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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has been officially accredited as an…
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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
CGIAR29.05.25Photo 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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
Digital Transformation Accelerator16.05.25-
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
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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How contour bunding and other technologies can reduce soil erosion and raise productivity in African watersheds
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)16.09.20-
Environmental health
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Communities inhabiting Africa's drylands frequently suffer from torrential floods and recurrent drou…
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Tackling agricultural water pollution – a 21st-century challenge
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)16.09.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
Agriculture is critical to the economies of developing countries. It is the basic source of…
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CGIAR breeding programs need more than just tech upgrades. They need change management
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)15.09.20-
Food security
By Hugo Campos, CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB) / International Potato Centre (CIP) The statu…
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COVID-19: The virus will mostly spare young children; the economic crisis will not
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)14.09.20-
Health
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Nutrition
BY MARIE RUEL AND DEREK HEADEY As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread and persist, disrupting…
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What rising CO2 does to one of world’s most important protein sources
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)11.09.20-
Biodiversity
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Health
In their effort to ensure food and nutrition security in the face of rising carbon…
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Increased funding support to AVISA to accelerate crop improvement and improve seed delivery systems
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)11.09.20-
Health
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Nutrition
One year after it began, Accelerated Varietal Improvement and Seed Delivery of Legumes and Cereals…
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Experts call on African countries to prioritize food safety in urban food markets
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)11.09.20-
Health
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa launched its 2020 Africa Agriculture Status Report…
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Transforming African food systems for a resilient future
CGIAR10.09.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
By Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and I…
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Strengthening the orange-fleshed sweetpotato value chain in Malawi
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)10.09.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
Simple processing is spreading the advantages of orange-fleshed sweetpotato, with benefits for farme…
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The geometry of disease: A longitudinal calf cohort study in Kenya has yielded a unique database and biorepository
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)10.09.20-
Big data
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Health
Fun with Lines and Curves by Elsie C. Ellison, 1972 (binding illustration). The IDEAL project,…
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Chicken intervention in Ethiopian households improved the nutrition and growth of young children
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)09.09.20-
Health
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Nutrition
Ethiopian chicken farmer with her children (photo credit: ILRI). ILRI animal geneticist/breeder Tade…
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Diving into diverse human-ocean relationships bares the base of a fair blue economy
WorldFish09.09.20-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
We are all ocean people, whether we live by the sea or not. Life on…
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Elevating women’s role to improve food systems
International Potato Center (CIP)08.09.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
Women play a vital role in growing, processing and marketing food in developing countries, yet…
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New alliance for better dairy animal nutrition in Kenya will work to advance ‘human nutrition, success and progress’
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)08.09.20-
Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Lilian Satia, a young dairy entrepreneur in Nakuru, Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Georgina Smith). Yeste…
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The challenges of influencing consumer behavior to improve food safety
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)05.09.20-
Health
In Kenya, levels of exposure to aflatoxin are among the highest in the world, owing…
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Supermarketization is not the only strategy to enhance food safety in China
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)05.09.20-
Health
In a new paper, the author explores how supermarketization of China's vegetable sector has impacted…
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How long do seeds live? A 100-year experiment in the Arctic to reveal the secret
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)04.09.20-
Food security
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Health
Genebanks of six global research institutions including ICRISAT have begun a 100-year experiment at …
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20 years of ASTI: The go-to source for data and analyses on agricultural research in developing countries
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)04.09.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY NIENKE BEINTEMA This year marks the 20th anniversary of ASTI, which provides open-source data, a…
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