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In a grain of rice: Solutions for poverty and hunger in sub-Saharan Africa
13.11.19-
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What tiny object is capable of lifting millions of people above the poverty line and…
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A breath of fresh air: New planting machinery offers solution to burning crisis in India
13.11.19-
Climate
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When the rice harvest season arrives in northwest India, farmers have only ten to twenty…
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Towards a sustainable future for cocoa: Conserving and celebrating cacao diversity
07.11.19-
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Global efforts are underway to secure a sustainable future for a much-loved but highly vulnerable…
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Guardians of diversity: The network of genebanks helping to feed the world
07.11.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
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As part of global efforts to achieve sustainable development and address climate change, a network…
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A GIFT for generations to come: The fish ending poverty and hunger for millions
07.11.19-
Nutrition
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Fish bred to address poverty and hunger have now reached 16 countries, with more to…
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Untapped: How Sri Lanka’s septic tanks could become a sustainable support for farming
07.11.19-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Farmers in Sri Lanka are positioned to benefit from a new policy that recognizes waste…
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A closer look at gender relations in forest landscape restoration
15.10.18-
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On this occasion of the International Day of Rural Women, Giulia Micheletti and Marlène Elias…
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From agronomic practices to gender norms and agency in banana disease management
15.10.18-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
On the International Day of Rural Women, our researcher François Iradukunda reflects on how a…
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Women’s hidden harvest: the AmaXhosa women and traditional culture survival practices
15.10.18-
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On the occasion of International Day of Rural Women, Dr. Katie Tavenner takes us on…
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How gender shapes responses to climate change: New tools for measuring rural women’s empowerment
15.10.18-
Climate
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BY SOPHIE THEIS AND ELENA MARTINEZ This year’s International Day of Rural Women (Oct. 15) focu…
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Lessons from an early adopter of sorghum technologies in Kitui, Eastern Kenya
15.10.18-
Genomics
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As a gender researcher working in dryland agricultural research, one of the outcomes we strive…
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International Day of Rural Women
12.10.18-
Creating JOBS and GROWTH
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Groundwater is notoriously difficult to manage. One cannot easily see how much is available, who…
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AfricaRice Annual Report 2017 focuses on effective targeting of research to respond to stakeholder needs
11.10.18-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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AfricaRice is pleased to announce the release of its Annual Report 2017, themed ‘More effective…
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Using vignettes to explore gender issues related to food security and nutrition
09.10.18-
Nutrition
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Giulia Micheletti, Marlène Elias, and Jessica Raneri of Bioversity International describe a nu…
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Playing a bigger role in global monitoring of SDGs
09.10.18-
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UN Women’s 2018 flagship report on gender and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offers a…
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IFPRI Partnership on Small Scale Irrigation Research Extended Five More Years with $12.5 Million Grant
05.10.18-
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Nutrition
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October 5, Washington, D.C.: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced a f…
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A bureaucratic catch-22: Study in Bangladesh shows how safety nets can overlook the poorest
01.10.18-
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BY AKHTER AHMED AND JULIE GHOSTLAW Around the world, governments and development partners make hard…
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Empowering women farmers to lead agricultural transformation
28.09.18-
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A network of women farmer leaders are set to drive widespread adoption of innovations and…
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Empowering women farmers through Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLA) in Northern Ghana
25.09.18-
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A study in Northern Ghana revealed that lack of access to finance often hinders productivity…
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What’s in it for gender researchers when it comes to UN Women’s gender and SDGs report?
21.09.18-
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UN Women’s 2018 flagship report on gender and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offers a…
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Designing for gender inclusivity in video-enabled agricultural extension
20.09.18-
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It was busier than usual in the village of Nabitula—25 km north of Namatumba in…
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Call for proposals: ‘Feminization’ of agriculture: Building evidence to debunk myths on current challenges and opportunities
05.09.18-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
The CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research is calling for research proposals on the topic…
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Identifying challenges and constraints experienced by women smallholder farmers in northern Ghana
05.09.18-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
The Feed the Future Soybean Innovation Lab’s socio-economic and gender equity research team expl…
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Using vignettes to explore gender issues related to food security and nutrition
21.08.18-
Promoting EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
GENNOVATE is a global comparative research initiative that uses qualitative methods to address how g…
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