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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
19.09.25Dr. 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
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
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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 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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EU strikes palm oil blow, kids bunk off for their future, air pollution worse than smoking
19.03.19-
Environmental health
In Forests News last week: Palm oil’s complex land conflicts Oil palm plantations are…
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Beating Famine turns its attention to the Sahel
18.03.19-
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Land is being restored in Africa’s dry Sahel region to ensure food security The semi-arid…
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A textual digest of new UN resolution for restoration
17.03.19-
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In Agenda item 14 in the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly on 1…
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Kenya challenged to meet regreening target
15.03.19-
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The East African nation’s farmers are slow to adopt reforestation and regreening practices owing t…
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Direct Seeded Rice Consortium convenes first annual meeting to advance partnerships for more sustainable, environment-friendly rice systems
15.03.19-
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14 March 2019, IRRI Headquarters ~ The Direct Seeded Rice Consortium (DSRC), a multi-stakeholder res…
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Refugee designer leads fashion toward sustainability
13.03.19-
Environmental health
Back in 2014, a curious collection of scarves rippled through the media. But it wasn’t…
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Land Degradation Surveillance Framework deployed in Senegal
13.03.19-
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The Framework is helping farmers and governments monitor the progress of regreening efforts and the…
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Palm oil’s complex land conflicts
13.03.19-
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In an ideal world, palm oil production would cause no deforestation, and have a transparent…
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Sustainable land use systems: A way to help achieve Colombia’s climate change mitigation and peacebuilding goals
12.03.19-
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Colombia has set ambitious targets to mitigate climate change and achieve stability. One promising a…
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Strengthening producer organizations is key to making finance inclusive and effective
08.03.19-
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As part of the “Innovative finance for sustainable landscapes” interview series, the Internation…
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International Women’s Day 2019: Think equal, build smart, innovate for change
08.03.19-
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On March 8 the world celebrates International Women’s Day. In the Philippines, Cathy Watson interv…
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International Women’s Day 2019
08.03.19-
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Translating research evidence into change for gender equality. In preparing to celebrate Internation…
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International Women’s Day 2019
08.03.19-
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Innovating for change: Spotlight on a champion rice processor in Africa On the occasion of…
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Seed Tracker: How one app can enhance seed systems for many crops
06.03.19-
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Thanks to its tolerance of poor soil, harsh conditions, pests and diseases, cassava is a…
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Beyond trees: Land restoration to enhance gender equality in Burkina Faso
05.03.19-
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Not all farmers are able to adopt or benefit from landscape restoration practices equally. A…
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Seeing is believing: Visit to successfully restored watersheds in Ethiopia inspires Kenyan officials to action
05.03.19-
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In December of 2018, scientists from the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems…
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Baffled scientists, boreal forest wipeout and Norway ditches dirty palm oil
04.03.19-
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Dirty palm oil gets ditched by world’s largest pension fund Norway’s Government Pension Fund Glo…
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CIFOR and Indonesia government renew contract to protect forests
04.03.19-
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“Forests and forest resources are crucial for Indonesia and the world fighting climate change,” …
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