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Politics in the time of cholera: Zambia’s U-turn on street vending
After years of giving street vendors free rein, the Zambian government cracked down to stem a cholera epidemic—sparking riots. How to balance basic sanitation with vendors' key economic role.
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Policy seminar: Evolving food systems pose both challenges and opportunities for nutrition
How should development organizations handle the double burden of malnutrition? An IFPRI discussion on the UN High Level Panel of Experts report, Nutrition and Food Systems.
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Research for agricultural insurance in South Asia: A regional dialogue
A forum in Dhaka examines the promise and challenges of crop insurance for smallholders as a hedge against growing climate impacts.
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Can irrigation both empower and exclude women?
Small scale irrigation projects yield agricultural gains—but create unanticipated problems for women farmers in Tanzania.
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Expanding high-value agricultural exports from Africa
Tapping into the rising global demand for fruits, vegetables, and other horticulural products can help generate jobs and export earnings.
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Cultivating growth in Nigerian agriculture with small-scale irrigation
Currently, only 1 percent of Nigerian cropland is irrigated—leaving farmers at the whim of seasons and climate shifts.
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Information empowers citizens to demand public services
Distributing ID cards with basic eligibility information increased participation in Indonesia's Raskin (Rice for the Poor) program—leading the government to expand their use to other forms of social assistance.
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Policy seminar: Nutrition-sensitive agriculture program in Burkina Faso improves children’s nutritional outcomes
A 10-year collaboration between IFPRI and Helen Keller International leads to improving measures of anemia, stunting, and other benchmarks among participating children.
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World Bank Group’s Jim Yong Kim: Invest in nutrition, human capital to ensure developing countries’ economic future
At the 27th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture, a focus on getting countries to commit and stay committed to their most valuable resource—their own citizens.
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World Soil Day: Overcoming farmers’ resistance to climate-smart agriculture in Africa
Soil fertility management not only prevents land degradation, it boosts profits—so why are many African farmers reluctant to adopt it?