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“It’s time for the international community to do more to help large and small farmers manage the many-fold risks they are faced with every day”, writes the CEO of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Jin-Yong Cai…

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MDGs

What role can agricultural research play in poverty reduction? What are the challenges ahead? An interview with Perez del Castillo, Chair of the CGIAR Consortium Board.

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Energy

Author: Eirik Jarl Trondsen

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Food security

Author: Carl-Albrecht Bartmer

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Food security

Author: Andrew MacMillan (l) & Ignacio Truebal (r)

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Health

Meat demand is rising, given a growing world population and larger middle-income subpopulations. However, meat production faces challenges such as expensive inputs and animal and human health issues.

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Markets

For a long time, speculators only played a minor role on the commodities markets.

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Markets

Price volatility is increasing on the global agricultural commodity markets.

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