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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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Penang Chief Minister applauds WorldFish on successful IIFET 2024 bid
30.08.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow congratulated WorldFish for winning the bid to host the…
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In Zambia, Strengthening Food and Nutrition Security for Refugees and Host Communities
23.08.22-
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A HarvestPlus partnership in Zambia is supporting refugees and their host communities with humanitar…
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Combatting the fertilizer crisis – an ICARDA Q&A
23.08.22-
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Urea, phosphates, potash, nitrates, ammonia…while fertilizers might not be recognized by all, they…
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Tilapia as the best bet species for aquaculture commercialization in India
18.08.22-
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India is the fourth-largest producer of fish and other aquatic foods in the world. With…
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‘Growing opportunities’: New WorldFish and university partnership in Timor-Leste enables first marine science students to graduate
17.08.22-
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WorldFish and the National University of Timor-Leste (UNTL) have signed a new 10-year agreement to…
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More than machines
15.08.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Cooperative farmers receive training on operation of a mobile seed cleaner in Oromia, Ethiopia. Phot…
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Pilot of new wheat variety improves yield for farmers in Ethiopia
15.08.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
"I am happy with this wheat variety and all the support from the project," said…
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Emerging Youth: Nan Win Htwe
12.08.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
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Nan Win Htwe has been working in her Southern Shan State family-owned fish hatchery for…
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Growing confidence in the maize business
11.08.22-
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Maize grain aggregator invests in developing storage for coping with increased grain production. (Cr…
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How irrigation scaling partnerships are boosting farmers’ resilience and livelihoods
10.08.22-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Solutions have helped to strengthen demand and supply linkages along irrigated agricultural v…
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Nepal Government endorses new site-specific fertilizer recommendations for rice
09.08.22-
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Farmer applying urea with a spreader in a rice field. Photo Uttam Kunwar/ CIMMYT After…
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Opportunities abound for investors in Africa's low-value species market, says WorldFish
09.08.22-
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The organization is trying to create a climate-change resilient tilapia that can withstand higher oc…
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IRRI Bangladesh and Seed Certification Agency train private seed companies to help boost domestic supply of quality rice seed
07.08.22-
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A training program organized by International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Banglade…
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AfricaRice scientist wins 21st Century Hope Prize of Japan’s Niigata International Food Award
04.08.22-
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Dr Kazuki Saito, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Agronomist, has been named the 21st Century Hope…
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Earlier wheat planting will boost yields in eastern India
03.08.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
“For several years, we’ve been building dense data sets with colleagues from the Indian Agricult…
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Protecting Inle Lake for the long-term well-being of the local fisherfolk
27.07.22-
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Inle Lake is located on the Shan Plateau in the Southern Shan State of Myanmar.…
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Developing sustainable aquatic feeds for resilient aquatic food systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
22.07.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
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WorldFish has partnered with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) on a 5-year pr…
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The impact of the International Rice Genebank on rice farming in Bangladesh
22.07.22-
Biodiversity
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The findings of this study demonstrate the valuable contribution of IRG’s conservation and distrib…
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