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Eight food processing units to target malnutrition and poverty in South India’s hinterlands
20.01.20The facilities aim to create sustainable business opportunities around nutritious diets for tribal f…
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Addressing nutrition in Ethiopia: Changes, challenges and opportunities
15.01.20-
Nutrition
John McDermott, director of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health, refl…
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Tribute to Azage Tegegne, leading Ethiopian livestock scientist
14.01.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
It is with as much shock as sorrow that we report the untimely death of…
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New CGIAR dashboard shows results in a new light
13.01.20Interested in how CGIAR is contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Looking for mor…
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Hand-holding outgrowers to produce certified seed in drought-stricken Ghana – a model to emulate
13.01.20Access to quality seed remains a big challenge for farmers in Africa. With increasing drought…
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Roots, tubers and bananas key ingredients of a more sustainable food future
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A new report from the World Resources Institute points to ways in which roots, tubers…
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WorldFish Workshop: Small Fish for Nutrition
15.11.19On 3 December 2019, WorldFish Cambodia will be organizing Small Fish for Nutrition Final Workshop…
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Managing El Niño and La Niña in agriculture in Southeast Asia
15.11.19-
Climate
Southeast Asian countries are subjected to extreme climatic events such as massive floods or drought…
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How do you provide healthy, sustainable food for world of the future?
14.11.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
New partnership with global agriculture research giant to focus on tackling challenge of health, env…
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How do earthquakes shape economic behavior?
14.11.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
The economic cost of natural disasters is usually expressed in physical terms: Destruction of assets…
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Towards a sustainable ocean economy: An interview with Norway’s Minister of Fisheries and Seafood, Harald T Nesvik.
14.11.19At the Our Ocean 2019 conference in Norway, recently, Tana Lala-Pritchard, Director, Communic…
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Policy seminar: What made Malawi’s community childcare centers successful platforms for an agriculture and nutrition program
13.11.19-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Community-based early childhood development centers have long provided affordable, quality care for …
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Policy transformation for achieving the SDGs: Can translational research help?
12.11.19-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 will take major transformations of the …
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From Knowledge to Income – Martha Lawrance is recognised as a leading sweetpotato vine multiplier
11.11.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Martha Lawrance is a 49-year-old woman from the Chogsia, Wa West District of the Upper…
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Consolidated efforts to modernize crop improvement in Ghana
11.11.19-
Genomics
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
A Regional Coordinated Trial (RCT) is helping Cowpea Improvement Program in Ghana, thanks to Acceler…
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New challenges for women’s land rights in Africa
11.11.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Second in a series of blog posts on the release of the 2019 Annual Trends and…
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Laying the ground for drone-based technologies to support development of climate-ready crops
11.11.19-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Globally, agriculture is witnessing significant technological advancement, best exemplified by the A…
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New study identifies factors affecting spread of brucellosis in humans and livestock in northeastern Kenya
11.11.19-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Brucellosis is an important zoonotic disease that affects wildlife and livestock. A study carried ou…
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Consolidated efforts to modernize crop improvement in Ghana
11.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
A Regional Coordinated Trial (RCT) is helping Cowpea Improvement Program in Ghana, thanks to Acceler…
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Spotlight on crop diversity as ICRISAT’s Genebank holds inaugural field day
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Cutting across disciplines of crop research, scientists gathered at ICRISAT to observe and evaluate …
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ILRI holds a livestock symposium at the International Tropical Agriculture Conference this week
10.11.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The International Tropical Agriculture Conference, TropAg2019, is being held next week in Brisbane, …
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Putting people at the heart of agriculture
08.11.19Agricultural interventions that fail to address people’s needs and interests are not just a betray…
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Policy seminar: The Bridge Collaborative on bringing about bigger change faster
08.11.19-
Climate
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The world faces complex, interwoven development challenges. Issues such as climate change, malnutrit…
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Influencing water investments to support women in Tajikistan
08.11.19Community water management investments in Tajikistan are now better targeted to women, with an aim…
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