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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
WorldFish19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now…
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IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systems
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o…
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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program09.07.25-
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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 SystemsÂ
CGIAR29.05.25Photo 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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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IFPRI mentorship journeys: Providing advice and research support for Malawi agriculture students
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)28.09.20-
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BY SANDRA FRÖBE-KALTENBACH AND CYNTHIA KAZEMBE First in a two-part series on IFPRI Malawi’s Bund…
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Gender equality in food systems: the ‘new normal’
CGIAR GENDER Platform28.09.20-
Gender equality
CGIAR’s new platform designed to put gender equality at the forefront of global agricultural resea…
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Seven villages, 700 women, one story: Plant nurseries in Niger are changing lives
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)25.09.20-
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A group of women across four regions of south-western Niger have grown 84,000 trees to…
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Resilient, inclusive aquatic foods systems key to tackling climate change and COVID-19, say researchers
WorldFish25.09.20-
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Employing a systems approach to build the resilience of all actors in aquatic food systems…
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Promoting nonfarm businesses in Papua New Guinea can improve rural diets
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)22.09.20-
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Nutrition
BY GRACIE ROSENBACH ANDÂ EMILY SCHMIDT Rural nonfarm enterprises (NFEs) can provide a variety of ben…
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Developing a five-year Strategic Plan for ICRISAT WCA Research Program
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)18.09.20-
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Leveraging stakeholder partnerships, improving risk management efforts, enhancing farm production sy…
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Seed consortium to bring improved sorghum to Indian farmers post rains
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)18.09.20-
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To make quality seeds of improved sorghum easily accessible, a consortium of institutions is taking…
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WorldFish’s Shakuntala Thilsted joins experts to lead UN Food Systems Summit
WorldFish18.09.20-
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WorldFish’s Program Leader for Value Chains and Nutrition Shakuntala Thilsted was appointed a…
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Strengthening the orange-fleshed sweetpotato value chain in Malawi
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)10.09.20-
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Simple processing is spreading the advantages of orange-fleshed sweetpotato, with benefits for farme…
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Elevating women’s role to improve food systems
International Potato Center (CIP)08.09.20-
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Women play a vital role in growing, processing and marketing food in developing countries, yet…
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20 years of ASTI: The go-to source for data and analyses on agricultural research in developing countries
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)04.09.20-
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BY NIENKE BEINTEMA This year marks the 20th anniversary of ASTI, which provides open-source data, a…
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Genetic molecular markers to accelerate genetic gains in crops
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)28.08.20-
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Dr Rajeev Varshney from the Center of Excellence in Genomics and Systems Biology, ICRISAT, sheds…
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Supermarket contracts boost incomes and reduce multidimensional poverty for smallholders in Kenya
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)25.08.20-
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BY DENNIS O. OCHIENG ANDÂ EMILY WU As food systems in developing countries change rapidly, one…
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Double harvest for half the effort
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)21.08.20-
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Peter Mwangofi is a pigeonpea farmer from Karonga district in Malawi. He relies on the…
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Harnessing aquatic foods research is vital to COVID-19 recovery, sustainable food systems transformation, say agriculture for development experts
WorldFish20.08.20-
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The role of aquatic foods in COVID-19 recovery and the sustainable food system transformation demand…
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Making sense of why spouses disagree in household surveys
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)18.08.20-
Gender equality
BY KATE AMBLER, CHERYL DOSS, CAITLIN KIERAN AND SIMONE PASSARELLI With women’s empowerment an i…
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Multi-national company nurtures a Climate-Smart Village, facilitates return of migrant farmers
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)14.08.20-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Plummeting groundwater levels and adverse rainfall patterns forced farmers in Buchinelli village in …
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Harvesting rains to grow fruit, vegetables and improved crops at watershed learning sites in India
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)07.08.20-
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Health
This cropping season, observing all safety measures amidst the COVID pandemic, more than a 1,000…
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