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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
16.05.25-
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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New research provides estimates of foodborne disease burden in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia
11.11.22-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
Foodborne disease is a significant global health problem, with low- and middle-income countries disp…
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Forging partnerships to improve climate agro-advisory services for Kenya’s farmers
11.11.22-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Weather forecasting and reliable agricultural advisory services are an important part of rainfed agr…
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IITA scientist receives prestigious award for food safety professionals
08.11.22The prestigious International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) has awarded IITA–CGIAR Scie…
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New project seeks to improve farm-level antimicrobial use in Senegal through a One Health approach
04.11.22-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
The International Livestock Research Institute has launched a new project, Selecting efficient farm-…
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Stopping the global rise of high-impact zoonotic and food-borne diseases, and antimicrobial resistance
02.11.22-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has a strong track record of interdisciplinary…
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Capacity building is vital for effective One Health programs
28.10.22-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
One Health is an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the…
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New study explores governance of milk quality and safety in the informal sector in Assam, India
28.10.22-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
Scientists from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Internati…
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High-level dialogue deliberated solutions for gender equality and climate resilience in Africa
18.10.22Climate change harms women disproportionately, exposing social and gender inequalities across the gl…
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Celebrating World Animal Day 2022 with a focus on ILRI’s research on animal welfare
04.10.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare celebrated…
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Livestock vaccines are supporting women's empowerment in northern Ghana
04.10.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Healthy and productive small ruminants play a key role in supporting women’s empowerment in low-…
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Bridging data gaps in pastoral areas in Kenya through digital connectivity
28.09.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Pastoralist communities in northern Kenya are among the most neglected people in the country, suffer…
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Experts call for cross-sectoral collaboration to tackle disease risks in changing food systems
12.09.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
The rapid transformation of food systems is creating unintentional infectious disease risks that wil…
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Exploring measures to curb the spread of African swine fever in northeast India
05.09.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Experts in India met at a recent regional workshop held on 8 July 2022 in…
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Hybrid extension approach promotes adoption of high-quality forages in Uganda
26.08.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
According to the Uganda Dairy Development Authority, annual milk production in the country increased…
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CGIAR’s SAPLING Initiative targets Uganda’s pig and cattle sectors to expand benefits for farmers
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
CGIAR’s SAPLING Initiative targets Uganda’s pig and cattle sectors to expand benefits for farmer…
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Veterinary epidemiologist Delia Grace receives the Peter Ellis ISVEE Award for her work in developing countries
15.08.22-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
On 9 August 2022, Delia Grace received the Peter Ellis award for exceptional contributions to…
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Strengthening the role of chicken genetics for sustainable poultry development in the tropics
12.08.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
The Tropical Chicken Genetics Solutions (TPGS) initiative and their partners held a two-day workshop…
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ILRI’s Jimmy Smith and Hung Nguyen recognized for their contributions to Vietnam’s agricultural and rural development
08.08.22-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
The Government of Vietnam has recognized Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestoc…
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