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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
CGIAR29.05.25Photo 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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
CGIAR13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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How gender shapes responses to climate change: New tools for measuring rural women’s empowerment
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)15.10.18-
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BY SOPHIE THEIS AND ELENA MARTINEZ This year’s International Day of Rural Women (Oct. 15) focu…
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AfricaRice Annual Report 2017 focuses on effective targeting of research to respond to stakeholder needs
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AfricaRice is pleased to announce the release of its Annual Report 2017, themed ‘More effective…
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Securing rights of indigenous peoples, local communities may curb global warming: Reaction to IPCC Report
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)10.10.18-
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Implementing a coordinated global response to curb demand for energy and eliminate further deforesta…
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Governing forests for sustainability: What works?
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)09.10.18-
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BOGOR, Indonesia (Forests News) — What can 19 reviews assessing 1,200 research articles spanning o…
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Planting trees on a stony hill: a story with pictures
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)05.10.18-
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Researchers in Indonesia have produced an illustrated book to help farmers better understand researc…
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Can Strengthening Women’s Influence in Land Use Decisions Lead to a Greater Adoption of Cocoa Agroforests?
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)03.10.18-
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Over the last two decades in Latin America, cultural norms and laws have become more…
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Greenhouse gas emissions from dung patches in developing countries are ‘likely highly overestimated’—New report
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)03.10.18-
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Cattle herding in Kenya (photo credit: CCAFS/Cecilia Schubert). A new research paper published by sc…
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Free community labour: critical to Ethiopia’s drive to restore land and improve livelihoods
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)01.10.18-
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Farmers and pastoralists in Ethiopia have provided huge amounts of time and labour, free of…
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Priorities for Green Climate Fund identified by the Philippines
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)28.09.18-
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Almost 400 initiatives were consolidated from government agencies to create the focus areas that wil…
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Strengthening agricultural research in Kenya
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)26.09.18-
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Agriculture plays a key role in Kenya’s economy and national development, accounting for 70% of…
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Land restoration in Africa builds momentum
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)25.09.18-
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Hundreds of delegates from across Africa and the world met recently at the Global Landscapes…
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IWMI scientist awarded for contributions to water policy in South Asia
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)20.09.18-
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The International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) has named Tushaar Shah, a senior fellow with …
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‘High-yield’ farming costs the environment less than previously thought—and could help spare habitats
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)20.09.18-
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‘Breed More Dairy Cows’ poster from Vietnam. ‘New findings suggest that more intensive agricul…
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Without effective action, planet may be on track for irreversible warming, study shows
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)17.09.18-
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As sweltering temperatures and record numbers of wildfires affect people around the globe, a paper…
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Agricultural research and education combine for tangible results in Latin America
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry17.09.18-
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In light of its standing as a regional research platform and a higher education institution…
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CATIE marks 45 years of putting knowledge into practice
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry14.09.18-
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As CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center) marks its 45th year, it is …
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“We started as a hungry nation” but trees on farms are now key
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)10.09.18-
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Interview with Secretary Chhabilendra Roul of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, the power…
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FTA at GLF Nairobi: Faith in trees restored
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry10.09.18-
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The most recent Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) conference, focusing on restoration in Africa, was att…
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