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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
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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
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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SHiFT’s research partner meeting: Highlights from WP4 on trade-off scenario analysis
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Nutrition, health & food security
In November 2023, the CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Tr…
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Promoting systems thinking at the MENA region’s first WEF Nexus Masterclass and Advanced School
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Environmental health & biodiversity
The Water–Energy–Food (WEF) Nexus Masterclass and in-person Advanced School support early career…
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What Does the Future Hold for Sustainable Ocean and Aquatic Food Systems in Africa?
05.03.24The Ocean Innovation Africa Conference held in Cape Town, South Africa, showcased latest advancement…
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Invest in women, ignite change in food systems
05.03.24By Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR Executive Managing Director On this International Women’s Day, we celeb…
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Strengthening global plant breeding: the innovation journey of CGIAR Breeding Analytics Pipeline
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Big data
In mid-February, a dedicated gathering of biometricians and quantitative genetics experts from CGIAR…
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Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Kenya's Food Policy with Science-Based Evidence
05.03.24In an era where data is more valuable than oil, the pressing need to harness…
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AClímate: The digital agroclimatic information platform that learns from the past and makes stronger decisions for an agricultural future resilient to climate change
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Angola has recently adopted AClimate as an essential tool to support public sector decision making…
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Progress is built on iteration and fertile foundations
05.03.24"In any uncertain endeavor, a bias for action gets you started, but progress will require…
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Studies highlight the varietal impact on women’s labor in root and tuber crop processing
04.03.24Two recent studies address the effect of different varieties on how laborious it is to…
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Advancing sustainable farming practices in sub-Saharan Africa
04.03.24As part of its initiatives to foster knowledge sharing, collaboration, and learning among its stakeh…
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Addressing food safety challenges through collaborative efforts
04.03.24Food safety issues impact consumer health enormously due to climate change and increasing chemical u…
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60 South Kivu youths gain agribusiness skills
04.03.24Over 60 young people from South Kivu have been trained in agricultural and agribusiness entrepreneur…
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Agre wins Next Gen Leadership Award at AGBT 2024
04.03.24Agre Paterne, IITA-CGIAR Molecular Breeder Scientist, joined IITA in 2016 as a postdoctoral fellow…
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Leveraging financial instruments for sustainable food systems
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Mitigation
By Amahnui George Amenchwi, Wattel Cor and Augusto Castro Nunez The global food system is…
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How Kenya’s plant breeding stations are investing in women in science
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Also published in Farmers Review Africa, Smart Farmer Kenya, and included in Peoples' Daily, "Challe…
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Do ultra-poor graduation programs build resilience against droughts? Evidence from rural Ethiopia
04.03.24BY KALLE HIRVONEN, DANIEL GILLIGAN, JESSICA LEIGHT, HELEENE TAMBET, AND VICTOR VILLA OPEN ACCESS |…
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Women farmers turn the tide on soybean production
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
From the rich plateau landscapes of Angonia district in the Tete province of Mozambique…
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Improved water yam varieties creating business opportunities for Nigerian farmers
04.03.24Yam is an important crop with the largest mono-product market that attracts buyers and sellers…
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