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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-
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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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Planning workshop prepares researchers to scale out agricultural innovations
10.05.18-
Food security
Representatives of three teams whose proposals were successfully awarded funds from the CGIAR Resear…
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IRRI strengthens ties with DLG to boost farm mechanization in Myanmar
10.05.18-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
IRRI, through the Closing the Rice Yield Gap Project (CORIGAP-PRO) and and in partnership with…
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IndiaSpend.com: Even Without India’s Water Crisis, Doubling Farmers’ Income In 5 Years Impossible
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Currently a senior fellow at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Anand, Shah helm…
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Clean seed systems for roots, tubers and bananas: What can Tanzania learn from the US?
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Kwame Ogero of the International Potato Center takes an in-depth look at the National Clean…
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Could a U.S. – China trade war lead to a new wave of land grabs?
08.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY CARIN SMALLER AND DAVID LABORDE A trade war is looming between the United States and…
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Low carbon rice in Latin America: What does it take to make this happen?
07.05.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Study explores how to cut emissions from one of the region’s most popular crops while…
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Disentangling natural resource management impacts – one evaluation at a time
04.05.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
BY DAVID J. SPIELMAN, KWAW ANDAM AND SIMRIN MAKHIJA Last week was a tough one for our…
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CORIGAP-PRO partners map out outscaling strategies for impact
04.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
IRRI, through the Closing Rice Yield Gaps Project (CORIGAP-PRO), has been working with partners to…
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Blockchain and the future of agricultural markets
03.05.18-
Big data
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Food security
Blockchain enthusiasts in agricultural and related industries are investigating its use in ensuring …
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Moving ‘impact’ beyond a buzzword in international development
03.05.18-
Food security
In the arena of international development, impact is the name of the game. Researchers, practitioner…
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Fourth international workshop on farming system design in south Asia
03.05.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The fourth international workshop on “Science of Farming Systems: Moving from Prototyping to Model…
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Increased Migration Restrictions May Impact Food Security in Bangladesh
03.05.18-
Food security
May 3, 2018, Washington, D.C. – Increased restrictions on international migration by the primary …
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A vision for our D2D community
03.05.18-
Big data
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Food security
Daniel Jimenez writes how the Data-Driven Agronomy Community of Practice will advance data-driven a…
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Newly released database on varietal release and adoption estimates for eleven CGIAR mandated crops across 15 countries
03.05.18-
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Food security
New database on the adoption of improved varieties is an important resource for researchers.…
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Why is social protection important for agriculture and resilience? Watch our colleagues explain! (Parts 3-4, Sheri Arnott, Bart Minten)
02.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In these two brief video interviews, our colleagues Sheri Arnott (World Vision) and Bart Minten…
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IRRI, PhilRice Los Baños team up to accelerate varietal adoption in the region
02.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
IRRI and the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) Los Baños Station are working together, …
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Kenyan President Kenyatta headlines conference at ILRI Nairobi on innovations in Kenya’s agricultural sector
02.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta addresses the 400 guests at the national conference of the Feed…
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Why is social protection important for agriculture and resilience? Watch our colleagues explain! (Part 2, Harold Alderman)
30.04.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
Harold Alderman, senior research fellow at IFPRI and collaborator in PIM’s “Social Protection fo…
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