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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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IFPRI’s Shenggen Fan on the ‘differentiated approach’ needed to navigate today’s food systems
26.01.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Illustrations by (left to right): Hiroko Yoshimoto, Ranganath Krishnamani, Yusuke Yonezu III. The …
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We can forecast weather and prepare our farm better
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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For thousands of years, the farmers of My Loi village in Ha Tinh Province, Viet…
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Water security for all
25.01.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) will partner in a new project led by Newcastle…
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Can we beat the fall armyworm with lessons from India’s groundnut battle of the 80s?
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In the mid-80s, scientists battling the pest Spolit (Spodoptera litura) in India chanced upon an u…
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With huge variations in meat consumption, we’re ‘all in this existential crisis together’—Vox
25.01.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
‘Eating more plant-based burgers could help us avoid environmental catastrophe, according to a new…
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Journal article: Cash transfers increase trust in local government
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In their recent paper in World Development, David Evans, Brian Holtemeyer, and Katrina Kosec explore…
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City dwellers in Africa and Asia increasingly choose wheat, research shows
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Food security
The developing world’s appetite for wheat is growing swiftly, driven in part by rising incomes,…
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City dwellers in Africa and Asia increasingly choose wheat, research shows
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The developing world’s appetite for wheat is growing swiftly, driven in part by rising incomes,…
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From Knowledge Embedded Technologies to Knowledge Intensive Technologies
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Food security
“The way I see CGIAR evolving is to become a knowledge broker and to partner…
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Extended partnership to deliver high-yielding, disease-resistant finger millet to farmers
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Environmental health
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Farmers can soon access finger millet varieties that not only withstand drought but are also…
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Loan waivers are no panacea for India's farmers
22.01.19-
Food security
A sweeping wave of loan waivers for farmers in India has generated serious debates across…
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Should we eat red meat? Depends on who’s eating—New York Times
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Food security
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Nutrition
Left to right: Figure of an under-nourished individual (by The Twin Project), illustration of red…
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Africa and Asia come together to lead a global initiative to diversify staples
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Leading agriculture organizations from Africa and Asia have joined hands to take on a bold…
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Two-fold increase in varietal adoption in seven years – a chickpea tale from Ethiopia
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Adoption of improved chickpea varieties increased more than two-fold in seven years, shows data from…
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Three new farmer-preferred sorghum varieties released in Malawi
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Biodiversity
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Food security
Three new improved sorghum varieties have been released in Malawi after extensive trials. Pilira 3,…
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Can governments promote homestead gardening at scale? The case of Ethiopia
17.01.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Eating fruits and vegetables can help ensure adequate nutrition and reduce the risk of heart…
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ASEAN Guidelines for Agroforestry Development set to revolutionize land use in Southeast Asia
16.01.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
The ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry held their 40th meeting on 11 October 2018 in…
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How a dry village got its feet wet
16.01.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
As Laos seeks to strengthen food security and rural livelihoods, while adapting agriculture to clima…
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