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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
Ojanji Wandera16.05.25-
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
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)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
CGIAR13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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G20 Agriculture Ministers Underscore Importance of Food System Sustainability, Open and Fair Trade, and Digital Innovations as Long-Term Food Crisis Responses
CGIAR18.10.22In the aftermath of COVID-19, the world continues to face a severe food security crisis,…
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Farmers Take the Lead in Research
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
To involve farmers in research and have a genuine partnership between researchers and farmers, farme…
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Take a Look in the Mirror to Transform Gender Roles
CGIAR18.10.22-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Restrictive gender norms can limit whether and how women benefit from agricultural innovations. Yet …
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High-level dialogue deliberated solutions for gender equality and climate resilience in Africa
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)18.10.22Climate change harms women disproportionately, exposing social and gender inequalities across the gl…
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International crop science conference tackled how to innovate to offer solutions for food security under climate change impact
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)18.10.22-
Food security
(SEOUL, South Korea, 18 October 2022) – Innovation in crop science research became front and…
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Applying the land-water-food-energy nexus
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Food security
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Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
To achieve net zero and unlock progress on multiple SDGs, we need new, coordinated action…
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Full adoption of existing mitigation strategies can help meet livestock methane reduction targets by 2030
CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems17.10.22-
Mitigation
Amid the often-distressing news about climate change, some good news: Existing strategies could miti…
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Improving potato yields and livelihoods in Georgia with innovations and training
International Potato Center (CIP)17.10.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The potato may be known as the “second bread” in Georgia, but the country’s average…
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Building Kenya Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs)
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)17.10.22International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) kicked off a six-day workshop on September 19, …
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La revolution des algues: A seaweed revolution for a new future in sustainable food systems
WorldFish17.10.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Seaweed left an indelible mark during the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit and the 2021…
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Researchers support efforts to increase agricultural productivity of women in Malawi
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)17.10.22Despite the increasing recognition of women’s contribution to agricultural production, there are s…
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IITA builds capacity of Congolese nationals on sustainable seed systems and pest and disease diagnostics
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)17.10.22Within the framework of the ATAC and the Development of Commercial Agriculture projects, funded resp…
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AVISA project showcases improved crop varieties at Farmers’ Field Day
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)17.10.22Field days are farm events organized by producers and agricultural institutes to educate farmers on…
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Her+ initiative builds women’s agricultural resilience for climate change
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)17.10.22Women are key drivers of climate change solutions, but gender inequalities seem to stand in…
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IITA trains food processors to improve health and nutrition using provitamin A-rich plantain flour in Gabon
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)17.10.22Food processors in Libreville, Gabon, recently participated in a training on the use of provitamin…
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Doing better than ‘Do no harm’
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)17.10.22How do the safeguards for REDD+ voluntary standards support the rights of Indigenous Peoples and…
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CIMMYT and China: A successful partnership since 1974
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)17.10.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is a non-profit international organiza…
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Tackling malnutrition in children through the inclusion of dried small fish powder in their diets
WorldFish16.10.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
The state of Assam, situated in the northeast of India, has a considerable percentage of…
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