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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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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Big data
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
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
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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RiceMoRe – a digital data platform to systematically advance rice production management in Vietnam
02.05.24-
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The Department of Crop Production (DCP), in collaboration with the Center for Agricultural Digital T…
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ICRISAT Revolutionizes Crop Testing with Portable Technology
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Nutrition
Researchers at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) are le…
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Full diplomatic status to boost research and food security efforts in Zambia
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Food security
In a major development that will change the research and food security efforts of IITA–CGIAR in …
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Enhancing food safety by adopting postharvest technologies: A case study of PICS bags in Tanzania
22.04.24-
Food security
Postharvest loss has been a significant threat to achieving food security and safety in most…
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Strengthening agricultural development in Cameroon through stakeholder engagement
22.04.24-
Food security
IITA Director General and CGIAR Regional Director for Continental Africa, Dr Simeon Ehui, met wi…
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Joint comprehensive strategies to combat banana bunchy top outbreak in East Africa
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Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
The invasion of banana bunchy top virus (BBTV), the causal agent of the lethal bunchy…
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Lagos Food Fair features products from YAS beneficiaries
22.04.24-
Food security
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Youth
The Youth in Agribusiness: Enabling scaling of innovative technologies for sustainable food solution…
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IRRI, PhilRice launch drone protocols to boost rice farming in the Philippines
18.04.24-
Food security
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna (17 April 2024) – Aimed at leveraging the power of drone technology…
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Transforming agriculture in Kenya: ENABLE TAAT at the Kilimo Biashara Expo 2024
17.04.24-
Food security
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
During the 2024 Kilimo Biashara Expo, the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT…
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Amplifying TAAT’s impact: Driving agricultural advancements through the Demand Strategy Stakeholder workshop in Abuja
17.04.24-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In March, stakeholders from various sectors converged in Abuja, Nigeria, for the Demand Strategy Sta…
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Zero Hunger Project shines at FGN-IFAD exhibition: Celebrating agricultural innovation and impact
17.04.24-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In a remarkable display of agricultural innovation and achievement, the Federal Government of Nigeri…
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IITA and CGIAR launch agricultural research hub in Zambia
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Lusaka, April 4 – The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) announced today that …
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Achieving critical mass for the greening of rice fallows in Odisha
16.04.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Growing pulses and oilseeds crops in rice fallows provide farmers with additional income, livelihood…
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IRRI and Taiwan ICDF tackle the climate and food crises by fostering rice straw circular economies in SEA
12.04.24-
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The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the International Cooperation and Development F…
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Southern Africa drought: Impacts on maize production
10.04.24-
Food security
BY JOSEPH GLAUBER AND WESTON ANDERSON OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Parts of Southern Africa have…
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Progressive woman farmer leads the way in promoting DSR-based cropping system in Odisha
08.04.24-
Food security
From a successful farmer, Mrs. Biswal became a service provider after attending formal hands-on tr…
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Sow, grow, and thrive: a pathway to improve cassava farming in Zambia
05.04.24-
Food security
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Social inclusion
For decades, women farmers like Maureen Bwalya from the Musa camp in Kasama district…
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The war in Ukraine continues to undermine the food security of millions
04.04.24-
Food security
BY ROB VOS OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 The war in Ukraine continues to disrupt the…
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