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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
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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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Updates from Accelerated Breeding: 2023
30.05.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
Updates from Accelerated Breeding: May 2023 After a year of transition and foundation setting –…
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Mutual learning on key policy issues in food systems transformation between Africa and China
30.05.23Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy of China Agricultural Institute in collaboration with IF…
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Partner Profile: Enabling Uganda’s Farmers to Meet New Challenges
30.05.23-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
When Uganda’s farmers – who make up 70 percent of the population – face challenges,…
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AIM4C Summit: Innovation for integrating and mainstreaming agriculture in climate action
30.05.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
by Elsa Olivetti and Brian McNamara OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 The agrifood system contributes signific…
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Impacts on Colombia's food system caused by natural phenomena: The case of Rosas, Cauca
30.05.23Click to read the Spanish version The food system is a complex set of processes…
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Increased youth participation in agribusiness, a catalyst for economic growth
30.05.23Youth engagement in agriculture has increased in priority on the development agenda, as there is…
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Nigeria Library Association seeks to strengthen collaboration with IITA Knowledge Center
30.05.23Members of the Oyo State Chapter of the Nigeria Library Association (NLA)—the national union of…
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Extension agents prepped to serve orange-fleshed sweet potato farmers in Oyo State
30.05.23Nine extension agents (five male, four female), including two youths, have been trained by IITA–C…
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New study on pearl millet unveils opportunities for climate-resilient feed and forage
30.05.23-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus) is a staple crop that provides food for roughly 90 million…
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Science and advocacy: finding the right balance
30.05.23-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Over the last seven years, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has been testing a…
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Deep sowing of dry direct-seeded rice: cultivar differences in seedling establishment and grain yield
30.05.23-
Food security
In Asia, rapid economic growth has also caused a shift of labor from agriculture to…
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New generation of farmers lead the way in making farming more productive and profitable
30.05.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
In the Indo-Gangetic Plains of northern India, nearly 70% of the population is involved in…
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Inauguration of the international soil-borne pathogens research & development center in Ankara, Turkey
29.05.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Staff of the International Soil Borne Pathogens Research and Development Center along with the Minis…
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New e-learning course to tackle complex challenges of managing dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems
29.05.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
In March this year, the Committee on Forestry Working Group on Dryland Forests and Agrosilvopastoral…
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Conservation Agriculture: A greener, smarter and economic way to grow food
29.05.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
It is an open secret: people are starving in Africa. For far too long has…
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The EU would be wise to invest in African aquaculture and fisheries
29.05.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
With a water border three times greater than its landmass, the African continent is prime…
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ICARDA's Partner-Led Research in Lebanon
29.05.23On May 22, 2023, ICARDA hosted a partner field day at Terbol Station at Bekaa…
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Safeguarding health and prosperity in Cambodia with fermented fish
28.05.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
World Nutrition Day, a yearly occasion that highlights the significance of nutrition in promoting he…
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