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Q&A: Objective science news needed now more than ever
SciDev.net ; 2020.
Article in English | ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-1998477
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Speed read Smallholder farmers ‘absolutely critical’ in food security fight Invasive species biggest threat to biodiversity after habitat loss CABI programmes to focus on prediction, prevention The need for objective coverage of science is greater now than ever before, according to Daniel Elger, who took over last month as the chief executive of the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI, the parent organisation of SciDev.Net). If women farmers have access to the same resources as men, among smallholder farmers in particular, that would immediately reduce the number of hungry people worldwide by 150 million or so, which gives you an idea of some of the important social dimensions beyond food production. See PDF] When we think about the science base of the organisation now, we think about both natural sciences and social sciences, because so much of what we are trying to do is to achieve impact not only at the level of farmers being able to grow more crops and improve their productivity, but embedding that in positive broader social change, particularly in some of the really important, cross-cutting themes — climate, gender equity, and other themes that are crucial to our member countries.
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Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: ProQuest Central Language: English Journal: SciDev.net Year: 2020 Document Type: Article

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Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: ProQuest Central Language: English Journal: SciDev.net Year: 2020 Document Type: Article