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14.04.21

Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

WorldFish executive director of Strategy, Innovation, and Communications, Tana Lala-Pritchard, is…

Camels drinking at a water pan in Wajir county in Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/George Wamwere-Njoroge).

Experts call for increased investment in One Health to reduce the burden of neglected zoonoses

14.04.21

Health

One Health is a concept that recognizes that the health of people is linked to…

Guidelines support COVID-safe fish transporting

CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

11.04.21

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health
Food security
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Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Approximately 200 metric tons of live fish are transported to markets every day in Bangladesh.…

New brief series details aspects of One Health

10.04.21

Health

A new series of briefs from the International Livestock Research Institute aims to improve understan…

Ghana farmers’ group raises groundnut yield five-fold with improved varieties, breaks three-decade productivity barrier

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

09.04.21

Health
Nutrition

Two improved groundnut varieties have helped a group of farmers in Ghana increase their yields…

International Livestock Research Institute scientists support Kenyan government to identify SARS-CoV-2 variants

31.03.21

Health

In the Nairobi laboratories of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the organizati…

Nairobi cityscape view from the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan)

Nairobi is rapidly losing its green spaces: this could open the door to more diseases

30.03.21

Health

A research study led by the International Livestock Research Institute explored the impact of a…

Peter Hotez at ILRI on vaccines and misinformation

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

29.03.21

Gender equality
Health

Peter Jay Hotez, an American pediatrician and leading international vaccine advocate, spoke out agai…

Mr Olivier Lefay, Program Manager, Food Security, of the Delegation of the European Union in Mali, and Dr Ramadjita Tabo, Regional and Research Program Director, West and Central Africa (WCA), ICRISAT, during the Annual Review and Planning Meeting of the UE-APSAN-Mali project. Photo: N Diakité, ICRISAT

Malian farmers garner benefits of breeding initiatives, despite pandemic

26.03.21

Food security
Health

EU-APSAN-Mali project makes great strides in first year. More than 80,000 farmers, seed and grain…

Women seed producers in the sorghum seed farm, Tanzania. Photo: A Mwalughelo, MHEG

Building seed business hubs around women and youth in Tanzania

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

26.03.21

Gender equality
Health

Working with private seed companies, ICRISAT is helping integrate more women and youth into seed…

Food systems approach key to balancing biodiversity, livelihoods

26.03.21

Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

A food systems approach led the extraordinary recovery of hilsa fish stocks while boosting the…

Building resilient aquatic food livelihoods in Myanmar

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

24.03.21

Environmental health
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WorldFish researchers are working alongside small-scale aquatic food producers and value chain actor…

(left to right) High Commissioner Ellis, Lord Ahmad and Dr Jacqueline Hughes, Director General, ICRISAT, up on the arrival of the UK delegation at ICRISAT. Photo: PS Rao, ICRISAT

UK Minister Lord Ahmad visits ICRISAT, discusses climate action

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

Food security
Health

Lord Tariq Ahmad, Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth in the UK…

Mrs Sabine Togola, Research Technician (L) and Ms Ioana Albulescu, Team Leader-Green Inclusive Growth, EU Delegation to Mali, during a visit to a sorghum field. Photo: N Diakité, ICRISAT

The European Commission hopes for greater collaboration to improve food and nutrition security

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

Health
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Delegates from the European Commission to Mali expressed interest in exploring new opportunities for…

Watershed interventions provide groundwater access all year through

Environmental health
Health

Water conservation structures in Anantapuramu: A check dam (L) constructed in Kondampalle village, A…

Crop-livestock systems in Vietnam (photo credit: ILRI/Hung Nguyen-Viet)

ILRI scientist Hung Nguyen-Viet discusses his experiences with the WHO team investigating COVID-19 origins

Health

Hung Nguyen-Viet, co-leader of the Animal and Human Health program at the International Livestock Re…

WorldFish opens Bangladesh’s first aquatic animal disease diagnostic lab