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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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Launching workshop of new research initiative to address challenges facing Mali’s small ruminant value chain
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Livestock farming is practiced by at least 80% of the rural population and plays a…
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Ushering in a shared prosperity through aquatic food systems
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Aquatic food systems have transformative potential for sustainable development. They offer diverse s…
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Newly-identified rice varieties could deliver genetic gain and farm productivity in India
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Researchers in India have identified new rice varieties that could adapt to specific requirements of…
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Examining patterns and drivers of catch in the Solomon Islands for better fisheries management
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While coastal fisheries are vital to life and livelihoods in the Pacific, they are notoriously…
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The vital roles of aquatic foods in the global food system
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Though capture fisheries constitute the largest wild-food resource, providing a critical nutrient-ri…
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Launching a photobook to celebrate fish workers
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2022 as the International Year of Artisanal Fisheri…
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Improved forages in livestock diets offer solutions to reduce dairy sector emissions
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Written by Emmanuel Mwema, Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, with contributions from Mi…
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CIMMYT to lead CGIAR varietal improvement and seed delivery project in Africa
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Sorghum field in Kiboko, Kenya. (Photo: E Manyasa/ICRISAT) As part of the One CGIAR reform,…
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Good agronomic practices with sweetpotato are cause for celebration in Uganda
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Everyone smiled, grasped hands, and shook their heads in wonder. The excitement at Michael Mugabi’…
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A Green Light for Desert Farming Collaboration
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At a High Level KIADPAI/CGIAR side-event during the 7th International Date Palm Conference in Abu…
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Cameroon learns potato lessons from Kenya
31.03.22-
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Potato is an important food and nutritional security crop in sub-Saharan Africa. However, a quick…
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WorldFish pilots last-mile feed business models to boost aquaculture in Zambia
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Smallholder fish farmers in Zambia face a myriad of challenges, but one of their biggest…
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Crowdsourcing market intelligence to boost sweetpotato breeding impacts in Uganda
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Scientists with the International Potato Center (CIP) and Uganda’s National Crops Resources Resear…
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Policy seminar: Repurposing agricultural subsidies can deliver better value for people, the planet, and the global economy
17.03.22-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY SWATI MALHOTRA OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 For decades, governments have provided massive support to…
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In focus: Women making a difference in the world of water
07.03.22-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As we celebrate International Women’s Day 2022 and pursue "gender equality today for a sustainable…
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Lessons from a decade of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI)
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY EMILY MYERS OPEN ACCESS | CC-BY-4.0 Since its launch in 2012, IFPRI’s Women’s Empowerment…
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In the Spotlight: Afrina Choudhury
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Afrina Choudhury is a senior gender specialist and research fellow at WorldFish as well as…
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WorldFish spotlights resilient aquatic food systems at the Healthy Oceans Tech and Finance Forum
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At last month’s Healthy Oceans Tech and Finance Forum hosted by the Asian Development Bank,…
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