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Famine in Gaza
CGIAR18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
CGIAR14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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How to implement "innovation portfolio management" in a public R&D organization
CGIAR07.03.24To feed and nourish ten billion people by mid-century, and to do so sustainably, our…
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Invest in women, ignite change in food systems
CGIAR05.03.24By Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR Executive Managing Director On this International Women’s Day, we celeb…
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New report: CGIAR's Transformative Crop Technologies Drive $1.3 Trillion Impact
CGIAR27.02.24The cumulative impact of CGIAR-related crop technologies reached US$1,334 billion from 1961 to 2020,…
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Urban wetlands and the built environment: how Colombo’s green spaces enhance city life
IWMI02.02.24-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombo must justify the renewal of its Ramsar Wetland City status this year. Has the…
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Biblical, on steroids, and across generations: The coming food and nutrition crash can be averted if we act now to counter the COVID-19 crisis
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)28.04.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY LAWRENCE HADDAD “Biblical.” That was the word that the world’s press needed to (finally)…
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What the COVID-19 led Global Economic Recession could mean for Rice-Based Food Security in Asia
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)28.04.20-
Food security
By Harold Glenn A. Valera, Jean Balié, and Valerien O. Pede An economic slowdown…
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COVID-19: How the development community can contribute to food system recovery and resilience
CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture27.04.20-
Big data
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Food security
In the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic, open, data-driven collaboration and digitally-enabled…
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The COVID-19 nutritional crisis: What to expect and how to protect
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)27.04.20-
Food security
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Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has all the makings of a perfect storm for global malnutrition. The…
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Reshaping food systems after COVID-19
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)26.04.20-
Food security
Food systems are undergoing transformations all over the world. How will COVID-19 shape those transf…
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A farewell to IFPRI Africa Director Ousmane Badiane
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)24.04.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR Over his 30 years at IFPRI, recently-retired Director for Africa Ousmane Badiane…
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8 Food Security Implications of the COVID-19 Crisis
CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture24.04.20-
Big data
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Food security
From disrupting agricultural input supply chains to carving out new crisis response roles for social…
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Global Report on Food Crises: 135 million in 55 countries faced acute hunger in 2019
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)23.04.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY SARA GUSTAFSON An estimated 135 million people in 55 countries around the world faced…
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Out of the classroom and into the field
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)23.04.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
When farmers in rural Kasungu, Malawi, are asked to list some of the challenges they…
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Seeds of rural recovery: States must consider accommodating returnee migrants in small-farming
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)23.04.20-
Food security
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Health
Small and marginal farmers remain the dominant food producer and major workforce in India, and…
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Policy seminar: COVID-19's implications for food security, nutrition, and poverty
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)22.04.20-
Food security
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Health
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, disruptions in…
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Protecting staple crop production in the face of climate change
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)22.04.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
As climate change intensifies and global shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic spur countries to…
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Earth Day 2020: Climate Action for resilient food systems
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)21.04.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Nutrition
To ensure food security following the COVID-19 pandemic, we must confront the climate crisis. The…
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Blast and rust forecast
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)20.04.20-
Big data
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Food security
An early warning system set to deliver wheat disease predictions directly to farmers’ phones is…
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FEATURE: Go green and white: EU must mainstream natural capital accounting for sustainable food production and consumption
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)20.04.20-
Biodiversity
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Food security
In December 2019, the European Union announced its Green Deal: a roadmap for making the bloc's…
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Lockdown: Centre, States helped agricultural sector, but a lot yet to be done to ensure growth
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)18.04.20-
Food security
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Health
The disruptions on rural livelihoods and food supplies from COVID-19 lockdown have worried all stake…
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Transforming food systems for women’s empowerment and equity
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)17.04.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY LAURA ZSELECZKY, HAZEL MALAPIT, RUTH MEINZEN-DICK AND AGNES QUISUMBING Shutdowns to control th…
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Satellite maps can help nations make critical food production decisions amid coronavirus
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)17.04.20-
Food security
Take a look at the satellite map below. That vast swathe of orange and red…
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