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19.05.20

Food security
Nutrition

A family shows their fish smoker, Tungan Mairuwa village, Kainji Lake, NW Nigeria. Photo by…

Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 updates for May: Myanmar

19.05.20

Food security
Nutrition

Lockdown measures were relaxed from May 15th and highway public transportation was set to resume…

Dried fish in a COVID-19 world

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

19.05.20

Food security
Nutrition

The COVID-19 pandemic illustrates powerfully and directly the degree to which globalization has crea…

This little seed went to market

18.05.20

Food security
Nutrition

It’s not always easy to produce and sell new maize varieties in Malawi. Seed companies…

Women winnowing wheat in a Punjab village. Photo: AV Jakhar

Lessons from a pandemic to repurpose India’s agricultural policy

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

Food security
Health

As the coronavirus crisis triggers a large-scale exodus of migrant agricultural workers from India�…

A technician inspecting a sorghum/pigeonpea intercrop trial in Salima district, Malawi. Photo: L Lazarus, ICRISAT

A four-pronged plan to secure farming communities in Eastern and Southern Africa

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Food security
Health

ICRISAT is working with an array of development partners in Eastern and Southern Africa to…

COVID-19-related trade restrictions on rice and wheat could drive up prices and increase hunger

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Food security
Health

BY TIMOTHY SULSER AND SHAHNILA DUNSTON Some governments have responded to alarms about possible COV…

Fixing the global food system after coronavirus

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Food security
Gender equality

BY RUBEN ECHEVARRÍA From panic-buying in Europe, to bans on rice exports in Asia and rising fo…

International analytics award goes to CGIAR centers for sustainable agriculture tools

CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)

Big data
Food security

While technology and data analysis have revolutionized farming in high-income countries, farmers in …

Sweetpotato refuse becomes a valuable resource

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

Food security

Small-scale sweetpotato farmers in Uganda have adopted innovative technologies that not only improve…

Five stark COVID-19 warnings from the agriculture R4D sector

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Environmental health
Food security

As communities around the world cope with the novel coronavirus, it’s becoming clearer that the…

Virtual seminar: IFPRI researchers on COVID-19 emerging problems and country-level responses

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

Food security
Health

BY KATARLAH TAYLOR COVID-19 is creating a range of new challenges for economic growth and…

Amidst food system shocks, we must ensure weather index insurance reaches the most vulnerable

Food security
Gender equality

Floods are becoming fiercer and more frequent – and sometimes catastrophic. Across Asia, where mil…

Integrating fish conservation with water sanitation during COVID-19 in Cambodia

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

Food security
Health

In rural Cambodia, many households are burdened with having to collect and treat their own…

Resilient and participatory: How Quito’s setting the standard on urban food systems

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Food security
Nutrition

Like many cities around the world, Quito, Ecuador, is confronting major challenges around providing …

Fall armyworm survey marks CIMMYT’s first research project in Laos

13.05.20

Food security

A major farmer survey is gathering data to understand how smallholders in Laos are responding…

COVID-19 border policies create problems for African trade and economic pain for communities

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

12.05.20

Food security
Gender equality

BY ANTOINE BOUËT AND DAVID LABORDE Across Africa, countries have imposed emergency border restrict…

COVID-19: Stakeholders count losses in Aquaculture