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		<title>Does the G8 have enough political will to overcome malnutrition?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blog post from Stuart Gillespie and Marie Ruel on The Guardian's Global Development Professionals Network]]></description>
		<link>http://www.transformnutrition.org/2013/06/19/does-the-g8-have-enough-political-will-to-overcome-malnutrition/</link>
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		<title>Do you know someone who has transformed thinking and action on nutrition?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Transform Nutrition in support of the efforts of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement have launched a new initiative to find the 'unsung heroes' of nutrition at national or local levels. Nominations are now welcome. Deadline is 30 June 2013. Further information and nomination form.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.transformnutrition.org/2013/06/18/do-you-know-someone-who-has-transformed-thinking-and-action-on-nutrition/</link>
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		<title>Ghana Agricultural News Digest – June 17</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Agricultural Issues Ghana gets US$145m Commercial Agriculture Grant Ghana’s Minister of Food and Agriculture, Clement Humado, said on Friday that the country had secured a 145 million-dollar grant for the development of commercial agriculture. [more] Ghana Meets Global Anti-Hunger Targets Ahead of 2015 Deadline – FAO Ghana has met internationally-established targets in the fight&#8230; <a href="http://gssp.ifpri.info/2013/06/18/ghana-agricultural-news-digest-june-17/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://gssp.ifpri.info/2013/06/18/ghana-agricultural-news-digest-june-17/</link>
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		<title>Ghana Agricultural News Digest – June 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Agricultural Issues Government Support Services for Agric Sector Not Targeting Women Government is being urged to address gender disparities in the agricultural sector as investments in the sector are not reaching women farmers regarding the provision of support services. [more] Agric Growth Expected to Slow Globally in Next Decade – Report The Organization for&#8230; <a href="http://gssp.ifpri.info/2013/06/18/ghana-agricultural-news-digest-june-10/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://gssp.ifpri.info/2013/06/18/ghana-agricultural-news-digest-june-10/</link>
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		<title>Using Evidence in Unraveling Food Supply Chains in Ethiopia: The Supply Chain of Teff from Major Production Areas to Addis Ababa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New ESSP Publication: ESSP Working Paper 54]]></description>
		<link>http://essp.ifpri.info/2013/06/18/using-evidence-in-unraveling-food-supply-chains-in-ethiopia-the-supply-chain-of-teff-from-major-production-areas-to-addis-ababa/</link>
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		<title>Short Summary of Agricultural Cooperatives in Ethiopia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cooperatives have been a part of Ethiopia’s agricultural sector for decades. They provide a venue for farmers to gather and market their goods, along with several additional functions: provision of high-priority commodities; distribution of inputs at affordable prices (i.e. fertilizer and seed); provision of extension services; and access to microfinance. While overall farmer membership of&#8230; <a href="http://reap.ifpri.info/2013/06/17/short-summary-of-agricultural-cooperatives-in-ethiopia/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://reap.ifpri.info/2013/06/17/short-summary-of-agricultural-cooperatives-in-ethiopia/</link>
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		<title>Moving nutrition up on the development agenda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nutrition is critical to the healthy physical and cognitive development of individuals, as well as overall economic development. In the last few years, several levers, including new research evidence, IFPRI’s 2020 Conference on Leveraging Agriculture for Improving Nutrition and Health, and the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement have contributed to moving nutrition up on the global&#8230; <a href="http://dgcorner.ifpri.info/2013/06/14/moving-nutrition-up-on-the-development-agenda/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://dgcorner.ifpri.info/2013/06/14/moving-nutrition-up-on-the-development-agenda/</link>
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		<title>Trade Opportunities between ASEAN and SAARC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Price spike in food commodities in 2008 especially in rice eating nations created alarming situation in South and Southeast Asian countries. As an immediate reaction to price spike and to safeguard the food security, many rice exporting countries raised export taxes and imposed trade restrictions. The gap in lack of coordination between food surplus countries&#8230; <a href="http://southasia.ifpri.info/2013/06/14/trade-opportunities-between-asean-and-saarc/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://southasia.ifpri.info/2013/06/14/trade-opportunities-between-asean-and-saarc/</link>
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		<title>Uganda Agricultural News and Research Digest – June 12th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; CSOs urge government to step up fight against malnutrition Daily Monitor Civil Society Organisations have urged the government to increase the health budget and implement its commitments in the fight against malnutrition. Organisations under the Uganda Civil Society Coalition on the Scaling up of Nutrition (UCCO-SUN) highlighted four aspects that government must fulfil if&#8230; <a href="http://ussp.ifpri.info/2013/06/13/uganda-agricultural-news-and-research-digest-june-12th/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://ussp.ifpri.info/2013/06/13/uganda-agricultural-news-and-research-digest-june-12th/</link>
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		<title>Gender and Climate at the 2013 AAEA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Joint Annual Meeting of the  Agricultural and Applied Economics Association  and the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society will take place in Washington DC this summer, August 4–6, 2013. Answering the call for abstracts on climate change, international development, land and water resources, among other relevant topics, our team members will be presenting research results on:&#8230; <a href="http://womenandclimate.ifpri.info/2013/06/12/gender-and-climate-at-the-2013-aaea/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://womenandclimate.ifpri.info/2013/06/12/gender-and-climate-at-the-2013-aaea/</link>
