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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has been officially accredited as an…
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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-
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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Policy seminar: No backsliding – reorienting food and health systems to protect nutrition in a global pandemic
17.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
By Janet Hodur The COVID-19 pandemic—and the resulting economic crisis and disrupted food and heal…
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Building biodiverse food systems for an inclusive, resilient and safe future
13.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
COVID-19 has brought the world to a grinding halt. Alarmingly, this includes severe impact on…
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Taking technology to farmer collectives in India, the startup way
10.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Eight ICRISAT-incubated startups recently showcased their technologies to support farm livelihoods a…
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New chickpea varieties on the way
10.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Three new improved varieties of chickpea – adapted to local conditions – have been identified…
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Catch-up growth cannot undo damage from undernutrition
10.07.20-
Nutrition
By Jef L. Leroy, Edward A. Frongillo, Pragya Dewan, Maureen M. Black, and Robert A.…
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Policy seminar: Social safety nets as a COVID-19 response to protect food security and nutrition
07.07.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
By Khiem Nguyen As countries grapple with the health and economic shocks caused by COVID-19,…
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Prioritizing aquatic food systems key to global food, nutrition security, say panellists at Virtual Ocean Dialogues.
01.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Increased commitment to aquatic food systems will boost food and nutritional security as the world…
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New brief details drivers of stunting reduction in Vietnam
01.07.20-
Nutrition
This Stories of Change in Nutrition study aims to understand the history, contemporary treatment 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
01.07.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
By Kanayo F. Nwanze, CGIAR Special Representative to the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 Lately…
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Micronutrient status in the DR Congo: What to do when diet and blood measurements do and don’t align
29.06.20-
Health
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Nutrition
By Kristina Michaux and Erick Boy Deficiency of one or more micronutrients, particularly iron, vitam…
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Policy seminar: Micronutrients in emergencies – how can we prevent an increase in hidden hunger?
22.06.20-
Health
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Nutrition
By Aynsley Morris The COVID-19 pandemic and associated business shutdowns and other control measures…
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Small-scale fisheries as integral and integrated in the Sustainable Development Goals
19.06.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
“The Sustainable Development Goals provide the most comprehensive vision for development that the …
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COVID-19 and the promise of food system innovation
17.06.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
By Corinna Hawkes The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns that followed have disrupted private food…
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Women-Led Biofortified Food Businesses: Advancing Nutrition and Health
16.06.20-
Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
HarvestPlus is proud to be working with enterprising women around the world who have created…
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Integrating nutrition and physical activity promotion: Exploring new ‘double duty’ options
15.06.20-
Health
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Nutrition
With growing evidence linking obesity and COVID-related deaths, associations between access to healt…
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Field Notes: Bangladesh in times of COVID-19. Impacts on aquaculture and fisheries
15.06.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In this series of blogs, experts from WorldFish’s focal countries share their personal insights on…
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MYSAP Inland supports small-scale fish farmers and fish processors during COVID-19
15.06.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In the Central Dry Zone and upper regions of Myanmar, since April 2017, the Inland…
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Implementing nutrition-sensitive pond polyculture in Zambia: WorldFish teams up with Peace Corps volunteers
13.06.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
We sat down with Taryn Cadena and Katharine (Katie) Thomas, two young women who were…
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