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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now…
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IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systems
04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o…
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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
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CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has been officially accredited as an…
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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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As a decade of ecosystem restoration kicks off, don't forget the people
22.06.21-
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Global ecosystem restoration efforts are often measured by billions of trees planted or square kilom…
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CIP discussion: Agricultural innovation, the key for bridging R&D with impact at scale
21.06.21-
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BY CHRISTOPHER BUTLER The need to innovate in agriculture is more urgent than ever. The…
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Count on water to disaster-proof global food systems
21.06.21-
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Covid-19 has cast a long shadow over global dialogues around food and nutrition security bringing…
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The importance of human-centered ecological restoration
20.06.21-
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The launch of the United Nations Decade of Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) will direct a lot of…
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The transformational role of science for the UN Food Systems Summit agenda
17.06.21-
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BY JOACHIM VON BRAUN Food systems at the global level and in many countries and…
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Nine more harvests to transform our food systems: Let’s make them count for everyone, everywhere, and for all time
14.06.21-
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BY CHRISTINE CAMPEAU, LAWRENCE HADDAD, GUNHILD STORDALEN, SANDRINE DIXSON-DECLÈVE,SALEEMUL HUQ AND …
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Global Landscapes Forum Africa: Restoring Africa’s drylands needs a localized, integrated approach, say experts at the conference
11.06.21-
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At the recent GLF Africa: Restoring Africa’s Drylands Conference, thousands of restoration practit…
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Smallholder and agrifood SME resilience to shocks: Lessons from COVID-19 for the UN Food System Summit
10.06.21-
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BY THOMAS REARDON, JOHAN SWINNEN AND ROB VOS The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed both the…
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Gender-integrated business strategies empower women in Zambia
10.06.21-
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In Zambia, rural women play a vital role in aquaculture and related value chains, but…
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Opinion: Getting the most out of every last drop of water
10.06.21-
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Water is often held up as a precious, life-giving element for its essential role in…
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Changing rainfall erodes a landscape. Watershed interventions halt the downward spiral
10.06.21-
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Watershed interventions have led to 1-2.5 meters higher groundwater levels, providing lifesaving irr…
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Never let good waste become a crisis: lessons for the Global South
09.06.21-
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As a global society, we waste a third – 1.3 billion metric tons – of…
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Remote sensing for irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa: Promises and pitfalls
08.06.21-
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There is growing demand for sustainable development policy that is data driven, but our unprecedente…
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World Food Prize Laureate Shakuntala Thilsted urges UN Assembly to act on aquatic foods
08.06.21-
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WorldFish’s Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted, who was recently …
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Cookbook celebrates aquatic foods for life and livelihoods in Timor-Leste
08.06.21-
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Since achieving its independence 20 years ago, Timor-Leste has set out to forge a cohesive…
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Nutrition scientist Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted awarded the 2021 World Food Prize
08.06.21-
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Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health at WorldFish, was na…
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Small businesses fuel Zambia’s aquaculture sector
08.06.21-
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Northern Zambia’s growing small-scale aquaculture sector offers new opportunities to improve food …
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Zambian aquaculture provides new opportunities for youth
08.06.21-
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Zambia’s emerging aquaculture sector is set to be a key supplier of fish and other…
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