International agricultural research for food security, poverty reduction, and the environment: What to expect from scaling up CGIAR investments and “Best Bet” programs

The recent food crisis, combined with the energy crisis and emerging climate-change issues, threatens the livelihoods of millions of poor people as well as the economic, ecological, and political situation in many developing countries. Progress in achieving development goals (such as cutting hunger...

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Main Authors: von Braun, Joachim, Fan, Shenggen, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Rosegrant, Mark W., Nin-Pratt, Alejandro
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2008
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160046
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author von Braun, Joachim
Fan, Shenggen
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Rosegrant, Mark W.
Nin-Pratt, Alejandro
author_browse Fan, Shenggen
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Nin-Pratt, Alejandro
Rosegrant, Mark W.
von Braun, Joachim
author_facet von Braun, Joachim
Fan, Shenggen
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Rosegrant, Mark W.
Nin-Pratt, Alejandro
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description The recent food crisis, combined with the energy crisis and emerging climate-change issues, threatens the livelihoods of millions of poor people as well as the economic, ecological, and political situation in many developing countries. Progress in achieving development goals (such as cutting hunger and poverty in half by 2015) has been delayed significantly; in fact, the number of food-deficient people actually increased in the past two years by at least 75 million. These challenges require multifaceted, science-based technological, economic, and political approaches. Through its international research centers, its publicly available research, its broad network of partnerships, and its long experience in the field, the CGIAR is well positioned to contribute to the global effort to foster food production, increase access to food, and reduce poverty and hunger in both rural and urban areas. However, the system cannot effectively address these global challenges without additional funding and improved organizational design. The latter is being addressed by an ongoing change process. The former is the focus of this paper, which examines what can be expected from a scaled-up CGIAR.
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spelling CGSpace1600462025-11-06T07:30:54Z International agricultural research for food security, poverty reduction, and the environment: What to expect from scaling up CGIAR investments and “Best Bet” programs von Braun, Joachim Fan, Shenggen Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Rosegrant, Mark W. Nin-Pratt, Alejandro developing countries cgiar food prices poverty alleviation hunger agricultural research food security environment agricultural innovation agricultural development climate change biodiversity poverty The recent food crisis, combined with the energy crisis and emerging climate-change issues, threatens the livelihoods of millions of poor people as well as the economic, ecological, and political situation in many developing countries. Progress in achieving development goals (such as cutting hunger and poverty in half by 2015) has been delayed significantly; in fact, the number of food-deficient people actually increased in the past two years by at least 75 million. These challenges require multifaceted, science-based technological, economic, and political approaches. Through its international research centers, its publicly available research, its broad network of partnerships, and its long experience in the field, the CGIAR is well positioned to contribute to the global effort to foster food production, increase access to food, and reduce poverty and hunger in both rural and urban areas. However, the system cannot effectively address these global challenges without additional funding and improved organizational design. The latter is being addressed by an ongoing change process. The former is the focus of this paper, which examines what can be expected from a scaled-up CGIAR. 2008 2024-11-21T09:50:00Z 2024-11-21T09:50:00Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160046 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162479 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute von Braun, Joachim; Fan, Shenggen; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Rosegrant, Mark W.; and Nin-Pratt, Alejandro. 2008. International agricultural research for food security, poverty reduction, and the environment: What to expect from scaling up CGIAR investments and “Best Bet” programs. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160046
spellingShingle developing countries
cgiar
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poverty alleviation
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agricultural research
food security
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agricultural innovation
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climate change
biodiversity
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von Braun, Joachim
Fan, Shenggen
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Rosegrant, Mark W.
Nin-Pratt, Alejandro
International agricultural research for food security, poverty reduction, and the environment: What to expect from scaling up CGIAR investments and “Best Bet” programs
title International agricultural research for food security, poverty reduction, and the environment: What to expect from scaling up CGIAR investments and “Best Bet” programs
title_full International agricultural research for food security, poverty reduction, and the environment: What to expect from scaling up CGIAR investments and “Best Bet” programs
title_fullStr International agricultural research for food security, poverty reduction, and the environment: What to expect from scaling up CGIAR investments and “Best Bet” programs
title_full_unstemmed International agricultural research for food security, poverty reduction, and the environment: What to expect from scaling up CGIAR investments and “Best Bet” programs
title_short International agricultural research for food security, poverty reduction, and the environment: What to expect from scaling up CGIAR investments and “Best Bet” programs
title_sort international agricultural research for food security poverty reduction and the environment what to expect from scaling up cgiar investments and best bet programs
topic developing countries
cgiar
food prices
poverty alleviation
hunger
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food security
environment
agricultural innovation
agricultural development
climate change
biodiversity
poverty
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