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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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Egypt seminar: Addressing the double burden of malnutrition
20.03.19March 20, 2019 Event Post Egypt seminar: Addressing the double burden of malnutrition Mai Mahmoud…
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New publications: Biofortification of maize with provitamin A can reduce aflatoxin load
20.03.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Aflatoxins are harmful compounds that are produced by the fungus Aspergillus flavus, which can be f…
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Restoring drylands and empowering farmers: lessons from the Drylands Development Programme
20.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Successful land restoration needs human capacity, innovative technologies and mass participation. Th…
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We can provide economic incentives to address organic waste, IWMI/WLE tells Colombo business forum
20.03.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Much of the developing world, including Sri Lanka, is facing an organic waste challenge, but…
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Optima Soy Africa launched to scale up production and commercialization of industrial soybean varieties
20.03.19-
Food security
Heralding a significant milestone for soybean research in Africa, the recent launch of the Optima…
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A CCAFS-informed public-private partnership reaches 300,000 farmers with climate information
20.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions of Ghana continuously witness alarming poverty rates…
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EAT-Lancet Report Bangladesh launch: Transforming food systems to boost nutrition
19.03.19March 19, 2019 Event Post EAT-Lancet Report Bangladesh launch: Transforming food systems to boost nu…
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MuSIC workshop sounds positive note for visibility of small-scale fisheries
19.03.19Researchers, journalists and representatives from governments and civil societies from across Asia h…
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Four Surprising Ways Mode and Gender Can Transform Your Survey Data
19.03.19-
Big data
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Health
Mobile data collection technologies are increasingly being used to collect data remotely. However, t…
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From food security to nutrition security in India: A food systems perspective
19.03.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
To understand the causes of malnutrition, we need to look at people’s diets, where they…
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EU strikes palm oil blow, kids bunk off for their future, air pollution worse than smoking
19.03.19-
Environmental health
In Forests News last week: Palm oil’s complex land conflicts Oil palm plantations are…
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World Water Day 2019
19.03.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Voicing water visions in river basins across the developing world. Join us in celebrating World…
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Food for thought from Sri Lanka on World Water Day 2019
19.03.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
How farmers have taken charge of their destiny by using motor pumps for irrigation. Except…
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Vietnam adopts pre-emptive measures in the Mekong River Delta against El Niño
19.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
In the Mekong River Delta (MRD), over 1.7 million hectares of land are being used…
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Rwanda set to release first new potato varieties in almost three decades
18.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
The potato is one of Rwanda’s most important crops, yet Rwandan farmers struggle to produce…
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Beating Famine turns its attention to the Sahel
18.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Land is being restored in Africa’s dry Sahel region to ensure food security The semi-arid…
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Stakeholders meet discusses solutions to unshackle Myanmar’s groundnut value chain
18.03.19-
Food security
Why does an ageing variety command 20% of land under groundnut cultivation? How can existing…
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A textual digest of new UN resolution for restoration
17.03.19-
Environmental health
In Agenda item 14 in the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly on 1…
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