July-August 2022 Research Journal Roundup

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

CNBC published an article on the rising uncertainty of whether China will retaliate to President…

A young farmer in Kenya shows some of the crops grown at a farming facility for a Youth Group constructed with international support. The Youth Group plans to further expand these activities to bolster youth participation in agriculture in their community. (Photo: C. Schubert/CCAFS)

Unleash the power of young Africans: Supporting the farmers of tomorrow

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

BY KANAYO F. NWANZE The number of young people between ages 15 and 24 is growing…

Forest fact or fiction

Biodiversity
Environmental health
Gender equality

Last Wednesday marked the seventh International Day of Forests, an occasion to celebrate our forests…

ArkansasOnline.com: UN biodiversity report paints bleak picture

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

WASHINGTON — Earth is losing plants, animals and clean water at a significant rate, according…

Dam right: Improving opportunities for reservoir fisheries

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Environmental health

Sustainable Development Goal 6 commits the world to ensuring that everyone has access to safe…

Turning down the heat in Indonesia’s oil palm industry

25.03.18

Environmental health

In Indonesia, palm oil is a hot industry in more ways than one. In 2015…

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Launch of the IPBES regional assessments

CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

24.03.18

Biodiversity
Environmental health

The sixth plenary session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecos…

Webinar: Women in agriculture: Four myths

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

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Environmental health
Food security
Gender equality
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Sustainable Development Goal 5 on gender equality and women’s rights and at least 11 of…

Shanta Devarajan of the World Bank speaks at the Washington launch of the 2018 Global Food Policy Report. While globalization creates more jobs than it destroys, he said, the job losses are helping to fuel anti-globalization politics, creating an uncertain environment for food systems around the world. Photo by Jamed Falik/IFPRI

2018 Global Food Policy Report tracks impacts of antiglobalism and outlines key reforms

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

BY KATARLAH TAYLOR The rise of anti-globalization politics and policies around the world poses threa…

Barfuor Adjei-Barwuah, Ghana’s ambassador to the United States, speaks on the state of the cocoa industry. Ghana cocoa farmers are at the mercy of a global marketplace that keeps producer prices low, he said, while manufacturers reap most of the profits. Photo by Jessica Thomas/IFPRI

Book launch: Ghana’s cocoa industry contends with growth, poverty

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Ghana’s cocoa industry has achieved consistent growth, but low global market prices, a lack of…

InDepthNews: UN intensifies the quest for universal access to safe water

CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry

Environmental health
Health

UN General Assembly President Miroslav Lajčák underlines the importance of achieving universal acc…

The power of science to halt deforestation

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

Science and research can offer significant contributions to halting deforestation and increasing the…

How to keep Africa’s solar irrigation boom from going bust

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

IWMI researchers underline both the promise and perils of Africa's emerging boom in solar-powered ir…

‘Move out, move up’ approach could ease India’s farm crisis: IFPRI chief (The Hindu)