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October 2, 2019
Transgenic cotton and farmers’ health in Pakistan
The new study provides the first evidence of a direct association between Bt gene expression in cotton and health benefits for farmers.
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Events
October 11, 2019
The IASC 2019 World Commons Week Keynote Webinars: Latin America
Webinar "How tenure reform processes can lead to improved governance of indigenous commons: Experiences from Latin America" with Iliana Monterroso (CIFOR) on October 11.
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Events
October 7, 2019
The IASC 2019 World Commons Week Keynote Webinars: Africa
Join the webinar on "Securing the Commons: Tenure and Governance" with Ruth Meinzen-Dick (IFPRI) on October 7, 2019.
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Blog
September 30, 2019
Informal traders in African cities are being used as political pawns
Urban informal traders operate in a complex, multi-level governance system in which party politics, electoral rules, and legal authority over trade, food, and public space collectively interact.
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Blog
September 26, 2019
How do we estimate the consequences of global inaction on genetic diversity conservation, exchange, and use?
Target 2.5 of the SDGs calls for maintaining “the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants and farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species.” It is an ambitious target, with an expectation that we will meet it by 2020.
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Events
October 21, 2019
Policy seminar: Information, governance, and rural service delivery
How can information be harnessed to improve rural service delivery and governance? The speakers in this seminar will discuss the importance of institutional contexts, types of information, and information transmission mechanisms in terms of improving rural well-being.
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News
September 25, 2019
Call for proposals: The political economy of food system transformation
Join to help identify political economy constraints to food system transformation and offer recommendations for tackling those constraints. Deadline for submissions: 25 October 2019.
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Events
October 9, 2019
Book launch: Ghana’s Economic and Agricultural Transformation: Past Performance and Future Prospects
Join us on October 9, 2019 as the book’s authors share important takeaways with major implications for policymakers and practitioners.
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Events
September 27, 2019
Restoration for whom, by whom?
This session organized as part of the 8th World Conference on Ecological Restoration will focus on the inclusivity and the sustainability of the restoration agenda and of restoration practices across multiple places and scales.
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