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    Insights
    July 22, 2014

    Closing the "Food Gap" Means Renewing the Global Commitment to Crop Breeding

    • creating a sustainable food future
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    A great bulk of global plant breeding research has gone into the major cereals and oilseeds, such as corn, wheat, rice and soybeans. Yet there are many other crops that are particularly important to small farmers and the food insecure, in part because many of these crops can do relatively well in marginal environments. Photo Credit: CIMMYT/Flickr
    • creating a sustainable food future
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    • food security
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    April 10, 2014

    The Changing Landscape of Forest Management

    • Forests
    • Equity
    • Food
    • commodities
    • agriculture
    While palm oil can be produced sustainably, its production is currently a major driver of deforestation. Photo credit: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Flickr 2012
    • Forests
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    Africa
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    February 12, 2014

    Improving Food Security in the Sahel Is Difficult, but Achievable

    • agriculture
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    • restoration
    • Water
    A local farmer in Burkina Faso, Yacouba Sawadogo, innovates. Photo Credit: Chris Reij, WRI
    • agriculture
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    • restoration
    • Water
    Climate
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    December 23, 2013

    5 Things We Learned in 2013 that Could Move the Needle on Sustainability

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Equity
    • Business
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • water risk
    New research shows that the world loses 50 soccer fields' of forest every minute of every day. Photo credit: Daniel Murdiyarso, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
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    • Equity
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    • agriculture
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    • deforestation
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    Food
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    December 3, 2013

    The Global Food Challenge Explained in 18 Graphics

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    A farmer walks her cow through paddies in Bangladesh. Photo credit: jankie, Flickr
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    December 3, 2013

    New Report Offers Menu of Solutions to Close the Global Food Gap

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    October 31, 2013

    One-Quarter of World’s Agriculture Grows in Highly Water-Stressed Areas

    • Water
    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • water risk
    New WRI analysis shows that 57 percent of the world's cotton is grown in water-stressed areas. Photo credit: Stephen Morton, Flickr
    • Water
    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
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    • water risk
    Food
    Data
    October 31, 2013

    Dataset: Agricultural Exposure to Water Stress

    • Water
    • water risk
    • commodities
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Aqueduct
    • Water
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    • Aqueduct
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    Data
    October 31, 2013

    Portion of Agricultural Production Under High or Extremely High Stress

    • Water
    • water risk
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    • commodities
    • Water
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    Food
    Data
    October 31, 2013

    Agricultural Exposure to Water Stress

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    • agriculture
    • commodities
    • mapping
    • Water
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    • mapping
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    October 21, 2013

    RELEASE: New Effort Launched to Measure and Monitor Global Food Loss and Waste

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    • creating a sustainable food future
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    Africa
    Insights
    October 16, 2013

    Farmer Innovation: Improving Africa’s Food Security through Land and Water Management

    • creating a sustainable food future
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Food
    • food security
    Yacouba Sawadogo, a farmer, digs planting pits to restore degraded land. Photo credit: Chris Reij, WRI
    • creating a sustainable food future
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    August 15, 2013

    Burkina Faso Farmers Lead the Way on Food Security and Climate Change Resilience

    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Food
    • food security
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • restoration
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    June 27, 2013

    Learning from African Farmers: How “Re-greening” Boosts Food Security; Curbs Climate Change

    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Food
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    • Forests
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    June 6, 2013

    10 Ways to Cut Global Food Loss and Waste

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    • agriculture
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    • food security
    • natural resources
    • low carbon development
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • agriculture
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    • low carbon development
    Food
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    June 5, 2013

    By the Numbers: Reducing Food Loss and Waste

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    • agriculture
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    • natural resources
    • low carbon development
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • agriculture
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    • low carbon development
    Food
    Insights
    May 30, 2013

    The Great Balancing Act: 3 Needs for a Sustainable Food Future

    • Forests
    • creating a sustainable food future
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Gender
    • natural resources
    • low carbon development
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