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Better data can help close the global gender gap
03.04.19- Gender
At the current pace of change, it is going to take us over a century…
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A world where livestock are part of the solution—Ethiopia state minister
08.02.19- Food Security
- Nutrition
Ethiopian girl drinking milk produced by the family cow (photo credit: Africa Rising). The recent…
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From obese to starving, nutrition crisis prompts SOS call for new approach
11.01.19- Nutrition
Calls are being made for a new approach in 2019 to how food is produced…
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We need more magic beans to help us offset the effects of climate change
09.01.19- Climate
You may think magic beans belong in fairy tales. But when scientist Daniel Debouck went…
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Nutrition gets a moment at the World Food Prize as global hunger rises (Devex)
24.10.18- Food Security
- Nutrition
Nutrition took center stage at the 2018 World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue at a critical time, with…
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CGIAR and their mission for global agriculture (Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network)
22.10.18- Environment
- Food Security
The world’s attention was focused on Des Moines for the World Food Prize event. Discussions…
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Drop in three crops' production forecast (Dawn)
17.12.18- Food Security
Dawn released a news article about the first-ever Punjab Food Report that forecasts Pakistan's fut…
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AfricaRice publication on ‘Continental investment plan for accelerating rice self-sufficiency in Africa’ released
11.12.18- Biodiversity
- Climate
- Environment
- Food Security
- Gender
- Prosperity
Rice has become a major staple food in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It is the single…
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Fertiliser prices set to be 16% higher next year (Ireland Independent)
10.12.18- Environment
- Food Security
The Ireland Independent published a news article about the increase of fertilizer prices in Irelan…
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Explained: Why number of hungry is rising (The Indian Express)
10.12.18- Food Security
The Indian Express wrote an article about the increase of the world's undernourished population in…
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Hotter world threatens the breadbasket of the US (Financial Times)
10.12.18- Climate
- Food Security
Financial Times published a news article about the continued rise in temperatures and how climate …
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Report: S-E Asia grappling with stunted kids, anaemia (The Strait Times)
30.11.18- Nutrition
The Straits Times wrote a piece about the 2018 Global Nutrition Report, in which it detailed the…
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Nienke Beintema: Importance of Viable Global Research Systems (FAO YouTube)
30.11.18- Climate
- Environment
The Food and Agriculture Organization interviewed Nienke Beintema, Program Head of IFPRI’s Agricu…
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Proposed need for additional tax for meat to prevent cancer (Tribun News)
30.11.18- Health
Tribun News published a news piece about governments' ideas of taxing red meat in response to fin…
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Purvi Mehta on Indian agriculture and nutrition—Addressing agricultural disconnects and food disparities
29.11.18- Food Security
- Nutrition
Purvi Mehta, head of agriculture for Asia at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (photo…
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Press release: Urgent action needed to close the ‘livestock data gap’ to address poverty and food insecurity
27.11.18- Big data
ILRI Asia Missing or poor livestock data limits development opportunities, according to a community …
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Ending hunger by 2030 is possible, if we can accelerate progress (Thomson Reuters Foundation News)
26.11.18- Food Security
- Health
- Nutrition
It has become painfully clear that we have faltered in our progress towards meeting the…
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Why foodborne disease is becoming a development priority—and is a solvable problem
26.11.18- Food Security
- Nutrition
The huge economic burden of foodborne disease is driven by public health not trade. This…
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How a sausage and bacon tax could save hundreds of thousands of lives every year (The Independent)
20.11.18- Health
- Nutrition
The Independent wrote a news piece about the carcinogenic dangers of consuming red and processed m…
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Nutrition programmes, education help lowering anaemia in India (Business Standard)
20.11.18- Gender
- Health
- Nutrition
Business Standard released a news article about the need to lower rates of anemia among teenage gi…
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Gel to shield Indian farmers from pesticide overuse (SciDev)
20.11.18- Food Security
- Health
SciDev published an article about the growing dangers from pesticide overuse among Indian farmers.…
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How a $50-a-year nutrition program cut domestic violence in Bangladesh (Vox)
12.11.18- Gender
- Health
Vox published a news editorial about the ability of cash transfer initiatives to reduce rates of i…
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Why taxing meat could save hundreds of thousands of lives every year (World Economic Forum)
12.11.18- Climate
- Environment
- Health
- Nutrition
The World Economic Forum published an article about the recent sentiment that consuming red and pr…
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Opinion: Where is the standardized measure of women's empowerment? (Devex)
12.11.18- Gender
Devex published an op-ed by Associate Research Fellow Greg Seymour who detailed the recent surge…
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