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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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A roadmap to normalizing and formalizing nature-based solutions in the Middle East and North Africa
07.01.25Despite their growing popularity in policy and development circles, scaling nature-based solutions f…
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IWMI welcomes new leadership to drive strategy 2024-2030
07.01.25Each of the new members will play a key role in guiding IWMI’s growth and…
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Freshwater canal grabs in Bangladesh are harming local communities
07.01.25IWMI's Paul Schulze and Deepa Joshi on how freshwater canals are being appropriated by leaseholders…
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September-October 2024 Research Journal Roundup
07.01.25Roundup of research, journal and other academic articles from September and October 2024. The post…
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Transferring flood waters underground builds community climate resilience in India
07.01.25IWMI began piloting underground transfer of floods for irrigation (UTFI) in a village in the…
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Editor’s picks: Our favorite stories of 2024
03.01.25In 2024, we published over 150 stories on topics including digital twins, drought, and urban…
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CGIAR launches Drought Action Catalyst to strengthen global resilience
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
New platform focuses on connecting communities with scalable solutions to build resilience and manag…
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Press release: New Cambridge Sustainability Commission on Water for Food Futures
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
7 November, 2024 - Cambridge, UK & Montpellier, France Cambridge University Press has launched a…
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CGIAR Excellence in Agronomy launches groundbreaking open learning portal for global agronomy education
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Innovative platform provides agronomy-focused courses and resources to empower learners and drive ag…
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Trials and troubles of life in Adamawa State, Nigeria – Part Two
05.08.24A complex situation of extreme water scarcity is affecting internally displaced persons (IDPs)…
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Trials and troubles of life in Adamawa State, Nigeria – Part One
05.08.24People displaced by conflict, particularly women, girls and children, experience significant obstacl…
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Opinion: Nepal needs a comprehensive groundwater policy
22.07.24IWMI's Shreya Chakraborty and Tanmoy Bhaduri discuss groundwater use in Nepal and overlooked issues …
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When climate and cocoa collide: chocolate prices soar as El Nino dries up major producers but is there more to the story?
19.07.24Chocolate connoisseurs were hit by a 10% increase in the price of their favorite sweet this Easter…
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On gender and social inclusion in Ghana’s landscape management policies: addressing the gaps will pave the way for inclusive and sustainable management, benefitting landscapes and communities
19.07.24Ghana is endowed with abundant natural landscape resources, featuring diverse ecosystems and natural…
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Nature-positive farms on remote hillsides in India show the future of resilient farming
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Monsoons are a mixed blessing for rain-dependent farmers in remote mountain villages: the deluges br…
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Digital twins
03.05.24A technology pioneered in space exploration is now being used to manage product life cycles,…
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Floods in Kenya underscore urgent need for anticipatory action in disaster situations
03.05.24Holistic, integrated planning across sectors is vital to ensure disaster response is timely and effe…
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ECOWAS, IWMI call for efficient water resources management
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and IWMI seek to work together to…
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