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CGIAR and their mission for global agriculture
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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To address the triple burden of malnutrition, focus on food systems and demand
13.08.18- Food Security
- Nutrition
BY JOHN INGRAM To meet food security goals in today’s world, we must consider the…
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From New Zealand to the US, Kenya to Colombia, scientists are on a mission to make livestock less gassy
20.07.18- Climate
- Environment
A schoolchildren’s painting of a container outside the Mazingira Centre, an environmental initiati…
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G7 can tackle five priorities with one investment: agricultural research
08.06.18- Prosperity
This week the representatives of the world’s most advanced economies grapple with complex challeng…
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Australia’s responsibility to ocean health doesn’t end with the Great Barrier Reef
07.06.18- Environment
- Food Security
Earlier this year, a record-breaking investment to protect the Great Barrier Reef was announced, an…
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Rice Today: Mending Asia’s broken rice bowls
30.03.18- Climate
- Food Security
A decade of research demonstrates that “citizen science” has a major role to play in…
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CGIAR and their mission for global agriculture
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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Press Release: CGIAR Celebrates World Food Prize’s Focus on Reducing Child Stunting through Nutrition
16.10.18- Food Security
- Health
- Nutrition
16 October 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Efforts must continue to be ramped up to tackle…
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How the science of biofortification grew from an idea to a food revolution
16.10.18- Food Security
- Health
- Nutrition
Want to reach millions? It all starts with an idea A major global success in…
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One thousand and ninety seven reasons to celebrate World Food Day
16.10.18- Environment
- Food Security
In her World Food Day blog, Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International draws attentio…
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International Day of Rural Women 2018
15.10.18- Gender
To celebrate the International Day of Rural Women on October 15th, the CGIAR Collaborative Platform…
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Ambassador Kenneth Quinn on the challenge of feeding 9 billion people
15.10.18- Food Security
- Nutrition
Booming population growth in the face of climate change is putting undue pressures on the…
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Evidence, interventions and impact: Building informal market food safety capacity in sub-Saharan Africa
09.10.18- Health
- Nutrition
In September 2018, a Brussels Development Briefing featured discussions on "Food safety: A critical…
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Great Expectations from Ethiopia’s Wheat Initiative (Thomson Reuters Foundation News)
09.10.18- Food Security
Thomson Reuters Foundation News published an op-ed by several IFPRI researchers including Gashaw …
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Top Washington institute to assist in Sri Lanka to formulate a food policy (Colombo Gazette)
01.10.18- Food Security
- Nutrition
The Colombo Gazette reported on a recent meeting between Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena…
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Why it is more profitable to invest money in agricultural R&D, roads and irrigation than on subsidies
21.09.18- Environment
- Food Security
- Prosperity
A book titled Supporting Indian Farms: the Smart Way that brings out the advantages of…
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Sharing China’s agricultural experience to help solve Africa’s development challenges
18.09.18- Food Security
- Prosperity
Agricultural cooperation was one of the main topics at the recent 2018 Beijing Summit of the…
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Regenerating crop wild relatives in the Fertile Crescent
18.09.18- Biodiversity
- Food Security
ICARDA is regenerating massive amounts of crop wild relatives in their place of origin –…
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Africa's agriculture trade monitor report (CNBC)
11.09.18- Prosperity
CNBC Africa conducted a live interview with Research Fellow Dr. Getaw Tadesse Gebreyohanes about…
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Fixing Asia's Food System (The Economist)
10.09.18- Food Security
- Health
- Nutrition
Cargill and The Economist outlined the necessary transformations to Asia's food system in order to…
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African Agriculture's Future Lies in Cultivating Youth, Not Only Crops
10.09.18- Food Security
By Dr. Nteranya Sanginga Guest column published on AllAfrica. Being able to accept the 2018…
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From discovery to delivery – the 45-year journey to improve nutrition
10.09.18- Climate
- Nutrition
- Prosperity
ICRISAT Annual Report 2017 focuses on R&D for nutrition across the agriculture value chain A…
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We're just learning how exposure to air pollution degrades our brains (Quartz)
06.09.18- Environment
- Health
Quartz examined the findings by IFPRI researcher Xiaobo Zhang that argues impurities from indust…
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The debate on the retentions, from the political and the economic (Clarin)
06.09.18- Prosperity
Clarin published an op-ed by Head of Latin American and Caribbean Program Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, …
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