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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now…
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IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systems
04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o…
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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
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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
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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Investments in agricultural development: quantifying the socio-political and climate-change risks
29.07.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Scientists have created a computer model that can estimate risks for agricultural development projec…
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Farmers’ experience and ecological knowledge proven valuable against land degradation in Mali
24.07.20-
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A study by scientists from World Agroforestry (ICRAF) in Mopti, Segou and Sikasso, located in cent…
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Expert-assisted Decision Analysis supports agroforestry in Viet Nam
20.07.20-
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Selecting appropriate practices for specific locations that are aligned with the needs, values and p…
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How to feed a growing global population in the midst of a climate crisis
17.07.20-
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We have all heard the figures: by 2050, the world’s population is expected to increase…
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Expanding and improving Genesys
10.07.20-
Biodiversity
Genesys, the online portal for information on genebank samples, is constantly evolving. First launch…
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Fourteen breeding seed orchards already established in Ethiopia
07.07.20-
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The Provision of Adequate Tree Seed Portfolio in Ethiopia project, led by World Agroforestry (ICRA…
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New highly productive sorghum varieties released
03.07.20-
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Three improved sorghum varieties with a yield potential of approximately 4 tons per hectare and…
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Sacred forests and environmental protection among the Gedeo of Southern Ethiopia
03.07.20-
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The Gedeo’s sacred forests are conserved for ritual purposes,’ said Yoseph Maru, first author of…
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Secret to on-off fertility discovered in pigeonpea
26.06.20-
Biodiversity
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New study reveals how in some lines male sterility can be reversed to produce hybrids…
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ILRI’s ‘Azizi’ facility is storing samples of livestock and wildlife biodiversity for future research
26.06.20-
Biodiversity
Written by Ekta Patel & Paul Karaimu Cylindrical liquid nitrogen sample storage tanks. Nairobi-b…
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Climate-smart agriculture in Ethiopia and beyond: ‘We need to amplify the lessons’
23.06.20-
Biodiversity
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Jim Hallett of the Society for Ecological Restoration reviews major recent book by World Agroforestr…
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It's time to take a business model approach to restore Ethiopia's lands
17.06.20-
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The impacts of land degradation are already severe and far reaching. Degraded lands threaten soils,…
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COVID-19 recovery is a chance to improve the African food system
11.06.20-
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Photo: COVID-19 mitigation could open new opportunities for agroecological innovation, here a multif…
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Ethiopia to grow 5 billion trees in the Second Green Legacy Campaign
09.06.20-
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Ethiopian Prime Minster Abiy Ahmed launched the Second Green Legacy Campaign on 5 June 2020,…
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The powerful alliance between integrated science and traditional food systems
09.06.20-
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The longest running successful experiments in sustainable human land use are found within the collec…
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WorldFish celebrates World Oceans Day
08.06.20-
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This year’s theme of World Oceans Day, Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean was at the centre of…
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Agroecology and Natural Farming Could Accelerate Inclusive Economic Growth in India
08.06.20-
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International experts in a convention organized on 29 May by NITI Aayog endorsed efforts to…
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World Environment Day 2020 : Building biodiverse food systems for an inclusive and resilient future
05.06.20-
Biodiversity
5 June 2020 : ‘Biodiversity’ involves 8 million plant and animal species, the ecosystems…
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