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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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Every drop of water matters: Leading global research institutes ally to aid farmers in dry and saline ecosystems
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
An award-winning not-for-profit agricultural research center recognized for its work on susta…
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Native Species Restoring Degraded Silvopastoral Systems in Dry Regions
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Using native species to restore degraded silvopastoral systems in arid areas - a transformative solu…
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Unmasking broken food systems: CGIAR’s EMD speaks with Devex Climate +
10.01.24In the latest episode of the Devex Climate + podcast, CGIAR Executive Managing Director Ismahane…
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Science our best bet to fight and beat food insecurity
10.01.24A farmer from a village in north India harvests paddy crop that was flattened by…
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Celebrating Excellence in Action at the Inaugural Excellence in Agronomy Initiative Awards
10.01.24Can Tho, Vietnam – The stage lights dimmed, anticipation buzzed in the air, and a…
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What do we know about the future of maize value chains in a changing climate and agri-food system?
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Food, land, and water systems face daunting challenges in the future, and the body of…
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Transforming rural agriculture with improved seed and mechanization
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
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Social inclusion
More than 1,300 smallholder farmers, across the Mwenezi and Masvingo districts of Zimbabwe, braved t…
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Tracking Evidence and Informing Policy to Rebuild Livestock-Based Livelihoods and Empower Women in Conflict Affected Areas of Ethiopia
09.01.24Over the past few years Ethiopia experienced conflicts and war resulting in displacement of millions…
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Feeding a continent: Investing in genotyping, phenotyping and germplasm exchange for Roots, Tubers, and Bananas in Africa
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Roots, tubers, and bananas (RTB) are vital food sources for over 3 billion people in Africa,…
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Message from the CGIAR System Board Chair: Travel and meeting highlights, and dialogue with the Executive Managing Director
09.01.24Greetings to the CGIAR family. I'm here to give you an update on what has…
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Empowering Youth and Women: Showcasing Innovative Sheep Fattening Practices in Amhara, Ethiopia
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Nutrition, health & food security
In the heart of Basona Worena district of the Amhara Region in Ethiopia, a transformative…
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Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Honours the CGIAR, IRRI, and EiA for Transforming Vietnam's Agriculture
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
In a momentous event during the International Rice Festival held in Can Tho, Vietnam, in…
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Mechanized seeding helps Odisha farmer do away with fallows and increase the productivity of his rice-based cropping system
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Food security
Bikram Keshari Parida volunteered to conduct mechanized seeding using various high-yielding crop var…
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Innovative rice straw composting technology earns accolades at Can Tho City Technical Innovation Competition
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
15 December 2023 (Vietnam) - The mechanized rice straw-based composting technology, which converts a…
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Ecosystem services may provide large economic values in forests in Kenya and Vietnam
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Environmental health & biodiversity
By Upeksha Hettiarachchi, Wei Zhang, and Kristin Davis, International Food Policy Research Institute…
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Can sustainable management of land commons offer a nature-positive solution? Initial insights from land use-based above-ground carbon stock modeling in the Thoria Watershed, India
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Environmental health & biodiversity
By Upeksha Hettiarachchi, Zhe Guo, Wei Zhang International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) A …
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Combatting maize lethal necrosis in Zimbabwe
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Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Maize is a staple crop in Zimbabwe, playing a vital role in the country’s agricultural…
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A new book provides a roadmap for food systems transformation in Kenya
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Food security
JANUARY 8, 2024–The past few years have seen Kenya, along with many other countries, confronted…
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