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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
16.05.25-
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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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Unpacking the ‘Food Systems’ Buzzword
11.09.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
Food systems come in many forms: from traditional to industrial, local to global, regenerative to…
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Himalayan Agroecology Initiative: Pioneering Sustainable Food Systems in the Himalayas
11.09.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
This multi-stakeholder initiative - backed by the global think tank 'World Future Council' and 'IFOA…
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Enhancing milk quality in Uganda: Challenges and innovations in the dairy value chain
10.09.24-
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Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
By Richard Ariong, Bjorn Van Campenhout, Sarah W. Kariuki, and Jordan Chamberlin Over the past few…
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New Discovery in Rapid Soil Testing for Smallholder Farms Using Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy
10.09.24-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A recent study by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, in collaboration with the In…
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Rwanda's Digital Revolution in Agriculture: Challenges and Progress in Smart Fertilizer Management
10.09.24-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Authors: Sartas, Murat; Mudereri, Bester T.; Senge, Moussa; Rabourn, Tanya R.; Ogunsamni, Thompson; …
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Enhancing milk quality in Uganda: Challenges and innovations in the dairy value chain
09.09.24-
Food security
By Richard Ariong, Bjorn Van Campenhout, Sarah W. Kariuki, and Jordan Chamberlin September 9, 2024…
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Mitigating the risks of heat stress among women rice farmers in Odisha
09.09.24-
Gender equality
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Health
Heat stress affects women farmers more severely than their male counterparts. Extreme heat, drought,…
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Bangladeshi rice farmers' preferences can help guide future design and implementation of seed initiatives for agricultural development
09.09.24-
Food security
Bangladesh's inefficient seed system is mainly responsible for the low productivity of the country's…
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29th Annual Group Meet on Rabi Pulses in India
08.09.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
Pulses, the unsung heroes of the agricultural realm, embody a crucial protein source and exhibit…
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Promoting mixed farming system innovations in Malawi: A unified approach
06.09.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
"We are all targeting the same farmer," noted Mr. Raphael Msyali, Chief Agriculture Officer for…
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Experts examine how food safety technical working groups can support national One Health coordination
06.09.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
National One Health platforms help coordinate efforts to address issues that affect human, animal an…
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ICRISAT Unveils Groundbreaking Study on Geospatial Mapping for Sustainable Agriculture in South Asia
05.09.24-
Environmental health
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Food security
Scientists at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) recentl…
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Engaging Women Farmers in Direct Seeded Rice System in Jharkhand
05.09.24-
Food security
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Gender equality
Authors: Sarvesh Shukla*, Anirban Nath*, Mosharaf Hossain*, Swati Nayak*, and Amaresh Chandel** The …
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The inroads of direct-seeded rice with the low-input responsive PR-126 variety (A case study from Odisha’s smallholder ecosystem)
05.09.24-
Food security
Authors: Dillip Kumar Rout*, Sk Mosharaf Hossain*, Swati Nayak*, and Amaresh Chandel** Rice is a…
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Understanding Soil Biodiversity
04.09.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
What is soil biodiversity? Soil biodiversity is the variety of life forms found in the…
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Capacitating smallholder farmers on agri-business management in Mid-Hills, Nepal
03.09.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Small-scale farmers in the mid-hills of Nepal produce crops and vegetables primarily for their own…
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APEDA-ISARC to advance healthier rice-based food innovations
03.09.24-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
New Delhi, India (29 August 2024): An initiative led by the Agricultural and Processed Food…
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Mission accomplished! Young people from Cali culminate their internship in CASD full of knowledge and enthusia
03.09.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
Through this experience, the students not only acquired theoretical knowledge, but also developed pr…
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