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Child wasting affects an estimated 42 million children at any given time, but over a year, between 240 and 295 million episodes of wasting occur.  Wasting, including severe wasting, is associated with approximately 850,000 child deaths annually and have livelong consequences for child health and development. Although effective outpatient treatment protocols exist, coverage remains below 30% […]

Speech-based interfaces are increasingly central to agricultural advisory systems, particularly in low-resource and multilingual contexts where oral communication remains the primary channel for accessing information. Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) is therefore a critical—but still under-examined—component of AI-enabled agricultural extension.  This webinar presents emerging research on the state of the art in ASR for agriculture, with a focus on real-world deployment for low-resource […]

April 2026 marks three years since the outbreak of the conflict in Sudan, which has severely disrupted economic activity, food systems, and social services. More than half of the country’s population is in need of assistance, and communities, markets, and institutions are under unprecedented pressure. Recent evidence from IFPRI and others highlights the scale and […]