Over 50 scientists and science communicators trained to communicate on genome editing

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Big data
Environmental health

Montane forests in East Africa play a crucial role as water towers, holding freshwater long…

If used, credit must be given to the United Soybean Board or the Soybean Checkoff.

China could end up hurting itself with trade action against US farmers. Here's how (CNBC)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

CNBC published an article assessing potential impacts of a trade war on China's ability to source …

‘To Double Farm Incomes, India Must Get People Off Farms’ (India Spend)

CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry

Food security

India Spend published an article featuring IFPRI Director General, Shenggen Fan and his recommen…

Social forestry impacts local livelihoods in Indonesia

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Environmental health
Food security

In a two-part series, the Center for International Forestry Research’s (CIFOR) Forests News examin…

Earth Day, Animal Day

Biodiversity
Environmental health

Earth Day, Animal Day https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js…

A Ponzi scheme with Nature?

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

A few months back, we shared our first impressions of new research on the Zambian…

Earth Day 2018: Solar-powered irrigation can boost rural development, but also poses risks

20.04.18

Environmental health
Food security

BY AVINASH KISHORE Irrigation is one of the most effective means for boosting agricultural productio…

‘Living tools’ at the frontier of vaccine development—A Keystone Symposium workshop by Vish Nene

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

20.04.18

Health

Health for Animals and the World Veterinary Association launched the first annual World Animal Vacci…

World Agroforestry Centre's Kanoppi Project in Yogyakarta Gunung Kidul, Indonesia. The project aims to improve smallholders livelihoods through landscape-scale management of the farm–forest interface.

Global emissions targets in focus at rainforest summit in Indonesia

CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)

Environmental health

Discussions at the Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit (APRS) in Indonesia next week will kick off with…

GCP21: Africa must double cassava production by 2050 to avert food crisis

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Africa needs to double cassava production to avert a major food crisis by 2050, said…

Enhancing seed quality in Sri Lanka through improved drying and storage

Food security

IRRI and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations through the Closing Rice…

Fishing with a new research method nets bountiful insights

CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

Biodiversity
Food security

Why might fish stocks be more depleted inside a marine protected area (MPA) than…

Youth migration and labor constraints in African agrarian households

18.04.18

Food security
Gender equality
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

The new paper investigates how youth migration in Ethiopia and Malawi affects household labor, hired…

Will raising minimum support price necessarily lead to higher inflation? (Business Standard)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

18.04.18

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

The Business Standard published an article evaluating the scope of the impact of increasing min…

Photographer: Gwendolyn Stansbury/ IFPRI

US Politicians get China in Africa all wrong (The Washington Post)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

18.04.18

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

The Washington Post published an op-ed in which Deborah Brautigam, Professor at Johns Hopkins Univ…

In REDD+ villages, women say their wellbeing has declined