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How to transform food systems to feed the world and prevent mass extinctions
By addressing the whole system through which we grow, buy, and eat our food, we can achieve multiple wins to maintain biodiversity for planetary and human health.
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The human face of urban food systems
A new IFPRI research program—Urban Food Systems for Better Diets, Nutrition, and Health—will fill critical knowledge and evidence gaps about food systems and the urban poor.
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2019 Global Food Policy Report Rwanda launch: Pushing forward on rural development
How Rwanda is charting a path on rural revitalization – a discussion.
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2019 Global Food Policy Report Ethiopia Launch: Achieving rural Africa’s inclusive transformation
Ethiopia's rural areas are at risk. Revitalizing them, and rural regions across Africa, requires a sustained strategic effort.
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2019 Global Food Policy Report Bhutan launch: Charting paths to rural revitalization
Bhutan's focus on promoting happiness provides lessons for rural development.
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Global Report on Food Crises 2019
A new report explores the drivers of acute global hunger levels, which have surpassed 100 million for the past three years.
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Cash transfers can help Yemen’s conflict-affected children
Two recent studies provide evidence that cash transfers can reduce conflict-driven malnutrition in Yemen.
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Giving and taking between husband, wives, and co-wives
A new study focusing on Nigeria shows that polygyny (the practice having more than one wife) presents development challenges, as economic cooperation is lower among polygynous spouses than monogamous ones.
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Is empowering women in agricultural development projects worth the investment? Yes, when done right.
A growing body of evidence shows that women's empowerment programs have substantive development impacts that go beyond the goal of gender equality for its own sake.
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International Workers’ Day: Building urban linkages to strengthen African rural employment
The combination of strong economic growth and urbanization in Africa threatens to leave rural areas behind. What should be done.