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The Nation: Why we need to invest in sustainable food systems
24.06.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Imagine going to your local market and finding empty shelves or skyrocketing prices for basic…
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CGIAR’s new flagship report will help decision-makers transform food, land, and water systems
17.06.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As the world faces unprecedented environmental and social challenges, CGIAR—the global partnership…
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CGIAR and CIFOR-ICRAF agree to strengthened collaboration
12.06.24To address the pressing challenges facing global food systems, CGIAR and The Center for Internationa…
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CGIAR and Brazil forge new partnership to strengthen food system resilience
12.06.24In a move to enhance agricultural resilience, the Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation (Embrap…
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Famine in Gaza
18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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Biblical, on steroids, and across generations: The coming food and nutrition crash can be averted if we act now to counter the COVID-19 crisis
28.04.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY LAWRENCE HADDAD “Biblical.” That was the word that the world’s press needed to (finally)…
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What the COVID-19 led Global Economic Recession could mean for Rice-Based Food Security in Asia
28.04.20-
Food security
By Harold Glenn A. Valera, Jean Balié, and Valerien O. Pede An economic slowdown…
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COVID-19: How the development community can contribute to food system recovery and resilience
27.04.20-
Big data
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Food security
In the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic, open, data-driven collaboration and digitally-enabled…
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Down to Earth: When COVID-19, climate collide: How south Asia can prepare itself
27.04.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
Careful planning is needed to avoid major damage, while marshalling resources towards limiting the s…
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The COVID-19 nutritional crisis: What to expect and how to protect
27.04.20-
Food security
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Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has all the makings of a perfect storm for global malnutrition. The…
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Reshaping food systems after COVID-19
26.04.20-
Food security
Food systems are undergoing transformations all over the world. How will COVID-19 shape those transf…
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A farewell to IFPRI Africa Director Ousmane Badiane
24.04.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR Over his 30 years at IFPRI, recently-retired Director for Africa Ousmane Badiane…
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8 Food Security Implications of the COVID-19 Crisis
24.04.20-
Big data
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Food security
From disrupting agricultural input supply chains to carving out new crisis response roles for social…
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Expert review examines impact of mycotoxins on dairy cattle health in sub-Saharan Africa
24.04.20-
Health
A new review paper published in the journal Toxins (April 2020) describes the major mycotoxins,…
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Integrating gender and nutrition in Ugandan policy: An assessment
24.04.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
Most of Uganda’s population relies on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihoods. Agriculture is h…
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Global Report on Food Crises: 135 million in 55 countries faced acute hunger in 2019
23.04.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY SARA GUSTAFSON An estimated 135 million people in 55 countries around the world faced…
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Out of the classroom and into the field
23.04.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
When farmers in rural Kasungu, Malawi, are asked to list some of the challenges they…
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The COVID-19 nutrition crisis: What to expect and how to protect
23.04.20-
Health
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Nutrition
BY DEREK HEADEY AND MARIE RUEL Nutrition has been a development priority for a decade. Many…
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Seeds of rural recovery: States must consider accommodating returnee migrants in small-farming
23.04.20-
Food security
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Health
Small and marginal farmers remain the dominant food producer and major workforce in India, and…
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Policy seminar: COVID-19's implications for food security, nutrition, and poverty
22.04.20-
Food security
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Health
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, disruptions in…
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Why gender matters in COVID-19 responses – now and in the future
22.04.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY AGNES QUISUMBING, NEHA KUMAR, RUTH MEINZEN-DICK AND CLAUDIA RINGLER Controlling the COVID-19 p…
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Protecting staple crop production in the face of climate change
22.04.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
As climate change intensifies and global shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic spur countries to…
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Why nations must prepare for natural disasters amid the current Covid-19 pandemic
22.04.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
This week, IWMI’s scientists used Google Earth Engine to produce a map depicting the current…
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