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Addressing Inflation Requires Global Food Systems Transformation
20.09.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
With food prices playing such a significant role in inflation, particularly in the Global South,…
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Galvanizing Food Systems Transformation in South Asia
12.09.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
New Initiative builds on CGIAR’s collective strengths and brings together stakeholders to address …
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Africa Must Fast-track Adoption of Proven and Sustainable Solutions to Survive Food Crisis
05.09.22The repercussions of the global food crisis, coupled with a protracted drought and a challenging…
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CGIAR Scientist Receives the 2022 Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application
01.09.22Dr. Mahalingam Govindaraj explains how CGIAR helped him to develop the ground-breaking work which le…
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Namukolo Covic Appointed Regional Director, East & Southern Africa, Amid Boost to Regional Leadership
24.08.22Dr. Namukolo Covic, ILRI Director General’s representative to Ethiopia and CGIAR Country Convenor,…
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CGIAR Annual Performance Report 2021 Now Available Online
29.07.22In 2021, CGIAR celebrated its 50th year of delivering critical science and innovations to address…
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Global Food Policy Report 2021: Food system transformation and the impact of COVID-19 on African economies
01.06.21-
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BY SOKHNA SALL SECK The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant impacts on public health, economic…
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COVID-19 impact on aquatic food systems reveals insights for future resilience
01.06.21-
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The onset of COVID-19 disrupted food value chains and reversed years of progress on key…
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Financing Sustainable Development Goal 2 and the end of hunger
27.05.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY EUGENIO DÍAZ-BONILLA Food systems must function well in order to achieve the Sustainable Develop…
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Food systems dialogue promotes aquatic foods for transformative solutions
26.05.21-
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To transform food systems in support of safe, sustainable and nutritious diets for all, aquatic…
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How big companies can help to end hunger
26.05.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY LAWRENCE HADDAD AND CARIN SMALLER The number of people who go to bed hungry…
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Biofortified sweetpotato making nutritious inroads in Zimbabwe
24.05.21-
Nutrition
Micronutrient malnutrition is a major public health problem in Zimbabwe: One in four children betw…
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Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Latin American rice sector: Situation analysis and perspectives
20.05.21-
Nutrition
With over 2.3 million confirmed cases to date, and more than a third of the…
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Global Food and Hunger Challenges Projected to Increase Mortality, Disability by 2050
18.05.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY YING VISSER AND MARIËLLE KARSSENBERG IFPRI’s recently-released 2021 Global Food Policy Report…
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Boosting Malawi’s aquaculture production for food security
18.05.21-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
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Although Malawi has an extensive history of fish farming spanning a century, the nation’s smallhol…
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Ending hunger: A Fund, an Alliance, or… both?
18.05.21-
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BY EUGENIO DÍAZ-BONILLA One of the central aims of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) is…
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Historical dietary shifts offer lessons for future transitions in food systems
17.05.21-
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While the movement to transform food systems is gaining momentum, the avenues for doing so…
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Aquatic foods are essential for sustainable healthy diets, says UN Nutrition
17.05.21-
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Aquatic foods are key to transforming global food systems in support of sustainable and healthy…
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Survey: Short-term impacts of COVID-19 in rural Guatemala call for a closer, continuous look at the food security and nutritional patterns of vulnerable families
13.05.21-
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Nutrition
BY FRANCISCO CEBALLOS, MANUEL HERNANDEZ AND CYNTHIA PAZ Global patterns and local variations of COVI…
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CGIAR Researcher from WorldFish, Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted, wins World Food Prize
11.05.21-
Nutrition
Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, a CGIAR scientist and nutrition expert from WorldFish, was named…
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Global Food Policy Report 2021: The challenges of food system transformation
07.05.21-
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Nutrition
BY YING VISSER AND MARIËLLE KARSSENBERG IFPRI’s recently-released 2021 Global Food Policy Repor…
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WorldFish Science Director Prof. Eddie Allison named among world’s top cited
29.04.21-
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Prof. Eddie Allison, WorldFish’s interim director of science and research, was named in the worl…
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Can child wasting be prevented in times of crisis? Evidence from Burundi
28.04.21-
Health
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Nutrition
This post is the sixth in a series on a research project in Guatemala and Burundi…
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Study: Examining wealth and residential inequalities in India’s double burden of malnutrition
26.04.21-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
The double burden of malnutrition—the coexistence of underweight and micronutrient deficiencies wi…
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