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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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Policy seminar: AATM report outlines opportunities and challenges for intra-African agricultural trade
07.10.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY SWATI MALHOTRA African agricultural trade has yet to reach its potential, despite progress over…
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Understanding characteristics, causes, and consequences of migration: Contributions from the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets
05.10.21-
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It is estimated that nearly one in seven people — more than 1 billion in…
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Bangladeshi actress Jannatul Peya champions women in aquatic food systems
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WorldFish's initiative to increase women's empowerment through small fish production in Banglades…
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Thinking fish: A prerequisite for multifunctional landscape management
30.09.21-
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Two seminars convened by WorldFish, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Inte…
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5 innovations reducing loss and waste in aquatic food systems
28.09.21-
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Around 35 percent of food harvested from the world’s aquatic food systems—fisheries and aquacult…
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To achieve the SDGs, workers must define the true cost of labor in food systems
23.09.21-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY JULIE KURTZ With the approach of the Sept. 23 UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), the…
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Integrated food, land and water systems for building faster resilience
20.09.21-
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WorldFish and partners joined the 2021 World Water Week to discuss the critical importance of integ…
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Making the most of intra-African trade: Insights from the 2021 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor
16.09.21-
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BY JULIE KURTZ With the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting livelihoods, and the new African Continental Fr…
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Examining the gendered impacts of cash transfers on migration in Mali
15.09.21-
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BY MELISSA HIDROBO,VALERIE MUELLER,SHALINI ROY AND MICHAEL WANG Migration is a crucial element for e…
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Breaking barriers to youth engagement in aquatic food systems
09.09.21-
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A new strategic brief shows aquatic food systems have the potential to provide livelihood opportunit…
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Increasing prosperity of small and marginal farmers calls for strong collaboration between IRRI, ICAR, and national research partners
03.09.21-
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A strong collaboration between the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and its national agr…
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Reeling in economic opportunities for Africa’s youth
20.08.21-
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Aquatic food systems hold enormous potential for decent employment opportunities and livelihood out…
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User-friendly seed spreader saves Tunisian female farmers time, money, and efforts, with significant yield increases
17.08.21-
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In Tunisia, the smallest land plots are overwhelmingly owned by female farmers, which comes wit…
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In Tumultuous Times, Inspiring the Next Generation of Scientists
11.08.21-
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“Young people are on the frontlines of the struggle to build a better future for…
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Transforming The Agricultural Research Agenda With Aquatic Foods
06.08.21-
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Aquatic foods are not just good foods, they are superfoods with the power to nourish…
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The devolution revolution paradox: Greater accountability, lower spending on agricultural services
05.08.21-
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BY DANIELLE RESNICK On July 28, local governments were given center stage at the United…
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New solutions for chopping fodder
03.08.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
It is a laborious and time-consuming process: chopping plant matter by hand to feed to…
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Achievements of ICARDA and its National Partners in Date Palm Cultivation and Production
02.08.21-
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On July 27, 2021, ICARDA's Director-General, Mr. Aly Abousabaa, led a scientific virtual lecture tit…
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