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Unite human, animal and environmental health to prevent the next pandemic, says ILRI/UN report
08.07.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take lives and disrupt economies across the world, a…
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IITA releases 10-year strategy for managing invasive species in Africa
04.07.20Prevention, early detection and control make up the three-pronged approach that Africa is taking on…
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West Africa | 40 000 producers will benefit from a new European plant breeding project
02.07.20Photo: Groundnut producers from the Fatick region (Senegal) visiting demonstration plots of new vari…
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New brief details drivers of stunting reduction in Vietnam
01.07.20-
Nutrition
This Stories of Change in Nutrition study aims to understand the history, contemporary treatment and…
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Stop waiting to get back to normal: We need to build back better – and this starts with transforming food systems
01.07.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Nutrition
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Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
By Kanayo F. Nwanze, CGIAR Special Representative to the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 Lately…
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Women farmers in Malawi and Zambia fighting fall armyworm
25.06.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Life as we once knew it is gone. The emergence and spread of COVID-19 has…
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Africa’s most vulnerable are called to bear the brunt of a pandemic
27.05.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Securing farming communities through and after COVID-19 is a priority One of world’s harshest terr…
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The high cost of West Africa's “free trade” in food
26.05.20Abdul Rahman, a cargo driver loading tomatoes, is charged each time he crosses the border…
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CGIAR awarding 100K in Rapid Response Grants to digital innovations tackling COVID-19 impacts
26.05.20-
Big data
In response to the unfolding food security issues brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, CGIAR’s…
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CIMMYT for Mexico in times of a global pandemic
26.05.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
CIMMYT has been working hand in hand with Mexico’s Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Developmen…
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New multipurpose sorghum variety captures attention in Burkina Faso
26.05.20-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
A new variety of sorghum that delivers high yields of grain and stover is gaining…
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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-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
Unless gender inequalities in food systems are recognized and addressed, nutrition security and pove…
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Biodiversity Day 2020 – Solutions in Nature
26.05.20The United Nations proclaimed May 22 The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to raise…
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Covid crisis has shown India’s food policy must have buffer stocks at community level too
26.05.20Representational image for Indian agriculture | Photo: Prashanth Vishwanathan | Bloomberg Accustomed…
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Transforming food systems for a new era: Supporting prosperity through mobility and rural reinvigoration
26.05.20-
Climate
A number of years ago, while interviewing farmers in semi-arid Zimbabwe, one of us (Bruce)…
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Fighting Poverty and Malnutrition in Nigeria with Sweetpotatoes
25.05.20-
Nutrition
In an ongoing effort to lend support to Nigeria’s campaign to reduce poverty and malnutrition…
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Solutions in nature: promoting the efficacy of indigenous medicinal plants
25.05.20-
Biodiversity
Over the centuries, earth’s biological diversity has played a crucial role in the development and…
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Getting farmers on the phone to protect livestock and livelihoods during COVID-19 – and beyond
25.05.20-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Continuous collaboration between farmers and scientists is the pinnacle of successful agricultural r…
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COVID-19 calls for renewed focus on eating right and natural
24.05.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Post-COVID-19 scenario offers a unique opportunity to seize the moment and repurpose policies toward…
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Will COVID-19 put the kibosh on major in-person conferences for good?
23.05.20The COVID-19 global lockdown has made a big dent in daily carbon emissions, according to…
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Virtual event: COVID-19 and the global effort to end food loss and waste by 2030
22.05.20-
Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR, TINE HASLING RASMUSSEN AND JILLIAN HOLZER Can we meet Sustainable Development…
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Leveraging local knowledge to map and link agricultural plots to farmer practices
22.05.20-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
BY JONATHAN R.B. FISHER, YUTA J. MASUDA, WEI ZHANG, TIMOTHY BOUCHER AND CAROLINA CASTILLA Linkin…
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India steps up GIFT tilapia production
22.05.20India’s Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA), has announced plans to start producing genetic…
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AfricaRice launches new bilingual corporate website
22.05.20Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 22 May 2020 - In honor of the International Day for Biological…
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