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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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Does response fatigue bias our understanding of rural livelihoods against women and youth?
18.12.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
BY KATE AMBLER, SYLVAN HERSKOWITZ AND MYWISH MAREDIA A recent policy focus on work opportunities…
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Book launch: Prospects for Nepal’s agricultural transformation
17.12.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY REBIKA LAISHRAM Agriculture is a vital sector of Nepal’s economy, contributing about 29% to…
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Policy seminar: Information and collaboration both key to preventing food crises
11.12.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY SARA GUSTAFSON From the COVID-19 pandemic to persistent conflict to desert locust outbreaks, popu…
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How to support students and the learning process during India’s COVID-19 school closures
09.12.20-
Gender equality
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Health
The long-term social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are unknown, but many worry…
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Using coffee ceremonies to address intimate partner violence in Ethiopia: Evidence from Unite for a Better Life
08.12.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY VANDANA SHARMA, NEGUSSIE DEYESSA, JESSICA LEIGHT AND TIMOTHY KAROFF Intimate partner violence (IP…
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IFPRI book: What Africa can learn from Asia about agricultural mechanization
04.12.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN Agricultural mechanization has many benefits for developing countries: It raise…
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Estimating the burden of child acute malnutrition accurately
03.12.20-
Health
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Nutrition
BY FRANCISCO BARBA, LIEVEN HUYBREGTS AND JEF LEROY Across the world, 144 million children under…
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Reducing air pollution in China’s urban areas can improve local housing markets
03.12.20-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY MANUEL HERNANDEZ AND FRANCESCA EDRALIN China’s air pollution is among the worst in the…
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Waves of disease, waves of poverty: New evidence on the economic impacts of COVID-19 in Myanmar
01.12.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY DEREK HEADEY, THAN ZAW OO, KRISTI MAHRT, XINSHEN DIAO, SOPHIE GOUDET AND ISABEL LAMBRECHT…
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2020 CAER-IFPRI Annual Conference: Boosting China's urban-rural integrated development
30.11.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
By Donghe Li China’s rapid economic growth has been driven by urbanization, and vice versa.…
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2020 ReSAKSS Conference: Learning from past policy mistakes and achievements to transform African agrifood systems
25.11.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY TSITSI MAKOMBE Last in a series of blog posts on the release of the 2020…
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Why the G20 needs to focus on energizing food systems in Africa
23.11.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY CLAUDIA RINGLER AND WILLIAM BRENT Third in a series of posts on briefs by…
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Policy seminar: The political economy of COVID-19 and impacts on food policies around the world
23.11.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY TIMOTHY KAROFF The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered a major shock to global health and…
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The cost of improving nutritional outcomes through food aid programs: Is more and longer better?
20.11.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
BY JEF L. LEROY, JESSICA HECKERT, DEANNA K. OLNEY, SUSAN RICHTER, ELYSE IRUHIRIYE, MARIE T.…
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Climate shocks reduce temporary urban out-migration rates in Eastern Africa
18.11.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
BY VALERIE MUELLER AND FRANCESCA EDRALIN As African countries experience more climate change-related…
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Crowdsourced data reveals threats to household food security in near real-time during COVID-19 pandemic
17.11.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to multiple disruptions in food demand and supply, and while…
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Landownership and the gender gap in agricultural decision-making in northern Ghana
12.11.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY ISABEL LAMBRECHT AND TIMOTHY KAROFF Agricultural landownership is a source of income, bargaining …
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Measuring the true cost of food
11.11.20-
Food security
BY DAVID LABORDE, MARIE PARENT AND VALERIA PIÑEIRO Second in a series of seven posts…
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