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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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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
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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Experts to meet in Costa Rica to discuss contribution of science in strengthening agrifood systems of the Americas
04.05.23More than 100 specialists from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CGIAR, the World Bank,…
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Indigenous people in South America are twice as likely to suffer severe consequences from wildfires
04.05.23The results show that smoke from wildfires in South America accounts for approximately 12,000 premat…
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IFPRI-BIMSTEC MoU signing: Transforming agrifood systems in the Bay of Bengal region
03.05.23by Anisha Mohan OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 More than 355 regional trade agreements are currently in e…
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IRRI and AfricaRice team awarded prestigious Milken-Motsepe Prize for rice varieties that can survive floods
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
CALIFORNIA, United States of America (02 May 2023) – The International Rice Research Institute (IR…
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Engaging local partners to develop sustainable feeds in Zambia
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Zambia faces a huge challenge in terms of local aquatic feed supply, particularly for small…
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Philippines scientists develop climate-resistant rice
02.05.23-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Scientists at the International Rice Research Institute are developing varieties of climate-resistan…
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A global rice crisis is brewing
02.05.23-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
The world’s most important crop is fuelling both climate change and diabetes.…
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The global rice crisis
02.05.23-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Rice feeds more than half the world—but also fuels diabetes and climate change According to…
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Better foresight for better decisions
02.05.23-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The CGIAR Foresight Initiative held its first Partnership Forum By Keith Wiebe, Elisabetta Gotor, an…
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Effects of irrigation regimes and rice varieties on methane emissions and yield of dry-season rice in Bangladesh
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Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The role of rice in global food security is unavoidable as it is one of…
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ICARDA AT SIAM
01.05.23-
Food security
This week, our Morocco science team will demonstrate our groundbreaking climate-smart agri-technolog…
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ICARDA's Phenotyping Facilities: A Game-Changing Solution for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Global crop production faces significant obstacles such as abiotic stresses like heat, pests, and wa…
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Creating an Enabling Environment for Sustainable Food Systems: Insights from the G20 MACS Meeting 2023
01.05.23The Annual Meetings of Agricultural Chief Scientists of G20 States (MACS-G20) G20 Member States, Inv…
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New bean genome unveils potential to boost food security and resilience in drought-prone regions
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Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Results pave way for genetic improvements of native legume to promote widespread cultivation that co…
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HarvestPlus: Twenty years of enriching diets with biofortification
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Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
by Arun Baral OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 It is an important year for biofortification: 2023…
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Improving biosecurity practices of finfish aquaculture in Bangladesh
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Finfish biosecurity in Bangladesh is a growing concern due to the high demand for fish…
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What do we know about the future of agri-food systems in Southeast Asia?
27.04.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
By Nhuong Tran, Harold Glenn Valera, Chin Yee Chan, Valerien Pede, Yee Mon Aung Food, land,…
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Reconciling culture, livelihood and conservation through community fishing in Assam
27.04.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Indigenous fishing is a long-standing tradition that continues to be practiced today. Although it is…
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