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2020 the Year of #Water4Climate

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

20.03.20

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Environmental health

This year’s World Water Day focuses on water and climate change – and how the…

COVID-19 is a deadly reminder that inclusive water supply and sanitation matters for all of us

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

20.03.20

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Health

Since the COVID-19 crisis escalated, we have been reminded daily that one of the most…

8 reads on how coronavirus could swing the battle against climate change

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

18.03.20

Health

As entire countries go on lockdown, factories close and international air travel grinds to a hal…

COVID-19’s impact on China’s small and medium-sized businesses

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

17.03.20

Health
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

Since the COVID-19 outbreak began in Nov. 2019 in Hubei Province, China, business activity in the…

What’s next for CGIAR

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

13.03.20

Food security
Health

If you don’t know what CGIAR is, stop reading or ask Bill Gates (“you’ve probably…

Tackling the root causes of gender inequality through research (Modern Ghana)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

13.03.20

Climate adaptation & mitigation
Gender equality

By Clara Ceravolo, Ilaria Sisto, Lauren Whitehead, Matthew Walsham, Morane Verhoeven, and Shalini R…

People undergo temperature screenings at a building in Chengdu, China. Restrictions to control COVID-19 have slowed economies but not yet seriously disrupted food security.

As COVID-19 spreads, no major concern for global food security yet

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

12.03.20

Food security
Health

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread rapidly. So far, more than 116,000 cases and o…

This 18th century sketch might be the map to our agro-ecological transformation

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

11.03.20

To tackle today’s planetary-scale challenges of biodiversity loss and chemical pollution, tame sol…

Ethiopia has a Nobel Prize and a fast-growing economy. Can it also gain a food secure future?

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

11.03.20

Ethiopia is now Africa’s fastest-growing economy, and this week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is rece…

A woman in Rwanda holds a tub of biofortified climbing beans. Biofortified crops, on their way to feeding 1 billion people by 2030, have proven an effective way to improve diets, reflecting the close connections between agriculture and nutrition.

Study shows high-iron beans improve women’s physical performance

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

10.03.20

Nutrition

Iron-biofortified beans improved iron status and physical performance of iron-deficient Rwandan wome…

Not just farmers: understanding rural aspirations is key to Kenya's future

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

10.03.20

Food security
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

About 8.3 million people living in Kenya’s rural areas farm to feed themselves. They typically…

The Independent: Unless we empower women farmers, we may not have enough to feed the planet

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

09.03.20

Environmental health
Food security
Gender equality

In an opinion piece in The Independent, IWMI Director General Claudia Sadoff says "Achieving greater…

For a food system at risk, women are key yet often overlooked

CGIAR

08.03.20

Gender equality

As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, and the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declara…

Shoppers stock up on food supplies in reaction to news of spreading disease

Preventing global food security crisis under COVID-19 emergency

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

06.03.20

Food security
Health

The COVID-19 outbreak is showing a new trend. While the situation in China has improved…

Four (very) short stories of ‘Aha!’ moments—when the central importance of gender issues really hit home

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

06.03.20

Gender equality
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs

All images here are of a sculpture, ‘Tete’, by Amedeo Modigliani (this picture credit: Christie�…

In Nepal, despite political empowerment, women find limited opportunities to shape water policy

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

06.03.20

Gender equality

Researchers from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) have been studying the link bet…

MEDIA RELEASE| Change in carbon stock in soils currently underestimated, recent study shows

World Agroforestry (ICRAF)

05.03.20

Biodiversity
Climate adaptation & mitigation

The increase and decrease of soil carbon depend on how it is assessed. Nairobi, Kenya,…

We need a new approach, or another coronavirus is inevitable

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

02.03.20

Health

‘Until we start thinking of human and animal health as linked, another coronavirus is inevitable�…

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2020 the Year of #Water4Climate

COVID-19 is a deadly reminder that inclusive water supply and sanitation matters for all of us

8 reads on how coronavirus could swing the battle against climate change

COVID-19’s impact on China’s small and medium-sized businesses

What’s next for CGIAR

Tackling the root causes of gender inequality through research (Modern Ghana)

As COVID-19 spreads, no major concern for global food security yet

This 18th century sketch might be the map to our agro-ecological transformation

Ethiopia has a Nobel Prize and a fast-growing economy. Can it also gain a food secure future?

Study shows high-iron beans improve women’s physical performance

Not just farmers: understanding rural aspirations is key to Kenya's future

The Independent: Unless we empower women farmers, we may not have enough to feed the planet

For a food system at risk, women are key yet often overlooked

Preventing global food security crisis under COVID-19 emergency

Four (very) short stories of ‘Aha!’ moments—when the central importance of gender issues really hit home

In Nepal, despite political empowerment, women find limited opportunities to shape water policy

MEDIA RELEASE| Change in carbon stock in soils currently underestimated, recent study shows

We need a new approach, or another coronavirus is inevitable