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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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
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On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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SciDev.net: Arsenic in groundwater – no silver bullet
07.02.19-
Environmental health
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Health
Soumya Balasubramanya tells SciDev.Net that the recommendations outlined in new United Nations Unive…
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Water security for all
25.01.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) will partner in a new project led by Newcastle…
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DailyNews.lk: Countering climate change with the cascade effect
24.01.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Researchers with IWMI have joined a major effort to rehabilitate "tank" (or small reservoir) cascade…
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How a dry village got its feet wet
16.01.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
As Laos seeks to strengthen food security and rural livelihoods, while adapting agriculture to clima…
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Countering climate change with the cascade effect
09.01.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Researchers with IWMI have joined a major effort to rehabilitate "tank" (or small reservoir) cascade…
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Reconciling growth with nature’s gifts
07.01.19-
Environmental health
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Health
Toward a decision-making framework for two of Africa’s transboundary basins.…
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Promoting dual-purpose sorghum and vegetable sack gardens for better nutrition in Mali
28.12.18-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Demonstration of improved, dual-purpose sorghum varieties and an innovative method called vegetable …
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AgriLinks.org: Final report on Tajikistan water users association impact evaluation
03.12.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
USAID commissioned the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) to examine the impact of USA…
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Fixing food 2018: Best practices towards the sustainable development goals
03.12.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
This report investigates best practices in food sustainability across the world. It uses the three…
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SundayTimes.lk: What’s next now that Colombo’s an official Wetland City?
30.11.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
International recognition for Colombo and the other newly named Wetland Cities brings both benefits …
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Key to a healthy, sustainable world: Partnership and collaboration in agriculture
16.11.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Is the world prepared to feed nearly 10 billion people by 2050? What role do…
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TheConversation: Food security in Africa depends on rethinking outdated water law
15.11.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
A new study has found that outdated, colonial-era water permit systems across Africa are unintenti…
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Discover what urban wetlands are worth
31.10.18-
Environmental health
[caption id="attachment_139075" align="alignnone" width="300"] Colombo Wetlands Complex[/capt…
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Water rights for millions of African farmers threatened by law rooted in colonial times, study finds
29.10.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Researchers at Africa Water Week call for efforts to “decolonize” and improve water permit syste…
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7th Africa Water Week
29.10.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
“Decolonizing” formal water law to pave the way for smallholder irrigation. An IWMI research re…
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Ramsar Convention COP13
25.10.18-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Sri Lanka wins international recognition for valuable but threatened urban wetlands.…
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Giving water a second life
17.10.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Launch of a major project on water reuse at Cairo Water Week.…
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International Day of Rural Women
12.10.18-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Groundwater is notoriously difficult to manage. One cannot easily see how much is available, who…
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