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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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Kenyan agriculturist Su Kahumbu on the need for ‘pro-smallholder’ and ‘pro-soil’ policies
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Su Kahumbu with John Njure, a small-scale Kenyan dairy farmer (photo credit: iCow). TED Fellow…
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Improve soya bean yield
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SOYA bean has a high potential for income generation particularly for smallholder farmers who can…
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French agricultural research and CGIAR reinforce their scientific collaboration to the benefit of agriculture, food and climate change
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Laying a strong foundation for a joint plan of action between CGIAR and France to…
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Cobs & Spikes podcast: Striving for higher quality, more nutritious maize
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According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, over 800 million people are consi…
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Fighting hidden hunger with agricultural innovation
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Maize provides 15-16 percent of total calorie intake in Asia, Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa,…
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“Communicate” the theme of the Annual Meeting of Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Seed System project held at IITA
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The meeting which was themed “Communicate” and facilitated by Sue Davison, Director of Pipal Lim…
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Seed companies in West Africa eye pearl millet hybrid with 70% higher yield potential
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A newly developed pearl millet hybrid, with 70% yield-gain potential and high disease resistance, ha…
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The ‘smart food’ women of Kenya sing a nutritious tune
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How do you switch back to more nutritious and climate smart food? Making it fun…
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Breaking barriers for climate-smart crop adoption in Kenya
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Paving the way for development of a reliable seed distribution model, a nationwide program has…
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Seed companies in West Africa eye pearl millet hybrid with 70% higher yield potential
05.04.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A newly developed pearl millet hybrid, with 70% yield-gain potential and high disease resistance, ha…
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Why India needs a land leasing framework
04.04.19-
Food security
PM-KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi) is one of the largest income support schemes for small…
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• Report of the High-Level Ministerial Conference on rice: Delivering on Commitments to Transform Africa’s Rice Industry
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This document presents the report of the High-Level African Ministerial Conference on Rice held in…
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Global Report on Food Crises: 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute hunger in 2018
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The world’s humanitarian assistance and spending needs have more than doubled over the past decade…
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Assigning value to nature’s bounty
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Toward more inclusive water management in Kenya’s Tana River Basin.…
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Agreement on multi-country seed-sharing reached
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Food security
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SIEM REAP, Cambodia (9–10 June 2017) - Two more countries have joined a regional seed…
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Putting seasonal forecasts in the hands of Rwandan farmers
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“We started planting our crops in the first week of February!” exclaimed a farmers cooperative…
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Exploring creative new approaches to combat food loss and waste
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Food security
Food loss and waste is a huge global problem found everywhere along the chain from…
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IRRI-IAARD to accelerate impact delivery with new rice research hub
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01 April, 2018 – BOGOR, INDONESIA - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Direct…
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