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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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Reviving the pulse in food security
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World Pulses Day, hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations,…
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Higher quality seeds can help beat Africa’s ‘hunger pandemic’
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Vaccination efforts across the globe encourage hope of an imminent end to the COVID-19 health…
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Breaking barriers to uptake of improved sorghum in Burkina Faso, one social media post at a time
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A small number of farmers pioneering seed production of a novel sorghum variety in Burkina…
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Who will empty India’s 100 million new toilets?
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Improved sanitation is booming, but when the majority of new toilets connect to pits and…
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Policymakers urged to prioritize aquatic foods to end malnutrition
21.01.21-
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Global policymakers and development funders have been urged to think of fish and other aquatic…
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Nutrition-sensitive approaches from pond to plate in Myanmar
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Looking at aquaculture through a nutrition lens is leading production and dietary shifts toward dive…
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Increased sustainability and research capacity for tilapia aquaculture in Zambia
19.01.21-
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Aquaculture is currently the main consumer of global fishmeal production. Sustainability concerns in…
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Update on the CGIAR research response to COVID-19
14.01.21-
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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global health crisis and massive disruptions to economies and…
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CGIAR researchers share COVID-19 work from across the system
13.01.21-
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One key function of the CGIAR COVID-19 Hub, established in July 2020, is to gather…
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Forman Lecture: Ellen Piwoz’s playbook for the future of global nutrition
12.01.21-
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BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN When Ellen Piwoz joined the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2007, th…
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New India National Family Health Survey data shows worrying trends on anemia, overweight
08.01.21-
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Children's heights are a bellwether indicator for all the things that can go wrong, or…
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Shrimp Farming and Research in Bangladesh Adapts to COVID-19 Pandemic
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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted tremendously every aspect of the economy in Bangladesh, including…
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Agriculture remains preferred occupation in rural Nigeria despite pandemic-related challenges
31.12.20-
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A survey in rural parts of Northern Nigeria shows that in spite of problems in…
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Experts call for global One Health platform to consolidate evidence on actions to tackle antimicrobial resistance
30.12.20-
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The World Health Organization has declared that antimicrobial resistance is one of the top 10…
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New guidelines ease the way for fish-friendly irrigation systems
16.12.20-
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A new set of guidelines provides practical guidance on the integration of irrigation systems with…
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Mobile app connects fish farmers with aquaculture information despite COVID-19 in Myanmar
16.12.20-
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A new mobile application is delivering crucial aquaculture information to small-scale fish farmers w…
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Sorghum and millet grow money for the Mariko family
11.12.20-
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Use of improved seed triples yields, credit through warrantage system leads to big gains. Access…
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How to support students and the learning process during India’s COVID-19 school closures
09.12.20-
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The long-term social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are unknown, but many worry…
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