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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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On World Food Day, India PM Modi Endorses Biofortification to Address Malnutrition
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a strong endorsement to staple crop biofortification a…
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Book launch: Casting light on the ‘Invisible China’
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BY TIMOTHY KAROFF “There is a familiar China that most people know,” write Scott Rozelle and …
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Climate-smart innovations can boost aquatic food systems productivity in Bangladesh, says climate change expert
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Climate-smart innovations are urgently needed to help poor and vulnerable aquatic food system actors…
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Field Notes: Boosting small-scale aquaculture productivity in inland Myanmar
19.10.20-
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Myanmar is one of the largest fish producers in the world. The country ranks among…
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Bethany Smith – Emerging Scientist Series
19.10.20-
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Bethany Smith is a junior researcher working remotely from Australia for the WorldFish Myanmar team.…
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Indian PM Narendra Modi dedicates two ‘healthy oil’ groundnut varieties on World Food Day
16.10.20-
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Two groundnut varieties with high oleic acid content, developed by ICRISAT together with the Indian…
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The Failing Food Systems: Can Aquatic Foods turn the tide?
15.10.20-
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Currently, 2 billion people around the world lack access to diverse, nutritious, and safe diets…
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How taking a systems approach to water will help to meet our future food needs
15.10.20-
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On World Food Day, Dr. Mark Smith, Director General of the International Water Management Institute…
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Biofortified Crops Map and New Table Show Global Reach Of Nutritious Staples
14.10.20-
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HarvestPlus released an updated global map of biofortified staple crops showcasing that 63 countri…
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Experts review policy innovation to improve milk safety in informal markets
13.10.20-
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A new research report (Oct 2020) by scientists from the International Institute for Environment and…
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Against the grain: New paper reveals the overlooked health benefits of maize and wheat
12.10.20-
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Cereal crops like maize and wheat deserve greater consideration as part of a healthy, nutritious…
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Effective research during COVID-19 and other food system shocks: Here’s 10 tips
12.10.20-
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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the market, trade and supply chains limiting food accessibility…
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Strong Women, Strong Nation
12.10.20-
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Innovative research in the Southeast Asian island nation of Timor-Leste has obtained data to help…
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IFPRI mentorship journeys: Developing insights into consumer demand for tilapia in urban Malawi
05.10.20-
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BY SANDRA FRÖBE-KALTENBACH AND CYNTHIA KAZEMBE Second of a two-part series on IFPRI Malawi’s Bun…
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A new digital hub to consolidate learnings from global food legume initiatives
02.10.20-
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To enable crop researchers and policymakers access information on the three Tropical Legumes project…
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COVID-19 pandemic offers opportunity to rethink status quo conservation efforts
29.09.20-
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The coronavirus pandemic creates an opportunity to rethink generally accepted underperforming busine…
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Resilient, inclusive aquatic foods systems key to tackling climate change and COVID-19, say researchers
25.09.20-
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Employing a systems approach to build the resilience of all actors in aquatic food systems…
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Promoting nonfarm businesses in Papua New Guinea can improve rural diets
22.09.20-
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BY GRACIE ROSENBACH AND EMILY SCHMIDT Rural nonfarm enterprises (NFEs) can provide a variety of ben…
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