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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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COVID-19 lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade
31.03.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY DANIELLE RESNICK Informal food markets are vital to feeding African cities, venues the poor…
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COVID19 Highlights Need To Ensure Good Nutrition
31.03.20-
Health
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Nutrition
“Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.” This well-known quote from Hippocrates…
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Lockdowns are protecting China’s rural families from COVID-19, but the economic burden is heavy
30.03.20-
Gender equality
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Health
By Scott Rozelle, Heather Rahimi, Huan Wang and Eve Dill COVID-19 lockdowns have major impacts on…
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Lessons from the AIDS epidemic on how COVID-19 may Impact Food and Nutrition Security
30.03.20-
Health
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Nutrition
By Stuart Gillespie and Alan Whiteside Given the speed at which COVID-19 is spreading, we must…
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COVID-19: Trade restrictions are worst possible response to safeguard food security
27.03.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
As COVID-19 spreads around the globe, fears of a deep global recession are mounting. Some…
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Policy seminar: Sustainable trade and the EU-Mercosur Agreement
27.03.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
In 2019, the European Union and the Mercosur trade bloc (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay)…
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Chinese livestock farms struggle under COVID-19 restrictions
26.03.20-
Food security
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Health
After the COVID-19 outbreak began in December in Hubei Province, many Chinese villages were locked…
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How much will global poverty increase because of COVID-19?
20.03.20-
Food security
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Health
In a recent blog post, we analyzed how the spread of the disease associated with the…
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COVID-19’s impact on China’s small and medium-sized businesses
17.03.20-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Since the COVID-19 outbreak began in Nov. 2019 in Hubei Province, China, business activity in the…
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Circular agriculture: A vision for sustainability
16.03.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
The future of food production is an urgent issue. Imagine that our ecosystems deteriorate to…
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Tackling the root causes of gender inequality through research (Modern Ghana)
13.03.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
By Clara Ceravolo, Ilaria Sisto, Lauren Whitehead, Matthew Walsham, Morane Verhoeven, and Shalini R…
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National policy dialogue: Charting Rwanda's agricultural transformation
12.03.20-
Food security
Rwanda’s Fourth Strategic Plan for Agricultural Transformation (PSTA IV) presents an ambitious r…
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What ails India’s free trade agreements?
12.03.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Lately, India’s trade policy seem to lack a vision. After actively pursuing membership in the Reg…
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As COVID-19 spreads, no major concern for global food security yet
12.03.20-
Food security
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Health
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread rapidly. So far, more than 116,000 cases and o…
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Policy seminar: The changing challenges of hidden hunger
11.03.20-
Health
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Nutrition
Global efforts to improve nutrition require approaches that focus on the entire food system, leading…
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More than a bank: Rethinking the IADB
10.03.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Second of two parts. Read the first here. As the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) enters it…
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More than a bank: Reflections on the history of the Inter-American Development Bank
09.03.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
First of two parts. In 2019 the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) celebrated the 60th annive…
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Preventing global food security crisis under COVID-19 emergency
06.03.20-
Food security
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Health
The COVID-19 outbreak is showing a new trend. While the situation in China has improved…
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