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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
Digital Transformation Accelerator16.05.25-
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
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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Martin Kropff retires from CGIAR
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)27.06.23Former CIMMYT Director General Martin Kropff contributed a decade of his career to improving agri-fo…
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MSMEs and barriers to increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in Ethiopia
CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets27.06.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption is extremely low in Ethiopia, even compared to other neighborin…
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Transforming food environments: Empowering fruit and vegetable vendors in Viet Nam and Nigeria for a healthier future
CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets27.06.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) play a pivotal role in food systems worldwide. In…
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Twiga Foods works with micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to transform the Kenyan food system
CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets27.06.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Twiga Foods is one of the most successful technology-enabled food distribution companies in Kenya. F…
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Gender scientists trained to leverage social media for better science communication
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)26.06.23Despite the tremendous volume of work scientists carry out across Africa to address food insecurity…
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IITA Forest Center nurturing secondary school students to become environment advocates
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)26.06.23Every 5 June, World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated to sensitize and propose practical actions…
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IITA and partners announce first Fusarium wilt-resistant Mchare cooking banana in Tanzania
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)26.06.23To address the threat of Fusarium Wilt (FW) to banana production in Tanzania, IITA–CGIAR and c…
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Entomological studies to inform Rift Valley fever control in Uganda
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)26.06.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
Researchers in Uganda are conducting entomological studies to identify mosquito species that can pot…
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Gender-responsive genomic selection on farmer’s fields for accelerating genetic gains
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)26.06.23The differences between on stations and on-farm performance of bean varieties in sub-Saharan bean fa…
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CGIAR Food Systems Accelerator Entrepreneur Spotlight: Transforming Communities through Nutritious Food: The Yellow Star Produce and Food Processors Journey
CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern Africa26.06.23In the heart of Uganda, a passionate and seasoned entrepreneur named Florence Okot saw a…
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Improving child and adolescent diets at school: An evaluation of Chile’s Food Labeling and Advertising Law
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)23.06.23-
Nutrition
by Gabriela Fretes OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Over the past four decades, countries in the…
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CIMMYT Director General reaffirms commitment to Zambia
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)23.06.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Honoring a legacy of innovative development in Zambia and looking forward to meeting the nation’s…
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Lessons on the Journey from Lab to Market: Venturing-Out with Manhat and Yieldsapp
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)23.06.23On 14 June, the Accelerate for Impact Platform invited scientists, innovators, and stakeholders from…
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SHiFT at ANH2023
CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets23.06.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
The CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiF…
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Press Release: AgriTech4Uzbekistan Innovation Challenge: Call for Applications Now Open
CGIAR Initiative on Fragility to Resilience in Central and West Asia and North Africa23.06.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform and Partners Launch AgriTech4Uzbekistan Innovation Challenge to…
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‘Miracle seeds,’ informational curses? The risk of high expectations for new agricultural technologies
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)22.06.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
by Caroline Miehe, Leocardia Nabwire, Robert Sparrow, David Spielman, and Bjorn Van Campenhout OPEN …
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What do we know about the impacts of the next El Niño on agrifood systems?
CGIAR Initiative on Foresight22.06.23-
Big data
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
By Jawoo Koo and Weston Anderson Food, land, and water systems face daunting challenges in…
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IWMI-CEEW National Stakeholder Workshop on Policy Coherence for Food, Land and Water
CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies22.06.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Under the CGIAR Initiative on National Policies and Strategies (NPS), International Water Managemen…
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