Listening to the Feed System: Field Insights from Nigeria
Fish feed is one of the biggest costs facing aquaculture producers in Nigeria.
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Canada partnership with Alliance/PABRA and icipe to advance climate resilient agriculture and livelihoods in Africa
At the Duduville Campus in Nairobi, a remarkable convergence of science, partnership, and entrepreneurship unfolded as Hon Randeep Sarai, Canada’s Secretary of State for International Development visited alongside H.E. Joshua Tabah, Canadian High Commissioner to Kenya, and Sophie Price, Head of Cooperation.
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What works in gender-transformative innovation bundling? Evidence from learning labs in Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, researchers and partners tested a new way to scale agricultural innovation. By bundling technology, skills, and social change, they show how farming systems can work better for women and build resilience.
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The Iran war: Farmers in Brazil and Argentina face rising fertilizer and energy prices
Fertilizer and energy prices have spiked due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, putting pressure on agricultural producers and sparking fears of a potential rise in food prices
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Restoring Syria’s Seed Systems
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Nutrition-Sensitive Trade: What Zanzibar’s Dagaa Fishery Reveals About Food and Nutrition Security
A recent study published in the journal of Environmental Research: Food Systems, examines how trade in aquatic foods can contribute to nutrition security across regions, using the dried dagaa (small pelagic fish) fishery in Zanzibar, Tanzania, as a case study. The authors introduce the concept of “nutrition-sensitive trade,” which refers to trade that delivers and balances access to nutrient-dense foods to multiple spatially distant populations, including nutritionally dependent or nutritionally vulnerable groups, without undermining the nutrition security in the communities where food is produced, whether agricultural, coastal, or riparian.
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Food Systems Under Strain: Navigating Conflict, Climate, and Scarcity
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School meals and school-based actions for people and the planet: Nourishing bodies, minds, and futures
This blog post is part of a special monthly series entitled “Making a Difference,” documenting the impact of IFPRI's projects and initiatives. These stories reflect the wide breadth of the Institute's research, communications, and capacity-strengthening activities around the world, in fulfillment of its mission. The blog series has been peer-reviewed by IFPRI's Impact Committee members.