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      Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders ListWorldFish19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now… Read more
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      IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systemsInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o… Read more
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      CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialoguesMultifunctional Landscapes Science Program09.07.25- 
            
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 CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has been officially accredited as an… Read more
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      World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food SystemsÂCGIAR29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi… Read more
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      Food Policy Priorities for A Changing WorldInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities… Read more
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      Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstructionInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in… Read more
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      New brief series details aspects of One HealthCGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)10.04.21- 
            
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 A new series of briefs from the International Livestock Research Institute aims to improve understan… Read more
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      Ghana farmers’ group raises groundnut yield five-fold with improved varieties, breaks three-decade productivity barrierInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)09.04.21- 
            
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 Two improved groundnut varieties have helped a group of farmers in Ghana increase their yields… Read more
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      What is the role of food systems for peace and security in a climate crisis?CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)09.04.21- 
            
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 CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security has led an article on the importance of food systems for peace and… Read more
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      COVID-19 widens gap in food and seed security for smallholders in developing countriesThe Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)09.04.21- 
            
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 COVID-19 has left vulnerable groups on the receiving end of social and economic impacts of… Read more
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      World Health Day 2021International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)07.04.21- 
            
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 Health has certainly been in the spotlight over the past year. And how could it… Read more
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      From waste to wealth: The innovation turning cassava peels into a growing new industryInternational Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)05.04.21- 
            
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 To make garri, cassava roots have to be peeled. Traditionally, the peels have been dumped… Read more
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      RTB crops surge in developing countriesCGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)04.04.21- 
            
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 The production of root, tuber and banana crops (RTB crops) in developing countries has surged… Read more
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      International Livestock Research Institute scientists support Kenyan government to identify SARS-CoV-2 variantsInternational Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)31.03.21- 
            
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 In the Nairobi laboratories of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the organizati… Read more
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      Investment in maize for Africa pays offInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)30.03.21- 
            
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 Between 1995-2015, nearly 60% of all maize varieties released in 18 African countries were CGIAR-rel… Read more
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      Climate security in the Mekong Delta: Interview with PhD researcher Dung Phuong Le for Womens History MonthCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)30.03.21- 
            
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 Written by Nina de Ayala Parker Photo credit: Marco Verch Snaking through six countries in… Read more
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      Modern food security necessitates global citizenshipThe Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)30.03.21- 
            
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 The United Kingdom’s reliance on fruits and vegetables from climate-vulnerable tropical countries … Read more
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      Nairobi is rapidly losing its green spaces: this could open the door to more diseasesInternational Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)30.03.21- 
            
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 A research study led by the International Livestock Research Institute explored the impact of a… Read more
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      Peter Hotez at ILRI on vaccines and misinformationInternational Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)29.03.21- 
            
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 Peter Jay Hotez, an American pediatrician and leading international vaccine advocate, spoke out agai… Read more
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      Policy seminar: Food systems lessons from COVID-19International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)29.03.21- 
            
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 As COVID-19 continues to affect people around the world, an understanding of the scope of… Read more
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      Climate security in the Ganges deltas: Interview with PhD researcher Suza Ma for Womens History MonthCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)29.03.21- 
            
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 Written by Nina de Ayala Parker. The Ganges Delta - like deep-set veins seeping through the land… Read more
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      Malian farmers garner benefits of breeding initiatives, despite pandemicInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)26.03.21- 
            
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 EU-APSAN-Mali project makes great strides in first year. More than 80,000 farmers, seed and grain… Read more
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      Building seed business hubs around women and youth in TanzaniaInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)26.03.21- 
            
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 Working with private seed companies, ICRISAT is helping integrate more women and youth into seed… Read more
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      Food systems approach key to balancing biodiversity, livelihoodsWorldFish26.03.21- 
            
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 A food systems approach led the extraordinary recovery of hilsa fish stocks while boosting the… Read more
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