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      Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders ListWorldFish19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now… Read more
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      IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systemsInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o… Read more
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      CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialoguesMultifunctional Landscapes Science Program09.07.25- 
            
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 CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has been officially accredited as an… Read more
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      World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food SystemsCGIAR29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi… Read more
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      Food Policy Priorities for A Changing WorldInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities… Read more
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      Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstructionInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in… Read more
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      Safeguarding Gender Integration In Research During The Covid-19 PandemicWorldFish01.06.20- 
            
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 The COVID-19 crisis is unprecedented in its rapid transition from a localized public health emergenc… Read more
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      Timor-Leste to scale up aquaculture sector, offering lessons to other nationsWorldFish29.05.20- 
            
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 Timor-Leste will ramp up production of farmed fish to boost incomes and nutrient intakes, providing… Read more
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      Nourishing the world: The contribution of fish to sustainable food futuresWorldFish27.05.20- 
            
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 Globally, food production is exceeding sustainable limits while also failing to provide healt… Read more
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      Delivering Nourishing Sweet Potatoes to Panama’s Markets Amid COVID-19 CrisisHarvestPlus21.05.20- 
            
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 Ariquimedes Peralta is a grower of biofortified vitamin A orange sweet potato (OSP) living in… Read more
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      Survey suggests rising risk of food and nutrition insecurity in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as COVID-19 restrictions continueInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)21.05.20- 
            
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 BY KALLE HIRVONEN, GASHAW TADESSE ABATE AND ALAN DE BRAUW Countries have taken varied actions to l… Read more
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      Covid-19: Hitting rural farmingWorldFish19.05.20- 
            
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 The issue of food and nutrition security has come to the fore in Bangladesh as… Read more
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      Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 updates for May: IndiaWorldFish19.05.20- 
            
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 The nationwide lockdown, characterized by a very strict confinement period, ended on May 17th. Prime… Read more
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      Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 updates for May: NigeriaWorldFish19.05.20- 
            
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 A family shows their fish smoker, Tungan Mairuwa village, Kainji Lake, NW Nigeria. Photo by… Read more
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      Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 updates for May: MyanmarWorldFish19.05.20- 
            
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 Lockdown measures were relaxed from May 15th and highway public transportation was set to resume… Read more
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      Dried fish in a COVID-19 worldWorldFish19.05.20- 
            
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 The COVID-19 pandemic illustrates powerfully and directly the degree to which globalization has crea… Read more
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      This little seed went to marketInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)18.05.20- 
            
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 It’s not always easy to produce and sell new maize varieties in Malawi. Seed companies… Read more
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      Resilient and participatory: How Quito’s setting the standard on urban food systemsCGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)14.05.20- 
            
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 Like many cities around the world, Quito, Ecuador, is confronting major challenges around providing … Read more
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      Nigerian experiences shared at milestone data forum on nutrition action in West AfricaCGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)11.05.20- 
            
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 Together 4 Nutrition Data Forum drew diverse groups of data producers and users to address… Read more
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      COVID-19: Stakeholders count losses in AquacultureWorldFish11.05.20- 
            
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 Stakeholders in the aquaculture sector have raised an alarm of a looming food crisis unless… Read more
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      ‘Our lives depend on it’: Women’s gleaning vital for food and income in Timor-LesteWorldFish11.05.20- 
            
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 It’s 5 am on an August morning. The tide is low at Beacou beach, where… Read more
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      STOP COVID-19 CRISIS MORPHING INTO A FOOD CRISIS : SUPPORT TO AFRICA’s RICE SECTORAfricaRice05.05.20- 
            
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 Introduction The world is facing unprecedented challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-… Read more
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      Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 Updates: IndiaWorldFish05.05.20- 
            
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 On March 25th India initiated a strict 21-day lockdown, later extended until May 3rd and… Read more
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      Fish and Aquatic Food Systems COVID-19 Updates: BangladeshWorldFish05.05.20- 
            
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 Protective measures were instated progressively from March 17th, evolving into a ten-day nationwide… Read more
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