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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
09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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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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Tanzania registers AflasafeTZ—the effective technology to combat aflatoxin
22.11.18-
Food security
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Health
The eagerly awaited registration of AfasafeTZ by the Tropical Pesticides Research Institute in Tanza…
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In Africa, more not fewer people will work in agriculture
21.11.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Many people in Sub-Saharan Africa still work in agriculture; on average, over half of the…
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Strategic simplification to create healthy and sustainable food systems in an urbanizing world
21.11.18-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
Food systems are shaped by consumption and demand—we need to always keep this in mind.…
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NEW STUDY: Urbanization associated with lower rates of child stunting but higher rates of obesity among women
20.11.18-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Washington, D.C: Urbanization is changing the landscape of health and nutrition in Africa, and in…
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ColdHubs: Addressing the crucial problem of food loss in Nigeria with solar-powered refrigeration
20.11.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
For the young tomato farmer from Kano in northern Nigeria, Ahmed, the clock starts ticking…
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Breeding improved cassava varieties that women and men want
20.11.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Understanding gender differences in trait preferences for cassava can accelerate adoption as this kn…
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Seminar: Climate change mitigation and the future of food and agriculture
19.11.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
This seminar on Nov 20, organized jointly by CGIAR and the World Bank, will discuss…
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Animal-sourced foods are vital to combating malnutrition and stunting in the developing world
19.11.18-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
When poorly nourished children in developing countries fall behind in their physical growth and be…
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New methods in implementing an irrigation scheme bring notable impact
16.11.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Efficient water use, higher crop yields and improved farmer incomes Impacts of huge investments in…
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Significant progress in pearl millet pre-breeding to develop drought- and blast-resistant varieties
16.11.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Efforts to develop pearl millet with improved resistance to drought and blast disease recently got…
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Jakunbe: New sorghum variety making a difference in lives of Burkina Faso farmers
16.11.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
An improved, early-maturing sorghum variety is helping farmers in Burkina Faso attain nutritional an…
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Key to a healthy, sustainable world: Partnership and collaboration in agriculture
16.11.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Is the world prepared to feed nearly 10 billion people by 2050? What role do…
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How agricultural research can navigate the perfect storm
15.11.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
We are the authors of unintended consequences Too often, meeting one need harms our ability…
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Bhutan’s forest resources under pressure: Villagers adapt to change
15.11.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
Bhutan - Tshewang Dorji is a forestry researcher. When he is in Bhutan, he usually…
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TheConversation: Food security in Africa depends on rethinking outdated water law
15.11.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
A new study has found that outdated, colonial-era water permit systems across Africa are unintenti…
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ReSAKSS Data Challenge winners illuminate Africa's pressing problems
13.11.18-
Food security
The ReSAKSS Data Challenge invites competitors to use data and other resources on the ReSAKSS we…
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Opinion: Big data shows big promise for feeding the world
12.11.18-
Big data
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Food security
Digital innovations are set to transform a global food system in crisis. These innovations, howe…
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Inspiring millennials to focus on food security: The power of mentorship
12.11.18-
Food security
Plant Microbiologist Tessa Mahmoudi, a 2012 World Food Prize’s Borlaug-Ruan summer intern, says h…
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