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26.06.18

Food security

Livestock heading home in the evening after grazing in Afar, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Fiona Flin…

Nepal and IRRI sign work plan to reinvigorate efforts towards rice self-sufficiency

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

Food security
Nutrition

Kathmandu, Nepal, 25 June 2018 — The Government of Nepal, through the Ministry of Agriculture,…

Agroforestry systems for producing nutritious food for smallholders in Odisha, India

Food security
Nutrition

The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) South Asia Regional Programme recently launched a three-year p…

India’s northeast Bihar State gears up to approve and implement a ‘livestock master plan’

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Village household scenes from northeastern India (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan). Bihar is gear…

Introducing English and Swahili instructional videos on the patterns, signs, symptoms and control of Rift Valley fever

Health
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

As reported in the Daily Nation yesterday (24 Jun 2018), the toll of human deaths…

Innovations for sustainable rice farming: Jain Irrigation Systems joins IRRI consortium advancing direct seeded rice systems

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food security

Partnership with company that pioneered modern drip irrigation in India opens new possibilities for …

Opening the doors to food security through genomics

Food security

The development of Green Super Rice, a new breed of stable, climate-smart, high-yielding varieties, …

Film-making farmers and the changing landscape of rice extension in Indonesia

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

24.06.18

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

It is time for farmers to take the lead in telling their stories and conceptualizing…

How migration benefits economies and food security

22.06.18

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

BY KATE AMBLER, ALAN DE BRAUW AND ELENA HILDEBRANDT The current political climate and global refug…

FAO.org: Pollutants from agriculture a serious threat to world’s water

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

22.06.18

Environmental health
Health

New report paints a worrying picture, provides recommendations on what can be done.…

Stakeholders learn about sustainable rice straw management in Vietnam

20.06.18

Environmental health
Food security

Rice straw management remains to be one of Vietnam’s biggest agricultural challenges. On average, …

Sri Lanka, IRRI set priority areas to restore rice self-sufficiency

19.06.18

Food security

Colombo, Sri Lanka, 19 June 2018— The Sri Lankan Ministry of Agriculture and the International…

Livestock-enhanced diets in the first 1,000 days of life: Pathways to better futures in low-income countries

CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

19.06.18

Gender equality
Nutrition

A new report was published this month on the value of ensuring consumption of meat,…

A4NH releases its 2017 annual report

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Health
Nutrition

The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health has published its 2017 annual…

CIMMYT projects working to enhance business agility of South Asian seed companies

CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

The seed industry in Nepal, as in most developing countries, is still emerging and largely…

HarvestPlus founder joins forces with African Leaders for Nutrition

Nutrition

HarvestPlus founder Howarth Bouis has joined the African Leaders for Nutrition initiative where he w…

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