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Global leaders, climate policymakers, and other stakeholders like the private sector representatives, youth, and civil society, gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan from 11th to 22nd November 2024 for the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The spotlight was once again on the climate crisis, a review of the commitments and actions of
271 million people could have been fed with the food losses generated in 2021 According to FAO, approximately 13.2% of global food production is lost or wasted before reaching consumers. To fill this knowledge and evidence gap on the gender aspects of post-harvest losses (PHL), the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT – with funding from the CGIAR Gender Impact Platform
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