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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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Big data
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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Homestead Aquaculture Pond: An affordable solution for household food and nutrition security
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Cambodia has experienced consistent economic growth and a reduction in poverty over recent years, ho…
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As the demand for water rises, we need to re-think global water storage
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Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
The future of water storage requires a systems approach which fully integrates natural infrastructur…
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Strengthening food safety in Ouagadougou: Empowering chicken vendors for a safer culinary journey
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Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
In the bustling streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital city, chicken reigns supreme. The s…
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Research in Uganda highlights need to focus on small ruminants in brucellosis prevention and control
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Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
Contrary to common belief, small ruminants (sheep and goats) are more susceptible to exposure to…
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Enset root mealybugs: Are they a threat to bananas?
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Environmental health & biodiversity
What are enset root mealybugs? Enset root mealybugs are an important pest affecting the cultivation…
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¡El Niño ya está aquí! ¿qué es y qué hacer?
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
El pasado 4 de julio de 2023 la Organización Meteorológica Mundial – OMM, organismo técnico…
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Interview: IFPRI researchers on the vital message of World Breastfeeding Week
03.08.23OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7) promotes a universal practice that ha…
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Agri-food System Transformation and Policy and Investment Prioritization in Odisha
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Nutrition, health & food security
IFPRI researchers Dr. Karl Pauw, Senior Research Fellow, and Dr. Barun Deb Pal, Research Coordinator…
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Researchers map cadmium in cacao: “The problem isn’t as bad as we thought”
03.08.23In 2019, a wind of uncertainty was rustling through the thick green leaves of cacao…
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Enhancing Climate Information Services for Climate Change Adaptation in Kenya
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Climate change variability increases the vulnerability of small-scale farmers and reduces the effect…
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Helping communities help themselves: early warning systems help save lives
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
By Giriraj Amarnath (IWMI), Niranga Alahacoon (IWMI), Martina Mascarenhas (ClimBeR) Tea is one of Sr…
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Promoting inclusive water governance in Bangladesh deltaic food-systems
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
For the second installment of the Delta Talks, the CGIAR Initiative on Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD)…
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July Message from the Chair of the System Board
03.08.23Warm greetings to the CGIAR community. This month I’m changing the format of my blog:…
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Unveiling the Nexus between Agrifood Systems and Climate Change: Harvesting insights from latest IPCC report
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
August 2 is Earth Overshoot Day 2023, which marks the date when humanity’s demand for…
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Policy coherence: Essential to strengthening policy impact across CGIAR initiatives
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Nutrition, health & food security
By Dr. Alan Nicol (IWMI), Dr. Juan Carlos Sanchez Ramirez (IWMI), Dr. Joyce Maru (CIP),…
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Regional Integrated Food Security Initiatives Respond to El Niño
02.08.23By Bram Govaerts - CIMMYT General Director It is official: the World Meteorological Organization (WM…
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Bundling Social Technical Innovations for a Diversification, Inclusive and Resilient Agri-Food System in Kenya
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Every year, since 1901, the Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) has organized agricultural shows in…
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Appropriate farm scale mechanization can aid in agroecological transformation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
A case of the CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology in Zimbabwe Authors of this blog: Vimbayi…
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