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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 SystemsCGIAR29.05.25Photo 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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      In the Spotlight: Quennie Vi RizaldoWorldFish11.02.21- 
            
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 Quennie Vi Rizaldo is a Human Nutrition Specialist at WorldFish collaborating on the USAID-funded Fi… Read more
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      In the Spotlight: Bernadette FregeneWorldFish11.02.21- 
            
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 Bernadette Fregene is WorldFish’s aquaculture compact leader and a professor of aquaculture and fi… Read more
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      Building Commercial Standards to Boost Trade in Nutrient Enriched CropsHarvestPlus10.02.21- 
            
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 In every step of commercial supply chains, purchasers look to standards to ensure that suppliers… Read more
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      Transforming Agricultural Innovation for People, Nature and ClimateCGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)10.02.21- 
            
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 Launched by The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith, UK Minister for Pacific and the Environment at FCDO and… Read more
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      Reviving the pulse in food securityInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)09.02.21- 
            
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 World Pulses Day, hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations,… Read more
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      Simple interventions embedded in a wider learning environment lead to big gains and systemic changesInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)05.02.21- 
            
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 Impressive project findings from the use of the two synergistic interventions – Smart Water Manage… Read more
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      Higher quality seeds can help beat Africa’s ‘hunger pandemic’International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)05.02.21- 
            
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 Vaccination efforts across the globe encourage hope of an imminent end to the COVID-19 health… Read more
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      Developing operational guidance for scaling agricultural innovations in One CGIARCGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)04.02.21- 
            
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 Scaling innovations has become a top priority in One CGIAR. This means to enable the… Read more
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      Scientists convene to reveal new research and tools for combatting a deadly banana diseaseCGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)04.02.21- 
            
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 “Pandemic” has become a household term over the past year, but uncontrolled disease outbreaks do… Read more
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      How online decision dashboards can make evidence more accessible for decision-makersCGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)30.01.21- 
            
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 There is often a disconnect between science and decision-making, as the data needed to support… Read more
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      Breaking barriers to uptake of improved sorghum in Burkina Faso, one social media post at a timeInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)29.01.21- 
            
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 A small number of farmers pioneering seed production of a novel sorghum variety in Burkina… Read more
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      Inspiring Ethiopian youth to adopt smart farmingThe Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)29.01.21- 
            
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 Youth in the highlands of Ethiopia have been encouraged to take up farming by participation… Read more
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      Ethiopia’s social safety net effective in limiting COVID-19 impacts on rural food insecurityInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)28.01.21- 
            
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 BY KIBROM A. ABAY, GUUSH BERHANE, JOHN HODDINOTT AND KIBROM TAFERE Multiple studies have documented… Read more
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      Policy seminar: Tackling the double burden of malnutrition with double-duty actionsInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.01.21- 
            
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 The double burden of malnutrition—the combination of undernutrition (stunting, wasting, and micron… Read more
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      MAIZE delivers “valuable solutions” for critical needs, according to an external reviewInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)27.01.21- 
            
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 The CGIAR Research Program on Maize (MAIZE) “uniquely fills a gap at the global and… Read more
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      CGIAR breeding brings major returns on investment, finds studyCGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)26.01.21- 
            
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 Governments and foundations investing in CGIAR are seeing extraordinary value for money, according t… Read more
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      Book: Global perspectives on agricultural developmentInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)26.01.21- 
            
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 BY KEIJIRO OTSUKA AND SHENGGEN FAN While agricultural development has long been linked to increased… Read more
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      ICARDA's New Video Series on Cactus Pear ProductionInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)26.01.21- 
            
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 ICARDA has released part one of a three-video series on cactus pear production, aimed at… Read more
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