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Information and Communication GENDER EQUALITY OPEN DATA HEALTH EQUITY

Why data matters to gender equality

The push to generate gender equal data is challenging power structures.
Published date
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 14:30
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Information and Communication

Artificial intelligence for development

IDRC-supported research is ensuring that the benefits of AI are used to advance development, reduce social inequality, and foster greater gender parity.
Published date
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 - 13:30
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Food and Agriculture FOOD SECURITY

Scaling up production of more nutritious yellow potatoes in Colombia

Healthier and higher-yielding potatoes are reaching more than 6.5 million Colombians.
Published date
Friday, November 23, 2018 - 15:00
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GENDER EQUALITY CIVIL REGISTRATION VITAL STATISTICS

Making women visible with civil registration and vital statistics systems

An international meeting brought gender to the forefront of efforts to register and count life events.
Published date
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - 12:30
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Food and Agriculture Gender

Agricultural technologies bring healthy diversity to school meals

An alternative food and nutrition security strategy that links agriculture to health and nutrition.
Published date
Sunday, April 24, 2016 - 11:00
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Food and Agriculture

Cultivating fish for better livelihoods in Bolivia

Published date
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 20:00
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Food and Agriculture

A farm to fork approach to nutritious school meals: Tackling childhood obesity in the Caribbean

In St Kitts-Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago, partnerships between the agriculture, health, and education sectors have united in a "Farm to Fork" effort to tackle childhood obesity
Published date
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 00:00
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Food and Agriculture

Farm to fork—improving eating habits and nutrition education in the Caribbean

The increasing rate of obesity in children in the Caribbean is a significant public health and nutrition challenge for the region.
Published date
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 00:00
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Food and Agriculture

Diversity in local food production combats obesity in the Caribbean

In the Caribbean region, the combination of increased imports of processed foods and limited consumption of healthy foods, such as fresh fruit and vegetables, has contributed to a growing problem of obesity.
Published date
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 00:00
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Food and Agriculture

Science, plus farmers' know-how, equals improved food security in Colombia

In rural Colombia, most families own small farms (less than 3 hectares) on which they chiefly grow potatoes. Planting high yielding varieties is vital to achieve adequate yield for both consumption and sale.
Published date
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - 00:00

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