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    Insights
    January 23, 2015

    Globalizing Sustainable Development

    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • Food
    • poverty
    • health
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Today’s challenges go beyond health, food, and education. Photo by Gates Foundation/Flickr
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • Food
    • poverty
    • health
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Food
    Insights
    October 16, 2014

    Reducing Food Loss and Waste: An Overlooked Strategy for Creating a Sustainable Food System

    • agriculture
    • Food Loss and Waste
    About 24 percent of all the calories produced for human consumption don’t actually end up reaching human mouths. Photo credit: Petrr, Flickr
    • agriculture
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    August 11, 2014

    A Farmer In Africa: Balancing Property Rights With National Needs

    • agriculture
    • food security
    • land rights
    In Africa, farmers rely on their rights to community land, but governments don't always back them up with legislation. (photo credit: Gates Foundation/flickr)
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • land rights
    Food
    Insights
    August 7, 2014

    The Difference One Tree Can Make

    • Forests
    • Equity & Governance
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • restoration
    A babao tree in Zimbabwe. Planting hundreds or even millions of trees does not automatically translate into an increase in the overall long-term tree population. Photo Credit: Martin Heigan/Flickr
    • Forests
    • Equity & Governance
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • restoration
    Food
    Insights
    July 22, 2014

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

    • 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
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    Food
    Insights
    April 10, 2014

    The Changing Landscape of Forest Management

    • Forests
    • Equity & Governance
    • 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
    • Equity & Governance
    • Food
    • commodities
    • agriculture
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    February 12, 2014

    Improving Food Security in the Sahel Is Difficult, but Achievable

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

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

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • 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)
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • water risk
    Food
    Insights
    December 3, 2013

    The Global Food Challenge Explained in 18 Graphics

    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    A farmer walks her cow through paddies in Bangladesh. Photo credit: jankie, Flickr
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    Food
    Insights
    October 31, 2013

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

    • Freshwater
    • 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
    • Freshwater
    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • water risk
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    October 16, 2013

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

    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Food
    • food security
    Yacouba Sawadogo, a farmer, digs planting pits to restore degraded land. Photo credit: Chris Reij, WRI
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Food
    • food security
    Equity & Governance
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    Insights
    September 23, 2013

    Global Efforts to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change Must Come Together

    • Climate
    • Food
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    This week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will address two of the most pressing challenges of our time: poverty and climate change. Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT
    • Climate
    • Food
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    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
    • Food
    • food security
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    June 27, 2013

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

    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Food
    • food security
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • Food
    • food security
    Food
    Insights
    May 30, 2013

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

    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Gender
    • natural resources
    • low carbon development
    • world resources report
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Gender
    • natural resources
    • low carbon development
    • world resources report
    Food
    Insights
    April 22, 2013

    Food and Fuel: 2 Grand Challenges Facing Us this Earth Day

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • Freshwater
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • Freshwater
    Food
    Insights
    January 31, 2013

    4 Grand Challenges to Energy, Food, and Water

    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • food security
    • natural resources
    • low carbon development
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • Energy
    • food security
    • natural resources
    • low carbon development

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