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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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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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Trees on farms: a biodiversity assessment tool
20.12.18-
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Researchers have created a new tool to measure biological diversity in farm land, which will…
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In Andhra Pradesh, ICRAF starts deep dive into science of Zero-Budget Natural Farming
19.12.18-
Biodiversity
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Zero-budget natural farming (ZBNF) is reported to be followed by 8% of farmers in Andhra…
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The Tamale Declaration: a regreening plan for northern Ghana
18.12.18-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
An international workshop has called for an integrated plan to regreen the region. The climax…
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REDD+ and the Sustainable Development Goals: the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo
17.12.18-
Biodiversity
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The rainforest nation is taking steps to improve links between the two mechanisms. The Democratic…
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In the Peruvian Amazon, aspirations become reality with the first Agroforestry Concessions for smallholders
10.12.18-
Biodiversity
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Authorities from the Regional Government of San Martín and the National Forest and Wildlife Service…
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Call to action: more trees to restore landscapes and improve livelihoods in northern Ghana
07.12.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
“There is an urgent need in northern Ghana for metro, municipal and district assemblies, NGOs…
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Livestock and silvopastoral systems in Latin America: how to measure the greenhouse gases
07.12.18-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Researchers are sharing knowledge about how to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from livestock and in…
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Refugees impatient for seedlings as UK MPs open new season of agroforestry and other tree-based solutions in NW Uganda
04.12.18-
Environmental health
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For ten months, World Agroforestry (ICRAF) has worked in the refugee areas of Northwest Uganda…
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World’s leading forestry and agroforestry organizations merge for accelerated impact against climate change
01.12.18Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and International Centre for Research in Agrofore…
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More than 100,000 installations of BiodiversityR: growing a better understanding of biodiversity
30.11.18-
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Biodiversity
Based on daily package downloads made available for the RStudio mirror server since 1 October…
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Cracking the problem of tree seeds
29.11.18-
Biodiversity
The World Agroforestry Centre's genebank hosts the world’s largest holdings of agroforestry tree g…
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How will the Philippines measure the success of its flagship reforestation program?
27.11.18-
Biodiversity
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The participation of public and private entities is a crucial element in developing a monitoring…
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A Green Climate Fund program that all Philippine sectors can call their own
27.11.18-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Non-governmental organizations reviewed the proposed Philippine program of the Green Climate Fund an…
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Restoring land and increasing resilience needs women
20.11.18-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Raising awareness of gender equity and equality is critical for Africa’s future, with workshops li…
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Uganda’s biodiversity plan: challenges and ambitions
19.11.18-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Uganda and other developing nations explain the challenges of meeting global targets for biodiversit…
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Key to a healthy, sustainable world: Partnership and collaboration in agriculture
16.11.18-
Environmental health
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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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Agroforestry and land health in Malawi
05.11.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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In the last five years ICRAF has helped establish comprehensive soil information systems in Tanzania…
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In the mountains of China and Ethiopia lies a joint future
02.11.18-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Mekelle University, Kunming Institute of Botany and the World Agroforestry Centre are sharing knowle…
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