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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now…
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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-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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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New study explores wet markets and the risk of emerging zoonotic diseases
05.07.21-
Health
In Asia, live animals as well as animal products are commonly sold in traditional markets,…
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Tracking the livestock sector for better climate change adaptation and mitigation in Kenya
01.07.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Globally, countries are making pledges to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions as part of the…
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ILRI and Norwegian Veterinary Institute to collaborate in One Health research in Africa
01.07.21-
Health
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI) h…
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Winning, ‘climate-smart’, ways to feed India’s dairy cows—Jimmy Smith, of ILRI
09.06.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
(The post was written by Kennady Vijayalakshmy, research and communications officer with ILRI in Sou…
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New report from UN Nutrition untangles risks and benefits of food from livestock for sustainable healthy diets, focusing on challenges linked to both abundance and scarcity
08.06.21-
Health
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Nutrition
A more balanced, sustainable approach to consuming food from livestock—one that meets nutrition ne…
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ILRI's Jimmy Smith on the livestock controversies holding back greater use of milk, meat and eggs to nourish the undernourished
08.06.21Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), today gave …
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Marking World Food Safety Day 2021 with a focus on ILRI’s food safety research
07.06.21-
Health
World Food Safety Day is celebrated annually on 7 June to raise awareness on the…
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New report examines the impacts of COVID-19 control measures on food safety in East Africa
04.06.21-
Health
Following the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), measures to contain its spread …
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Informal food markets: what it takes to make them safer
04.06.21-
Health
Research has shown that improving the safety of food sold in informal markets can be…
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Putting One Health into practice: A call to action for animal health
14.05.21-
Health
Action for Animal Health is a new coalition that aims to secure greater support for…
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Scientists in Africa explore use of surrogate sires to improve small ruminant breeds
11.05.21-
Food security
In Pullman, Washington, the director and reproductive biologist at the Center for Reproductive Biolo…
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ILRI and partners call for greater investment in global animal health in the fight against pandemics
01.05.21-
Health
To mark World Veterinary Day 2021, the International Livestock Research Institute joined a number of…
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New review provides framework for studying food systems to address food safety and nutrition
20.04.21-
Health
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Nutrition
There is a need for better understanding of how food systems operate in order to…
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Experts call for increased investment in One Health to reduce the burden of neglected zoonoses
14.04.21-
Health
One Health is a concept that recognizes that the health of people is linked to…
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New brief series details aspects of One Health
10.04.21-
Health
A new series of briefs from the International Livestock Research Institute aims to improve understan…
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From waste to wealth: The innovation turning cassava peels into a growing new industry
05.04.21-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
To make garri, cassava roots have to be peeled. Traditionally, the peels have been dumped…
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International Livestock Research Institute scientists support Kenyan government to identify SARS-CoV-2 variants
31.03.21-
Health
In the Nairobi laboratories of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the organizati…
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Nairobi is rapidly losing its green spaces: this could open the door to more diseases
30.03.21-
Health
A research study led by the International Livestock Research Institute explored the impact of a…
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