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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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The downward trend: Nature’s decline risks our quality of life
25.01.21-
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Scientists conducted a sweeping review of nature’s contributions to humans in order to present a…
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Ziziphus agroforestry: a yield and income ladder for millet farmers in Niger
22.01.21-
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A long term experiment at ICRISAT’s Sadore research station with Ziziphus mauritania (Pomme du Sah…
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Towards sustainable seed systems in Eastern and Southern Africa
22.01.21-
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The AVISA project has rolled out its seed systems strategy in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Uganda…
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Responding to the effects of COVID-19 on smallholder bean farmers in Kenya and Uganda
22.01.21-
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In Sub-Saharan Africa, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing smallholder farmers’ vulnera…
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Forest and landscape restoration: Beyond fixes that fail
19.01.21-
Biodiversity
One of the challenges in managing tree resources is the long delay between planting efforts…
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Increased sustainability and research capacity for tilapia aquaculture in Zambia
19.01.21-
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Aquaculture is currently the main consumer of global fishmeal production. Sustainability concerns in…
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: 2nd International Agrobiodiversity Congress
18.01.21-
Biodiversity
UPDATE: The Call for Abstracts is now closed. For the latest information on the 2nd…
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Encouraging entrepreneurship with mobile grinders and seed cleaning machines
29.12.20-
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ICARDA and its national partners in Tunisia are promoting entrepreneurship and rural businesses thro…
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Coming Full Circle with Maize
22.12.20-
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From studying wild cucurbits in Spain to judging the “Largest Maize Ear in the World”…
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New guidelines ease the way for fish-friendly irrigation systems
16.12.20-
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A new set of guidelines provides practical guidance on the integration of irrigation systems with…
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Mobile app connects fish farmers with aquaculture information despite COVID-19 in Myanmar
16.12.20-
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A new mobile application is delivering crucial aquaculture information to small-scale fish farmers w…
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Undervalued and underutilized – cocoyam is ripe for development
15.12.20-
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Many readers may never have heard of cocoyam. That’s hardly surprising as this is…
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More abundant tree species unlikely to return after droughts
21.11.20-
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Researchers around the world have found an alarming lack of natural replacement of dominant tree…
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests country case study author: Hunter Synder
19.11.20-
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH): The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable develop…
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Regreening Africa's consolidated seven-country baseline survey
16.09.20-
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Regreening Africa recently published a significant consolidated baseline survey report, synthesizin…
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Farmer-managed natural regeneration as a land-restoration strategy: under what conditions does it work?
14.09.20-
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The upcoming 2021–2030 United Nations decade of restoration aims to accelerate efforts towards ach…
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What rising CO2 does to one of world’s most important protein sources
11.09.20-
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In their effort to ensure food and nutrition security in the face of rising carbon…
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Gendering migration: how straightforward is it?
11.09.20-
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Drawing on the narratives of women and men who have domestic or international migration experience,…
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