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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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Good Nutrition is Crucial for the Coronavirus Vaccine to Work Effectively
26.11.20-
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Vaccines are harder to deliver and potentially less effective at stimulating an immune response in…
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New Study: CGIAR Innovations Reach Nearly 80 Percent of Ethiopia’s Rural Households
09.11.20An independent study published last month has documented the extensive reach of CGIAR-related agricu…
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How to ensure access to healthy diets for all: a clarion call for One CGIAR
30.10.20-
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Guest blog by Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) At …
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Are Food Systems ‘Broken’ – or Just Out of Sync?
16.10.20Our food systems are not broken; they are out of sync with what we need…
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Gender included from the ‘get go’ in global small-scale fisheries study
02.06.20-
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Gender experts from across the globe have sought out scarce sets of sex-disaggregated data for…
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Safeguarding Gender Integration In Research During The Covid-19 Pandemic
01.06.20-
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The COVID-19 crisis is unprecedented in its rapid transition from a localized public health emergenc…
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Safeguarding gender integration in research during the COVID-19 pandemic
29.05.20-
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How can researchers ensure that studies inform inclusive COVID-19 responses and that data collection…
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Virtual seminar: Build on knowledge, translate to action with the 2020 Global Food Policy Report
29.05.20-
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BY MARIËLLE KARSSENBERG IFPRI’s 2020 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) was written before the ou…
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Can Egypt’s fish markets empower women and men retailers equally? Prospects for change and barriers to success
26.05.20-
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Unless gender inequalities in food systems are recognized and addressed, nutrition security and pove…
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Fixing the global food system after coronavirus
15.05.20-
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BY RUBEN ECHEVARRÍA From panic-buying in Europe, to bans on rice exports in Asia and rising fo…
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Amidst food system shocks, we must ensure weather index insurance reaches the most vulnerable
14.05.20-
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Floods are becoming fiercer and more frequent – and sometimes catastrophic. Across Asia, where mil…
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COVID-19 border policies create problems for African trade and economic pain for communities
12.05.20-
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BY ANTOINE BOUËT AND DAVID LABORDE Across Africa, countries have imposed emergency border restrict…
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African stakeholders fear severe food chain impact from COVID-19
12.05.20-
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Stakeholders in the aquaculture sector have raised an alarm of a looming food crisis unless…
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Better seeds and best practices enhance incomes for smallholder farmers in Mali
08.05.20-
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Farmers in Mali are improving their incomes , earning better livelihoods and enjoying more fulfillin…
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Providing information to empower women in agriculture: Evidence from Uganda
08.05.20-
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BY BJORN VAN CAMPENHOUT, ELS LECOUTERE AND DAVID SPIELMAN In many developing countries, women ofte…
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What makes an integrated development plan truly integrated?
08.05.20-
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When the Turkana County Government in Kenya partnered with the Stakeholder Approach to Risk-Informe…
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Registration systems for farmers’ varieties: Ongoing policy dialogues and experiences from the field
06.05.20-
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Why haven’t farmers’ varieties yet found a place in national and global seed markets? And…
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IFPRI’s new COVID-19 Food Price Monitor tracks warning signs of stress in local markets
05.05.20-
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BY MANUEL HERNANDEZ, SOONHO KIM, BRENDAN RICE AND ROB VOS Food systems are complex and the disrup…
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STOP COVID-19 CRISIS MORPHING INTO A FOOD CRISIS : SUPPORT TO AFRICA’s RICE SECTOR
05.05.20-
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Introduction The world is facing unprecedented challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-…
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Access to improved varieties and warrantage services helps Malian farmers save for children’s schooling
01.05.20-
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Double yields from improved varieties, access to storage facilities and timely credit through the wa…
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Integrating displaced communities into food systems
01.05.20-
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BY ROB VOS AND JULIA WILSON Global hunger has been on the rise for the past…
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Noted plant health researcher to lead ICRISAT as Director General
30.04.20-
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Dr Jacqueline d’Arros Hughes, a well-known plant health expert and leader in international agricul…
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