Health

2016 saw this decade’s first increase in the number of chronically undernourished, now more than 800 million people. Two billion people suffer from micronutrient deficiencies, an equal number are overweight or obese.

CGIAR and the Sustainable Development Goals

CGIAR research to improve nutrition and health contributes strongly to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and targets for the 2030 agenda, to address:

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Decades of difference: Report shows impact of CGIAR agricultural research
CGIAR

17.03.19
- Environment
- Food Security
- Health
- Nutrition
Farmer Mercy Wambui measures rainfall in the Tana River watershed, Kenya. CGIAR research and innovat…
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Drug resistance could make millions of people poorer
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

15.03.19
- Health
As reported this week by Jacqueline Ogada, a journalist at SciDevNet, the director general of…
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International Women’s Day 2019
Africa Rice Center

08.03.19
- Big data
- Biodiversity
- Climate
- Environment
- Food Security
- Gender
- Health
- Nutrition
- Prosperity
Innovating for change: Spotlight on a champion rice processor in Africa On the occasion of…
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Addressing Mexico's aflatoxin challenge
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

04.03.19
- Health
- Nutrition
“The increasingly high prevalence of aflatoxins is a growing problem in Mexico,” says Natalia …
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Consumer demand and processed foods in Nigeria: A complex, evolving picture
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

28.02.19
- Health
- Nutrition
Nigeria faces many of the challenges confronting other low and middle-income countries today. Rapid …
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Launching today—CGIAR Antimicrobial Resistance Hub
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

21.02.19
- Environment
- Health
Launching today in Kenya is a CGIAR AMR Hub for powering global, national and local…
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