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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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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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Towards equity and inclusion in small-scale fisheries
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This blogpost highlights 2020 research outputs of the WorldFish gender theme as part of the…
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Ghana school lunch program linked to improved learning
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BY ELISABETTA AURINO, AULO GELLI, CLEMENT ADAMBA, ISAAC OSEI-AKOTO, HAROLD ALDERMAN AND HONOR DEARLO…
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New study fills critical gap in understanding pandemic impact on food value chains and offers solutions
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In a new paper in the journal Sustainability, ICRISAT researchers analyzed the double burden of…
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Legumes: a climate-smart option to address Africa’s dependence on costly food imports
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The economics of hunger and agriculture in Africa. According to the United Nations, the Covid-19…
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Does bottom-up monitoring improve public services? What we found in Uganda
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Research evaluating the effectiveness of the baraza program in Uganda shows positive impact on publi…
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US leadership needed to end world hunger, urge World Food Prize Laureates
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A group of 24 World Food Prize winners from across the globe, dedicated to transforming food syste…
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New study investigates the governance structure of the Nairobi pork value chain and its impact on food safety
23.02.21-
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A new study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science (February 2021) has documented the governan…
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New book explores gender dynamics in aquatic food systems
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The significance of aquatic foods for human nutrition, health, and livelihoods is increasingly recog…
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Children’s TV series promotes gender equality and fish-based nutrition in Bangladesh
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A new children’s TV series promoting fish-based nutrition, gender equality, and women’s involvem…
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FAO declaration supports sustainable aquatic food systems
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Over 190 countries made a formal commitment to sustainable and inclusive aquatic food systems at…
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Inland fisheries critical for nourishing young children in sub-Saharan Africa, study reveals
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Inland fisheries are critical to supplying children with the nutritious, diverse diets required for …
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A4NH releases strategic briefs highlighting key program achievements, lessons learned
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Throughout its 11-year history, the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (…
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Build trust, build lives…
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“Farmers thought we were coming to steal their money!” Microfinance specialist Lamine Sountoura …
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Policy seminar: Rebuilding food and agricultural research institutions in a post-pandemic world
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BY HONOR DEARLOVE The COVID-19 pandemic presents new challenges to publicly-funded food and agricult…
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The Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT will deliver two freezers to Palmira to store COVID vaccines
15.02.21-
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The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT…
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Building capacity in crop modeling today for a better tomorrow
12.02.21-
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Young Malawian researchers are being trained in crop modeling to tackle land, water and climate…
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In the Spotlight: Quennie Vi Rizaldo
11.02.21-
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Quennie Vi Rizaldo is a Human Nutrition Specialist at WorldFish collaborating on the USAID-funded Fi…
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In the Spotlight: Bernadette Fregene
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Bernadette Fregene is WorldFish’s aquaculture compact leader and a professor of aquaculture and fi…
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