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Ending Malnutrition by 2030 is Possible with an Olympian Effort
13.12.21-
Nutrition
While enough food is produced to feed everyone 1.5 times over, poor diets continue to hold…
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Why COP26 is the moment to double down on investment for agricultural research
01.11.21The links between global food systems, food security and climate change have never been more…
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COP26: Funding Innovation is Crucial for Strengthening Climate-Stressed Food Systems
25.10.21Today’s agrifood systems no longer simply feed people. They must also provide nutrition, promote l…
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Smallholder Farmers Provide the Key to Tackling the Climate Crisis
20.10.21With less than 10 years left to meet the targets set in the Paris Climate…
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Climate Change: How Innovative Plant Breeding Can Help Feed The World, Nurture The Planet
19.10.21Mere weeks from now, commitments made at a United Nations Food Systems Summit in New York will…
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Feeding Tigers: Agriculture Offers Emerging Markets a Route to Post-Covid Resilience
20.05.21-
Food security
From wet markets to empty markets, the functionality of food systems has shaped the COVID-19…
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Cattle urine’s planet-warming power can be curtailed with land restoration
29.01.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cali, Colombia, 29 January 2019 —When cow urine falls on degraded land, it…
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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 adaptation & mitigation
You may think magic beans belong in fairy tales. But when scientist Daniel Debouck went…
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The global food problem isn't what you think (Washington Post)
03.01.19-
Nutrition
Washington Post published an op-ed by former Senior Research Fellow Gerald Nelson regarding the di…
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Farm reforms: Better yields from DBT than fertiliser subsidy (Financial Express)
31.12.18-
Food security
Financial Express published a piece written by IFPRI Research Fellow Anjani Kumar about the effe…
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House Democrats gear up to block planned move of USDA research agencies (Science Mag)
31.12.18-
Food security
Science Mag published an article about the congressional plan to block the planned move of two USD…
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Kenya: Finance Aid Boosts Farming Along Yatta Furrow (AllAfrica)
31.12.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
AllAfrica published a news article about the need for financial investment in the Yatta Furrow can…
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Dayu Forum | The 2nd Dayu Young Scholars Forum (China Agricultural University)
31.12.18-
Environmental health
China Agricultural University published a summary of its recent speaker for its young scholars for…
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Africa: As Climate Change Pummels Agriculture, Irrigation Offers the Best Protection (AllAfrica)
31.12.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
AllAfrica wrote a piece about how the Malabo Montpellier Panel is fighting to inform agricultural …
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Adams on Agriculture - December 6, 2018 (PodBean)
17.12.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Adams on Agricutlure brought to you by PodBean interviewed Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber…
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India must shift focus from food to nutrition security: IFPRI chief (Hindu Business Line)
17.12.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
Hindu Business Line wrote an article about India's double burden of nutrition where its population…
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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
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
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-
Environmental health
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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 adaptation & mitigation
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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 adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
The Food and Agriculture Organization interviewed Nienke Beintema, Program Head of IFPRI’s Agricu…
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