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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
CGIAR29.05.25Photo 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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)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
CGIAR13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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New project aims to improve food and nutritional security for 120,000 households in West and Central Africa
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)31.07.20-
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A recently launched project, with a focus on iron- and zinc-fortified hybrids and open-pollinated va…
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Adding value to smallholder farming in Malawi
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)31.07.20-
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Smallholder farmers in Malawi, with support from a seed development project and government initiativ…
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Better dietary options for healthier children
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)23.07.20-
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In rural Malawi, over 16,000 people, including young children, have benefited from ‘Care Groups’…
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6 Ideas to transform food systems in a post-COVID-19 India
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)15.07.20-
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The ongoing health crisis around COVID-19 has raised global concerns on food and nutrition security.…
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Should low-income countries decentralize their COVID-19 responses?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)08.07.20-
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By Katrina Kosec and Tewodaj Mogues As countries respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, some have…
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Unite human, animal and environmental health to prevent the next pandemic, says ILRI/UN report
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)08.07.20-
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take lives and disrupt economies across the world, a…
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Field Notes: Nigeria’s fish processors call for government support to stay afloat during COVID-19 crisis
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As Nigeria’s fish processors struggle to manage disruptions caused by COVID-19 lockdowns, they are…
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New study examines effectiveness of grassroots dog vaccination campaigns against rabies in Kenya
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)06.07.20-
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World Zoonoses Day is commemorated on 6 July every year to mark the day in…
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New highly productive sorghum varieties released
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)03.07.20-
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Three improved sorghum varieties with a yield potential of approximately 4 tons per hectare and…
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Stop waiting to get back to normal: We need to build back better – and this starts with transforming food systems
CGIAR01.07.20-
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By Kanayo F. Nwanze, CGIAR Special Representative to the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 Lately…
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Making livestock vaccination campaigns work for farmers in East Africa
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)30.06.20-
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Scientists at the International Livestock Research Institute have published a study on the uptake …
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Micronutrient status in the DR Congo: What to do when diet and blood measurements do and don’t align
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)29.06.20-
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By Kristina Michaux and Erick Boy Deficiency of one or more micronutrients, particularly iron, vitam…
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Secret to on-off fertility discovered in pigeonpea
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)26.06.20-
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New study reveals how in some lines male sterility can be reversed to produce hybrids…
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New research hub to coordinate CGIAR’s COVID-19 response
CGIAR25.06.20-
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A CGIAR COVID-19 Hub has been established to consolidate existing scientific evidence and help suppo…
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Two ILRI-affiliated postdoctoral scientists receive Soulsby Fellowships for One Health research
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)24.06.20-
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Lisa Cavalerie and Mark Nanyingi, postdoctoral scientists affiliated with the International Livestoc…
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ILRI teams up with research partners to launch CGIAR COVID-19 Hub
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)24.06.20-
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The International Livestock Research Institute has teamed up with the International Food Policy Rese…
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World’s largest public agricultural research network launches COVID-19 Hub to support global scientific response
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)23.06.20-
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Image of the full virion (complete, infective form of a virus outside a host cell)…
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How to ensure effective government responses as COVID-19 spreads to rural areas
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)22.06.20-
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By Katrina Kosec and Catherine Ragasa Policy makers and researchers tracking the impacts of COVID-19…
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