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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-
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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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‘Data streaming from the spectrometer’: a new dawn for soil assessments
13.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
For over two decades, the Soils Theme of World Agroforestry (ICRAF) in collaboration with partners…
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Boosting restoration through the airwaves
07.08.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Radio programs are spreading the good work of the Regreening Africa project in Senegal ‘Good…
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Welcoming Leigh Ann Winowiecki as Leader of the Land Health Decisions Theme
03.08.20-
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Dr Leigh Ann Winowiecki has been appointed the new Theme Leader for Land Health Decisions…
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Termitomyces: exploring the world’s most mysterious mushroom
03.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Researchers are readying to shine light on the world’s ‘dark matter’ — fungi — and…
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It is time to rethink Uganda’s policy approach to trees on farms
30.07.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Researchers call on the Government to promulgate the draft national agroforestry strategy to hasten …
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Investments in agricultural development: quantifying the socio-political and climate-change risks
29.07.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Scientists have created a computer model that can estimate risks for agricultural development projec…
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Farmers’ experience and ecological knowledge proven valuable against land degradation in Mali
24.07.20-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
A study by scientists from World Agroforestry (ICRAF) in Mopti, Segou and Sikasso, located in cent…
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How and why to merge ecosystem-based adaption and risk finance?
22.07.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The pertinence of ecosystem-based adaption and risk finance couldn’t be more timely considering th…
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Expert-assisted Decision Analysis supports agroforestry in Viet Nam
20.07.20-
Biodiversity
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Selecting appropriate practices for specific locations that are aligned with the needs, values and p…
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How to feed a growing global population in the midst of a climate crisis
17.07.20-
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We have all heard the figures: by 2050, the world’s population is expected to increase…
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Coconut bashing?
15.07.20-
Environmental health
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While the worlds’ coconut beaches are all very quiet from the pause in global tourism…
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A new vista emerging: local, diverse food chains
14.07.20-
Food security
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COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerability of our economies to shocks, with governments desperately look…
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Building biodiverse food systems for an inclusive, resilient and safe future
13.07.20-
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Nutrition
COVID-19 has brought the world to a grinding halt. Alarmingly, this includes severe impact on…
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Women and youth turning to tree-based enterprises for livelihoods in Mount Elgon, Uganda
10.07.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In the Mount Elgon region, women and youth comprise a critical labour force for farming.…
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Fourteen breeding seed orchards already established in Ethiopia
07.07.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Provision of Adequate Tree Seed Portfolio in Ethiopia project, led by World Agroforestry (ICRA…
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Sacred forests and environmental protection among the Gedeo of Southern Ethiopia
03.07.20-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
The Gedeo’s sacred forests are conserved for ritual purposes,’ said Yoseph Maru, first author of…
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WEBINAR: Merging ecosystem-based adaptation and insurance/finance: why we need it!
29.06.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In this exciting webinar, held 19 June 2020, experts discussed the opportunities and challenges for…
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Economic incentives to resolve conflicts in transboundary flows within watersheds: the case of the Cordilleras in the Philippines
26.06.20-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
When it comes to property rights, many Philippine forests are open access. This means that…
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