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		<title>IFPRI’s strong research performance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Food policies based on strong evidence are critical for promoting agricultural development and combatting global hunger and malnutrition. Food policy research at IFPRI contributes to generating this evidence. Amid a continually changing global landscape, and rapid growth of the Institute itself, I am very proud of IFPRI’s strong research productivity. IFPRI now ranks 2nd in&#8230; <a href="http://dgcorner.ifpri.info/2013/06/12/ifpri%e2%80%99s-strong-research-performance/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://dgcorner.ifpri.info/2013/06/12/ifpri%e2%80%99s-strong-research-performance/</link>
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		<title>Upcoming Research Seminar on Land Policy – Monday, June 24th in Abuja</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IFPRI Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Hosaena Ghebru Hagos, will present his working paper; titled "Gender-Differentiated Demand for Certificates of Occupancy (CO) in Rural and Urban Areas of Nigeria: The case of Kano and Ondo states."   Please join us to learn more about IFPRI's current research on land policy and gender in Nigeria. For the&#8230; <a href="http://nssp.ifpri.info/2013/06/11/upcoming-research-seminar-on-land-policy-%e2%80%93-monday-june-24th-in-abuja/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://nssp.ifpri.info/2013/06/11/upcoming-research-seminar-on-land-policy-%e2%80%93-monday-june-24th-in-abuja/</link>
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		<title>Boosting Agricultural Productivity in Nepal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This entry is cross-posted on IFPRI’s ReSAKSS Asia website. If you’d like more information please visit www.resakss-asia.org Agricultural productivity has been declining in Nepal for several years. Forty three out of 75 districts suffer from food deficits due to decreasing food production. The country which used to be a food surplus has now become a&#8230; <a href="http://southasia.ifpri.info/2013/06/11/boosting-agricultural-productivity-in-nepal/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://southasia.ifpri.info/2013/06/11/boosting-agricultural-productivity-in-nepal/</link>
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		<title>Diagnostic Study of Providing Micro-Insurance Services to Low-Income Households in Ethiopia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New ESSP–EDRI Report]]></description>
		<link>http://essp.ifpri.info/2013/06/11/diagnostic-study-of-providing-micro-insurance-services-to-low-income-households-in-ethiopia/</link>
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		<title>The Teff Value Chain on the Move</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New ESSP Publication: ESSP Research Note 25]]></description>
		<link>http://essp.ifpri.info/2013/06/11/the-teff-value-chain-on-the-move-2/</link>
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		<title>Canada funds the fight against malnutrition with $20 million grant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Research program to find ways agriculture can boost nutrition and improve lives John McDermott is the Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health. Global and local leaders, including those of the G8 countries meeting  in Northern Ireland June 17-18, are waking up to the human and economic toll undernutrition is&#8230; <a href="http://www.a4nh.cgiar.org/2013/06/10/canada-funds-the-fight-against-malnutrition-with-20-million-grant/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.a4nh.cgiar.org/2013/06/10/canada-funds-the-fight-against-malnutrition-with-20-million-grant/</link>
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		<title>Can Ethiopia maintain its great progress toward food security?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cross-posted from the International Food Policy Research Institute by Grace Lerner Nearly 30 years after the 1984 famine that left more than 400,000 people dead, Ethiopia has made significant progress toward food security. Some of these recent successes include a reduction in poverty, an increase in crop yields and availability, and an increase in per capita&#8230; <a href="http://reap.ifpri.info/2013/06/07/can-ethiopia-maintain-its-great-progress-toward-food-security/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://reap.ifpri.info/2013/06/07/can-ethiopia-maintain-its-great-progress-toward-food-security/</link>
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		<title>POSHAN Explores Multisectoral Approaches for Improving Nutrition in India</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A POSHAN-supported consultation on multisectoral approaches to improve maternal and child nutrition in India brought together key policymakers and policy advisers from a variety of ministries at the national level and from the Indian states of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. This event, held on May 28th2013, highlighted lessons and experiences from other&#8230; <a href="http://southasia.ifpri.info/2013/06/06/poshan-explores-multisectoral-approaches-for-improving-nutrition-in-india/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://southasia.ifpri.info/2013/06/06/poshan-explores-multisectoral-approaches-for-improving-nutrition-in-india/</link>
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		<title>Media fellowship with OneWorld promotes public awareness of nutrition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[POSHAN has been working with OneWorld South Asia to collaboratively launch a media fellowship program for journalists from print and electronic media in India to report on issues of hunger and nutrition from different parts of the country. The focus will be on maternal and child nutrition, especially in context of the first 1000 days of&#8230; <a href="http://southasia.ifpri.info/2013/06/06/media-fellowship-with-oneworld-promotes-public-awareness-of-nutrition/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://southasia.ifpri.info/2013/06/06/media-fellowship-with-oneworld-promotes-public-awareness-of-nutrition/</link>
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		<title>PIM’s Director Karen Brooks will participate in Twitter Chat on Youth Employment in Agriculture on June 11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Africa south of the Sahara has the world’s youngest and fastest growing population. With enough support from African leaders, farming can become the key to solving youth unemployment in Africa. PIM’s Director Karen Brooks,  Rachel Blum (USAID), and David Feige (Making Cents International) will participate in an online discussion over Twitter on the topic of&#8230; <a href="http://www.pim.cgiar.org/2013/06/06/pim%e2%80%99s-director-karen-brooks-will-participate-in-twitter-chat-on-youth-employment-in-agriculture-on-june-11/">[Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pim.cgiar.org/2013/06/06/pim%e2%80%99s-director-karen-brooks-will-participate-in-twitter-chat-on-youth-employment-in-agriculture-on-june-11/</link>
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