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

Food security
Health

Working closely with the Government of Odisha, ICRISAT has helped develop a mitigation strategy for…

Leveraging digital tools for adaptive food systems in India during the COVID-19 lockdown

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

Food security
Health

A look at how digital tools and technologies have been and could be used to…

Double burden of COVID-19: Declining livelihood opportunities and aspiration failure among poor people

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Food security
Health

The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a health crisis but an economic crisis too. In…

COVID-19 lockdowns are imposing substantial economic costs on countries in Africa

CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

BY JAMES THURLOW Low and middle-income countries (LMICs) are suffering rapid and substantial economi…

Call for proposals: The Future of X

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

Environmental health
Food security

As part of the forthcoming CGIAR Foresight Report, a series of short notes will be…

COVID-19 threatens agriculture, food, nutrition security: WLE Chair joins international call for action

07.05.20

Food security

In an open letter to the United Nations and national governments, global experts and leaders are c…

How much food is actually lost and wasted? The role of careful measurement

CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Environmental health
Food security

In the time of crisis such as the world is living through now, it is…

Assessing the toll of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the South African economy

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

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

BY CHANNING ARNDT, SHERWIN GABRIEL AND SHERMAN ROBINSON COVID-19 is expected to have major impacts…

Improving small-scale crop production using evidence-based soils agronomy

CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

A rapid and low-cost spectral technique was used to improve farmers’ understanding of their soils,…

COVID-19: Flattening the food insecurity curve

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security

To avoid societal collapses and their many potential ripple effects on world security, we must…

IFPRI’s new COVID-19 Food Price Monitor tracks warning signs of stress in local markets

CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

Food security
Gender equality

BY MANUEL HERNANDEZ, SOONHO KIM, BRENDAN RICE AND ROB VOS Food systems are complex and the disrup…

PIM News: April 2020

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Environmental health
Food security

April 2020 collection of COVID-19 resources, new publications, blogs, webinars, and more from the CG…

COVID-19’s long shadow darkens the future of Southeast Asia’s food security

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Food security

5 May 2020, Los Banos, Philippines/Bangkok, Thailand — As COVID-19 continues to threaten th…

Improving small-scale crop production using evidence-based soils agronomy

Biodiversity
Food security

Small-scale farming is the main food security contributor in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, owing to c…

STOP COVID-19 CRISIS MORPHING INTO A FOOD CRISIS : SUPPORT TO AFRICA’s RICE SECTOR

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Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Big data
Biodiversity
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health
Food security
Gender equality
Health
Nutrition
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Introduction The world is facing unprecedented challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-…

Terrain through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic: Footprint for a healthy planet