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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News
Half of Indian teenage girls underweight, anaemic; 4 in 10 defecate in open (Business Standard)
05.11.18- Gender
- Health
- Nutrition
Business Standard published an article examining a survey of teenage Indian girls regarding their…
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Call to improve food safety in low- and middle-income countries—From hazards to risks and from farm to fork
28.10.18- Health
- Nutrition
The Milkmaid, by Johannes Vermeer, 1660. Food safety hazards are increasingly recognized as a…
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New World Bank report says food-borne illnesses cost US$110 billion per year in low- and middle-income countries
26.10.18- Health
- Nutrition
AgHealth Rinsing fresh fish in Accra, Ghana (photo credit: ILRI/Kennedy Bomfeh). A new World Bank…
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New World Bank report says food-borne illnesses cost US$ 110 billion per year in low- and middle-income countries
26.10.18- Health
- Nutrition
A new World Bank study, Safe food imperative: Accelerating progress in low- and middle-income countr…
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Why did India really reject the human capital index? (Devex)
22.10.18- Health
- Nutrition
Devex released a news article about the controversial statistics of the most recent human capital…
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Rob Vos discusses the global struggle for food on World Food Day (CGTN America)
22.10.18- Food Security
- Health
- Nutrition
China's CGTN America interviewed IFPRI's Director of Markets, Trade and Institutions Division Rob…
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Events
- 19.07.18
The economics of teff
Read moreAddis Ababa, Ethiopia - 09.07.18 > 18.07.18
High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)
Read moreNew York City, USA - 28.11.18
Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition
Read moreBangkok, Thailand - 03.06.18 > 05.06.18
Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD) 54th Annual Conference and 2018 Future Leaders Forum
Read more1225 First Street NE Washington, United States - 09.05.18 > 10.05.18
International Workshop on State of Foresight in the CGIAR
Read moreUniversity of Aberdeen, United Kingdom Aberdeen, United Kingdom - 21.05.18 > 26.05.18
World Health Assembly
Read moreGeneva, Switzerland
Publications
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Knowledge about tuberculosis and infection prevention behavior: A nine city longitudinal study from India
02.11.18- Health
- Nutrition
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Transformation of the Thai broiler industry
02.11.18- Food Security
- Health
- Nutrition
- Prosperity
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Large-scale social and behavior change communication interventions have sustained impacts on infant and young child feeding knowledge and practices: Results of a 2-year follow-up study in Bangladesh
02.11.18- Gender
- Health
- Nutrition
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An egg for everyone: Pathways to universal access to one of nature's most nutritious foods
02.11.18- Health
- Nutrition
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Heat and adult health in China
02.11.18- Climate
- Environment
- Health
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Using a community-based early childhood development center as a platform to promote production and consumption diversity increases children's dietary intake and reduces stunting in Malawi: A cluster-randomized trial
02.11.18- Health
- Nutrition
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