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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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ILRI computing capacity made available to COVID-19 vaccine developers
15.04.20-
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While the International Livestock Research Institute campuses in Nairobi and Addis Ababa are unchara…
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For the poorest countries, the full danger from coronavirus is only just coming into view
14.04.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY MARI PANGESTU Three months after the outbreak began, it is easy to see the…
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Containing COVID19 impacts on Indian Agriculture
14.04.20-
Food security
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Health
The ongoing health crisis around COVID19 has affected all walks of life. Protecting lives of…
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Disease outbreaks linked to degraded ecosystems: A problem ALL of us are driving and ALL of us need to solve
14.04.20-
Biodiversity
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Kenya’s wildlife-rich rangelands with cattle and wildlife (photo credit: ILRI/Dave Elsworth). ‘W…
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Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on vegetable value chains in Ethiopia
13.04.20-
Food security
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Health
BY SENESHAW TAMRU, KALLE HIRVONEN AND BART MINTEN Measures to contain COVID-19 are expected to hav…
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Addressing COVID-19 impacts on fish and aquatic food systems
12.04.20-
Food security
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Health
WorldFish and partners join forces in research response As the COVID-19 pandemic continues …
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Will COVID-19 cause another food crisis? An early review
10.04.20-
Food security
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Health
BY JOHAN SWINNEN COVID-19 is disrupting economies around the world, but will it cause a…
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Farm health in times of corona: Govt must ensure the agri supply-chain remains uninterrupted
10.04.20-
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The evolving situation around Covid-19 is becoming critical. Governments have already announced guid…
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Safeguarding biodiversity is essential to prevent the next COVID-19
08.04.20-
Biodiversity
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Health
While the world’s attention is focused on controlling COVID-19, evidence points at the biodiversit…
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Addressing COVID-19 impacts on agriculture, food security, and livelihoods in India
08.04.20-
Food security
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Health
BY S. MAHENDRA DEV With COVID-19 now spreading in India, massive consequences to health and…
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Lessons on tackling the growing risk of emerging infectious diseases in Africa
08.04.20-
Health
As part of a new blog series on COVID-19, scientists from the International Food Policy…
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Africa’s growing risk of diseases that spread from animals to people
08.04.20-
Health
The outbreak of COVID-19 is a rude awakening to many who believed the era of…
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Africa’s growing risk of diseases that spread from animals to people
08.04.20-
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BY BERNARD BETT, DELIA RANDOLPH AND JOHN MCDERMOTT The outbreak of COVID-19 is a rude awakening to…
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How India’s food-based safety net is responding to the COVID-19 lockdown
06.04.20-
Food security
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BY DEVESH ROY, RUCHIRA BOSS AND MAMATA PRADHAN COVID-19 poses an extraordinary challenge for Indi…
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Fiscal and monetary responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: Some thoughts for developing countries and the international community
05.04.20-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY EUGENIO DÍAZ-BONILLA Rich countries have introduced massive health and public spending programs …
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How COVID-19 may disrupt food supply chains in developing countries
02.04.20-
Food security
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Health
BY THOMAS REARDON, MARC F. BELLEMARE AND DAVID ZILBERMAN The organization of food supply chains (F…
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Economic impact of COVID-19 on tourism and remittances: Insights from Egypt
01.04.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY CLEMENS BREISINGER, ABLA ABDEL LATIF, MARIAM RAOUF AND MANFRED WIEBELT As COVID-19 reaches eve…
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COVID-19 lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade
31.03.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY DANIELLE RESNICK Informal food markets are vital to feeding African cities, venues the poor…
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