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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-
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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Policy seminar: Lessons from China about COVID-19 impacts on food security and livelihoods
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)06.08.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
By Khiem Nguyen Following the COVID-19 outbreak in Hubei Province in late December, the Chinese…
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Harvesting crop data from space to increase climate and nutrition security
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)04.08.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
As the crew of Apollo 13 famously understated when their spacecraft was shaken by an…
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Welcoming Leigh Ann Winowiecki as Leader of the Land Health Decisions Theme
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)03.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Dr Leigh Ann Winowiecki has been appointed the new Theme Leader for Land Health Decisions…
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Farmers’ responses to warming early in growing seasons can affect yields
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)03.08.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
By Yanyan Liu and Emily Wu Most of the time, conversations about the impacts of…
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Termitomyces: exploring the world’s most mysterious mushroom
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)03.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Researchers are readying to shine light on the world’s ‘dark matter’ — fungi — and…
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Drought-prone landscape turns green
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)31.07.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
Kalahandi district in Odisha, India, has suffered from repeated droughts and famines for several dec…
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Enabling Niger farmers to turn seed producers
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)31.07.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
An intensive training workshop for aspiring seed producers in Niger equipped them with necessary kno…
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New project aims to improve food and nutritional security for 120,000 households in West and Central Africa
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)31.07.20-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A recently launched project, with a focus on iron- and zinc-fortified hybrids and open-pollinated va…
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Adding value to smallholder farming in Malawi
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)31.07.20-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Smallholder farmers in Malawi, with support from a seed development project and government initiativ…
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Designing resilient farming systems that can better meet farmers’ complex needs and confront future challenges
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)31.07.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
What strategies should farmers take in order to improve their resilience to climate change and…
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Work to develop high yielding Striga tolerant maize seed is bearing fruit
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)30.07.20-
Food security
Striga, an invasive parasitic weed with purple-colored flowers, looks striking and harmless. But, be…
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Policy seminar: Europe’s Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies aim to build healthy and sustainable food systems
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)30.07.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
By Khiem Nguyen The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout have underlined the importance of…
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2020 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report: Rising hunger and COVID-19 present formidable challenges
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
By Khiem Nguyen Almost 690 million people went hungry around the world in 2019, an…
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Policy seminar: The impacts and legacy of IFPRI’s 2020 Vision Initiative
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
By Khiem Nguyen Launched in 1993 and recently concluded, IFPRI’s 2020 Vision Initiative was an o…
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West Africa: Smarter investments in small reservoirs needed
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)27.07.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
Small reservoirs allow West African farmers to irrigate their fields and water their livestock. They…
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2020 Global Food Policy Report: Emerging challenges of building inclusive food systems in South Asia
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)24.07.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
By Rebika Laishram In South Asia, the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the largest disruption of…
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Better dietary options for healthier children
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)23.07.20-
Health
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Nutrition
In rural Malawi, over 16,000 people, including young children, have benefited from ‘Care Groups’…
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Policy options to improve access to quality seed in Vietnam
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)22.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
A new paper examines Vietnam’s regulatory regime surrounding planting material of vegetatively pro…
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