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A local villager hangs an antelope, Cameroon. Photo: CIFOR |
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October 2008
A Fresh Look at Bushmeat
An upsurge in hunting of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians for ”bushmeat” in Central Africa’s tropical forests is unsustainable and poses a serious threat to the food security of poor forest inhabitants, who rely largely on this meat as a source of protein. Read more...
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Understanding and Containing Global Food Price Inflation. Soaring food prices have put the CGIAR on high alert, and the international research Centers it supports are responding vigorously on several fronts. Read more.
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| July 8, 2008. Toyako, Japan. World leaders at the 2008 G8 Summit issued a Statement on Global Food Security that includes a commitment to the promotion of agricultural research and development through the CGIAR. The CGIAR welcomes the statement by the G8 and expresses gratitude to Japan in its leadership role as the host country and president of the 2008 G8 Summit. |
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 Global Climate Change: Can Agriculture Cope?
No one understands better than farmers how the weather, especially when it takes a turn for the worse, can affect people and their land. That’s why farmers around the world have always talked and worried about the weather obsessively. But now, emerging weather patterns have a lot of other people worried, too.
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| The 15 Centers supported by the CGIAR have formed an Alliance to strengthen their collective action and increase the impact of their research |
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| harnessing the best of international science
for addressing the goals of the international agricultural
research community |
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| More country profiles coming soon! |
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