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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
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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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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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From Jamaica to Togo to Vanuatu, agroforestry to help countries prevent climate breakdown
17.06.19-
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In May, delegates from as far away as Papua New Guinea braved visa hurdles and…
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Scientists unravel genome and diversity of whitefly vector behind viral diseases devastating cassava in Africa
17.06.19-
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As part of efforts to control the spread of the two viral diseases attacking cassava…
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Borderline
14.06.19-
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Ghana - Part VII of VII-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST AFRICA’S…
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How over 500 women in south India built sustainable livelihoods in face of drought
14.06.19-
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POWERGRID-ICRISAT project in Karnataka empowers through integrated watershed management Farm-depende…
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Value unchained: putting money into the hands that grow our food
14.06.19-
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Agroforestry, which integrates trees and forest elements into agricultural landscapes, is currently …
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Development policy and practice – a case study in disruptive innovations
14.06.19-
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By Eva Ohlsson and Boleslaw Stawicki A disease that was supposed to have been preventable…
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To save biodiversity and feed the future, first cure “plant blindness”
13.06.19-
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From the urban jungle – even the leafier parts of suburbia – we often have…
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Pineapples and peatlands
13.06.19-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Indonesia - Sowing 10,000 pineapple plants is not everyone’s idea of a good time. But…
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The recipe for better food systems
12.06.19-
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How food is produced, consumed, and how much is lost or wasted shapes the health…
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Food security depends on water security – and we need to act now
12.06.19-
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The world is running out of clean, fresh water to feed—and nourish—a growing global population,…
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Top shelf: Who has access to the healthiest processed foods?
11.06.19-
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In 2013, Mexico had the fourth highest sales of ultra-processed products worldwide. This is indicati…
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New Index outlines agrobiodiversity’s role in food system sustainability
11.06.19-
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The Agrobiodiversity Index is an innovative tool to calculate how well countries are conserving a…
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Ghetto chimps, 4 billion trees for Ethiopia, while Amazon deforestation accelerates…fast!
10.06.19-
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In Forests News last week: Can forests and smallholders live in harmony in Africa? Agriculture…
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A blueprint for South-South cooperation in agriculture
07.06.19-
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India’s strides in agricultural science innovations can greatly benefit African nations, enhancing…
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High demand for climate info in farm planning
07.06.19-
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Climate-specific guidance is critical to crop planning ahead of monsoon this year for farmers of…
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Farmers in Tanzania urged to embrace drought tolerant crops
07.06.19-
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Against the backdrop of changing climatic conditions in Africa, scientists, administrators and seed …
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Boosting Uganda’s investments in livestock development ‘healthy animals for healthy food and healthy people’
07.06.19-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Field visits to Kiruhura District, Uganda [photo credit: ILRI/Sonja Leitner] Today, policymakers, re…
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Celebrating the inaugural #WorldFoodSafetyDay: A focus on food safety research at ILRI
07.06.19-
Health
Today, 7 June 2019, marks the first-ever World Food Safety Day. Food safety is a…
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