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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program09.07.25-
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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
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
Digital Transformation Accelerator16.05.25-
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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
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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FTA welcomes new Independent Steering Committee member Richard Stanislaus Muyungi
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry20.02.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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The CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) has welcomed a new member…
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Rethinking the food system to tackle triple burden of malnutrition
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry19.02.19-
Environmental health
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The global narrative on food security and nutrition is not new: 1 billion people go…
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Tree love and lonely elephants, AI in restoration, and palm oil myths debunked
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)18.02.19-
Biodiversity
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In Forests News last week: Palm oil; Smallholder expansion on the rise The assumption that…
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Trees nurture nutrition
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry18.02.19-
Environmental health
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Foods from farms with trees — also known as agroforestry — are dense with nutrients.…
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Talk shows and text messages in Kenya’s Rift Valley
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)15.02.19-
Environmental health
This story is the second in a three-part series. Read part one, Barking up the…
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Tree love this Valentine’s Day
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)14.02.19-
Environmental health
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Forests News asked staff at Center for International Forestry Resear…
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Valentine’s Day Special: Can chocolate survive climate change?
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)13.02.19-
Environmental health
Chocolate is at the top of shopping lists for Valentine’s Day, most of us gifting…
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New paper explores green growth strategy for the Philippines
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)12.02.19-
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A new paper examines the economywide impact of promoting renewable power generation in the Philippin…
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Fresh funds to help clean up ocean plastics in Asia
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)12.02.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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It might not sound quite like a fairytale romance, but the match between millions of…
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On being a woman, in the field and in her field
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)10.02.19-
Environmental health
It was the sense of adventure that wooed Greta Dargie into scientific research, the photos…
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SciDev.net: Arsenic in groundwater – no silver bullet
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)07.02.19-
Environmental health
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Health
Soumya Balasubramanya tells SciDev.Net that the recommendations outlined in new United Nations Unive…
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Nigeria’s agribusiness Agrolay Ventures goes against the grain
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)05.02.19-
Environmental health
Importing food that could be produced locally costs the continent of Africa around USD 40…
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Making Egypt’s power sector more diverse and sustainable
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)05.02.19-
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In Egypt, like everywhere, growing energy demand is increasingly at odds with the urgent need…
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Leopards on the loose, a planet inferno, and will fast food giants spark a Domino’s effect for climate change?
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)05.02.19-
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Forests News pick of stories from around the globe: McDonald’s, KFC and Domino’s: Investors dang…
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Land restoration is a strategic investment in Ethiopia
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)05.02.19-
Environmental health
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Productive land leads to many benefits but achieving productivity needs a change of thinking. The…
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Farmer-led landscape restoration movement re-greens the Sahel
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)04.02.19-
Environmental health
A reforestation strategy conceived by agronomist Tony Rinaudo has so far led to the restoration…
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Confronting the challenges of salinity intrusion on agriculture in South Asia
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)01.02.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Salinity intrusion—accelerating due to sea level rise and coastal erosion—is leading to contamin…
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Sri Lanka’s cultural legacy brings ancient perspectives to new water challenges
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)01.02.19-
Environmental health
A study fusing ancient technology and modern science shows that it's a matter of finding…
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