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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
09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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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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TimesLive: Fears over handwashing in Africa to stem coronavirus seen as trigger for change
23.03.20-
Health
“In the water sector we always say 'Don't waste a good crisis'," said Inga Jacobs-Mata,…
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News Trust: Fears over handwashing in Africa to stem coronavirus seen as trigger for change
22.03.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
Aid workers and advisors said countries should seize the moment ahead of World Water Day…
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New study explores the benefits of a One Health approach to investigating antimicrobial resistance in Vietnam
22.03.20-
Health
In Vietnam, antimicrobial resistance in animal and human health settings poses a significant threat,…
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How much will global poverty increase because of COVID-19?
20.03.20-
Food security
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Health
In a recent blog post, we analyzed how the spread of the disease associated with the…
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COVID-19 is a deadly reminder that inclusive water supply and sanitation matters for all of us
20.03.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
Since the COVID-19 crisis escalated, we have been reminded daily that one of the most…
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Nutrition, gender and breeding modernization: Focal points of West and Central Africa research agenda
20.03.20-
Gender equality
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Health
The spotlight was on biofortification, gender equity and breeding program modernization at the recen…
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Training and low-cost tech cut aflatoxin by 53 per cent
19.03.20-
Health
Aflatoxin exposure threatens food security throughout the developing world. Training and low-cost te…
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WHEAT carries on in the “new normal” of COVID-19
18.03.20-
Health
The CGIAR Research Program on Wheat and its lead center, the International Maize and Wheat…
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8 reads on how coronavirus could swing the battle against climate change
18.03.20-
Health
As entire countries go on lockdown, factories close and international air travel grinds to a hal…
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COVID-19’s impact on China’s small and medium-sized businesses
17.03.20-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Since the COVID-19 outbreak began in Nov. 2019 in Hubei Province, China, business activity in the…
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Brokering research crucial for climate-proofing drylands
13.03.20-
Food security
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Health
Of the 12 interventions identified for agriculture by the Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA) in…
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As COVID-19 spreads, no major concern for global food security yet
12.03.20-
Food security
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Health
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread rapidly. So far, more than 116,000 cases and o…
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Policy seminar: The changing challenges of hidden hunger
11.03.20-
Health
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Nutrition
Global efforts to improve nutrition require approaches that focus on the entire food system, leading…
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How wasps are used to control the destructive cowpea pest—Maruca vitrata
07.03.20-
Health
Maruca vitrata, also known as Maruca pod borer, is one of the most devastating insect…
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Preventing global food security crisis under COVID-19 emergency
06.03.20-
Food security
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Health
The COVID-19 outbreak is showing a new trend. While the situation in China has improved…
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Coronavirus Threat Looms Large for Low-Income Cities
05.03.20-
Health
In our increasingly interconnected world, outbreaks of infectious diseases – such as Ebola, SARS a…
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Linking iron-biofortified beans and physical performance
03.03.20-
Health
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Nutrition
Deficiency in key dietary micronutrients remains a significant nutrition problem in low- and middle-…
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US nutrition experts say limits on saturated fats should no longer be recommended to reduce heart disease
02.03.20-
Health
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Nutrition
Graphic by the Aldas Project, 2012. ‘Following a two-day, DC-based workshop entitled “Saturated …
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