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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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Improving animal health in southern Africa—Why it matters and what to do
01.09.20-
Food security
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Health
Cattle being herded towards green pasture on the flood plain in western Zambia (photo credit:…
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The challenges of influencing consumer behavior to improve food safety
31.08.20-
Food security
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Health
BY VIVIAN HOFFMANN AND EMILY WU In Kenya, levels of exposure to aflatoxin—a contaminant produced …
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Agroecological management of fall armyworm: Africa, South Asia and South America
31.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Food security
When fall armyworm first arrived on the African continent in 2016, the potential loss of…
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Getting beyond ’empty signifiers’—Food policy expert Corinna Hawkes asks: What are food systems for?
29.08.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
All children’s artworks on this page are from Artsonia Art Gallery. In the lead up…
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Policy seminar: Unpacking the impacts of COVID-19 on economies, food systems, and poverty in African and Asian countries
26.08.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY EVGENIYA ANISIMOVA Countries around the world have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by implemen…
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Data collection in a diverse and complex food system
25.08.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
IFPRI’s objectives in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are to strengthen data collection and analysis to…
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New forms of aquatic foods: Exploring plant-based and cell-based seafood
24.08.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Nutrition
Seafood, including aquatic animals, like fish and crustaceans, and plants such as seaweeds, are cruc…
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Which varieties of roots, tubers, and bananas do farmers and other users want in Africa, and how can breeding programs meet their needs better?
23.08.20-
Food security
It is critical to know which varieties are being adopted and why, both to show the value of in…
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Five-year plan for driving Grain Legume and Dryland Cereals seed delivery systems through commodity value chains
21.08.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
For those seeking to create a win-win for farmers, marketers and consumers of grain legumes…
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Double harvest for half the effort
21.08.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
Peter Mwangofi is a pigeonpea farmer from Karonga district in Malawi. He relies on the…
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Harnessing aquatic foods research is vital to COVID-19 recovery, sustainable food systems transformation, say agriculture for development experts
20.08.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The role of aquatic foods in COVID-19 recovery and the sustainable food system transformation demand…
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WorldFish climate change leader Essam Yassin Mohammed seeks a systems approach for resilient aquatic foods
20.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Nutrition
Marine and freshwater resources provide a lifeline for millions of impoverished people around the wo…
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Book launch: COVID-19 and global food security - what have we learned so far?
17.08.20-
Food security
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Health
BY JOHN MCDERMOTT This post is based on remarks delivered during the Aug. 4 launch event for the…
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Digital defenses: Can high-tech insurance flood-proof vulnerable farmers?
14.08.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
When climate disasters strike, farmers are among the first to feel the consequences. This was…
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Soil-borne pathogen new to chickpea growing regions in India detected
14.08.20-
Food security
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Health
A soil-borne pathogen, new to chickpea growing regions in India, was detected during a real-time…
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Legumes grow money: Success script of seed systems in Malawi
14.08.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
An estimated US$ 40 million per annum, up from US$ 17 million in 2009, was…
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A food system integration story: Fish with roots, tubers and bananas
13.08.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
What do catfish and bananas have in common? No, this is not a riddle or…
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Key recommendations to boost small-scale aquaculture in inland Myanmar
13.08.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Small-scale aquaculture is a vital source of food and income in Myanmar. At present, it…
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