Agriculture Research Guide: World Food Prize - Topic Areas

Livestock are domesticated terrestrial animals that are raised to provide a diverse array of goods and services such as traction, meat, milk, eggs, hides, fibres and feathers. The term livestock systems embraces all aspects of the supply and use of livestock commodities, including the distribution and abundance of livestock, the different production systems in which they are raised, estimates of consumption and production now and in the future, the people engaged in livestock production and the benefits and impacts of keeping livestock. These web pages provide geographical information and resources relating to global livestock systems.

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Young people are not only victims of climate change. They are also valuable contributors to climate action. They are agents of change, entrepreneurs and innovators. Whether through education, science or technology, young people are scaling up their efforts and using their skills to accelerate climate action.

NIH Research Matters. March 14, 2017

Lancet,v..393, (10184): P1958-1972, MAY 11, 2019. Open Access. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30041-8

The GBD study offers a powerful resource to understand the changing health challenges facing people across the world in the 21st century.
Most content is Open Access.

A unique resource of 450+ cause and risk summaries of worldwide trends in disease, injury, and impairments, and health risks, based on 2019 GBD [GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE] data. Each two-page PDF summarizes global trends and key developments since GBD 2017

The CFR is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries. Founded in 1921, CFR takes no institutional positions on matters of policy.

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Infectious disease outbreaks currently being reported on by CDC. Listings include those outbreaks for which content is currently published on the CDC website.
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A unique resource of 450+ cause and risk summaries of worldwide trends in disease, injury, and impairments, and health risks, based on 2019 GBD [GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE] data. Each two-page PDF summarizes global trends and key developments since GBD 2017

The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) links U.S. agriculture to the world to enhance export opportunities and global food security. Trade, food security, and sustainability are just some of the topics addressed.

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The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

The CFR is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries. Founded in 1921, CFR takes no institutional positions on matters of policy.

International energy information, including overviews, rankings, dat and analyses. Use the map to zero in on the country of choice.

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The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

Topics include: Drought; Global Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; Wastewater; Drining water; etc.

Search on terms populations and the country or topic of interest (aging, illiterate, etc,)

“World Bank. 2020. Violence without Borders : The Internationalization of Crime and Conflict. Policy Research Reports;. Washington, DC: World Bank. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/33330 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”

Use the upper right search box to find publications on conflict and other factors, such as a country, a population, or type.

Organized violence—war, armed revolt, genocide, lynching, targeted killings, torture, routine discrimination, terrorism, trauma, and suffering—is a daily reality for some, while for others it is a sound bite or a news clip seen in passing and easily forgotten. Rigorous scholarly research of the social and cultural conditions of organized violence, its genesis, dynamic, and impact, is fundamental to addressing questions of local and global conflict and its impact on the human condition.
Note: Articles may be a bit advances, but can provide insight to different types of conflicts and resolutions.

The World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE) highlights the powerful influence of circumstances, such as wealth, gender, ethnicity and location, over which people have little control but which play an important role in shaping their opportunities for education and life

These ebook include information on the education systems in the respective country

Generated by the U. S. Department of State.

The CFR is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries. Founded in 1921, CFR takes no institutional positions on matters of policy.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) resources.

Source: GIEWS - Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture.
Countries in crisis requiring external assistance for food are expected to lack the resources to deal with reported critical problems of food insecurity.

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

For the past 43 years, since its founding in 1976, the mission of World Hunger Education Service is to undertake programs, including educating the general public and target groups about the extent and causes of hunger and malnutrition in the United States and the world

A guide to many resources on all aspects of plants grown globally.

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Cab Direct is the publicly searchable interface for CAB Abstracts and Global Health. International livestock and crops, food access and security are the main topics in this resource. Look for the Open Access icon.

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks sustainable solutions for ending hunger and poverty. IFPRI is one of 15 centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, an alliance of 64 governments, private foundations, and international and regional organizations.

Topics include: Drought; Global Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; Wastewater; Drining water; etc.