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Field Notes: Nigeria’s fish processors call for government support to stay afloat during COVID-19 crisis
07.07.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
As Nigeria’s fish processors struggle to manage disruptions caused by COVID-19 lockdowns, they are…
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Field Notes: Call for government support as lockdown bites into fish processors’ profits in India
07.07.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Lockdown restrictions in India have hit fish processors at the peak of their season and…
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Prepare food systems for a long-haul fight against COVID-19
02.07.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
By Maximo Torero The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the global economy hard, and in many…
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Stop waiting to get back to normal: We need to build back better – and this starts with transforming food systems
01.07.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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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
By Kanayo F. Nwanze, CGIAR Special Representative to the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 Lately…
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WEBINAR: Merging ecosystem-based adaptation and insurance/finance: why we need it!
29.06.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
In this exciting webinar, held 19 June 2020, experts discussed the opportunities and challenges for…
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Economic incentives to resolve conflicts in transboundary flows within watersheds: the case of the Cordilleras in the Philippines
26.06.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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When it comes to property rights, many Philippine forests are open access. This means that…
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Significant economic impacts due to COVID-19 and falling remittances in Myanmar
25.06.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
By: Xinshen Diao and Michael Wang As COVID-19 spreads in more low- and middle-income countries,…
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Women farmers in Malawi and Zambia fighting fall armyworm
25.06.20-
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Life as we once knew it is gone. The emergence and spread of COVID-19 has…
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A video is worth a million sweetpotato vines
22.06.20-
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Farmer-to-farmer training videos create demand for orange fleshed sweetpotatoes (OFSP) and high-qual…
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Reaping the benefits of innovation
17.06.20-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Post-harvest losses — which can range between 10-20% in major cereals — cause not only…
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Farmers diversify crops in their fields and food on their plates
17.06.20-
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Farmers in the Bale area, in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, mainly produce wheat and barley. Temam…
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Women-Led Biofortified Food Businesses: Advancing Nutrition and Health
16.06.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Nutrition
HarvestPlus is proud to be working with enterprising women around the world who have created…
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Field Notes: Bangladesh in times of COVID-19. Impacts on aquaculture and fisheries
15.06.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
In this series of blogs, experts from WorldFish’s focal countries share their personal insights on…
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MYSAP Inland supports small-scale fish farmers and fish processors during COVID-19
15.06.20-
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Nutrition
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In the Central Dry Zone and upper regions of Myanmar, since April 2017, the Inland…
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Implementing nutrition-sensitive pond polyculture in Zambia: WorldFish teams up with Peace Corps volunteers
13.06.20-
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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
We sat down with Taryn Cadena and Katharine (Katie) Thomas, two young women who were…
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Piloting climate-smart agriculture for climate-change adaptation in Viet Nam
12.06.20-
Climate
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Creating JOBS and GROWTH
A new project financed by the German Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safet…
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