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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-
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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-
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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
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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The world needs to learn how to live with COVID-19, says UK public health expert David Heymann
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)03.09.20-
Health
A 3-D model of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, developed by ILRI digital communications specialist Annabel Sla…
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Wildlife markets in the pandemic: Prohibit or preserve them? Ban or promote them?
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)02.09.20-
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Pork sold in a wet market in Cambodia (photo credit: ILRI/David Aronson). ILRI and UN…
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Initial Research Highlights Importance of Irrigation for Ethiopian Farmers During COVID-19
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)02.09.20-
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Agriculture sustains the Ethiopian economy, and access to irrigation here is critical for food secur…
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Improving animal health in southern Africa—Why it matters and what to do
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)01.09.20-
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Cattle being herded towards green pasture on the flood plain in western Zambia (photo credit:…
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The challenges of influencing consumer behavior to improve food safety
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)31.08.20-
Food security
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Health
BY VIVIAN HOFFMANN AND EMILY WU In Kenya, levels of exposure to aflatoxin—a contaminant produced …
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Agroecological management of fall armyworm: Africa, South Asia and South America
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)31.08.20-
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Food security
When fall armyworm first arrived on the African continent in 2016, the potential loss of…
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Getting beyond ’empty signifiers’—Food policy expert Corinna Hawkes asks: What are food systems for?
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)29.08.20-
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Nutrition
All children’s artworks on this page are from Artsonia Art Gallery. In the lead up…
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Rising fodder shortage prompts release of two pearl millet varieties with superior and higher forage in south India
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)28.08.20-
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Two pearl millet varieties with 7.0% and 5.4% higher green forage yields as compared to…
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High altitudes linked to higher rates of stunting
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.08.20-
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Nutrition
BY KALEAB BAYE, KALLE HIRVONEN AND EMILY WU Child stunting affects nearly 155 million globally, on…
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Policy seminar: Unpacking the impacts of COVID-19 on economies, food systems, and poverty in African and Asian countries
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)26.08.20-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY EVGENIYA ANISIMOVA Countries around the world have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by implemen…
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Improving Biosecurity: A Science-Based Approach to Manage Fish Disease Risks and Increase Socioeconomic Contribution
WorldFish26.08.20-
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Nigeria is now one of Africa’s largest aquaculture producers with catfish (Clarias spp. and Hete…
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Data collection in a diverse and complex food system
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)25.08.20-
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IFPRI’s objectives in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are to strengthen data collection and analysis to…
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Policy seminar: COVID-19, food systems, ecosystems, and the risk of zoonotic diseases
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)24.08.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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BY HOPE ZABRONSKY The COVID-19 pandemic—which originated when the novel coronavirus jumped from an…
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A call for a holistic view of meat eating by Lawrence Haddad, of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)24.08.20-
Nutrition
Standing Rib, by Roy Lichtenstein, 1962. ‘Eat less meat’ is seen by many as a…
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New forms of aquatic foods: Exploring plant-based and cell-based seafood
WorldFish24.08.20-
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Seafood, including aquatic animals, like fish and crustaceans, and plants such as seaweeds, are cruc…
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Which varieties of roots, tubers, and bananas do farmers and other users want in Africa, and how can breeding programs meet their needs better?
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)23.08.20-
Food security
It is critical to know which varieties are being adopted and why, both to show the value of in…
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Five-year plan for driving Grain Legume and Dryland Cereals seed delivery systems through commodity value chains
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)21.08.20-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
For those seeking to create a win-win for farmers, marketers and consumers of grain legumes…
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Discussions on propelling India towards biofuel sees calls for more R&D
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)21.08.20-
Biodiversity
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ICRISAT’s efforts in feedstocks development appreciated on World Biofuel Day India has made good p…
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