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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
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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 SystemsÂ
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
16.05.25-
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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
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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Opportunities abound for investors in Africa's low-value species market, says WorldFish
09.08.22-
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The organization is trying to create a climate-change resilient tilapia that can withstand higher oc…
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AfricaRice scientist wins 21st Century Hope Prize of Japan’s Niigata International Food Award
04.08.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Dr Kazuki Saito, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Agronomist, has been named the 21st Century Hope…
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2022 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report: Repurpose agricultural subsidies to make healthy diets affordable, reduce rising hunger
02.08.22-
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2022 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report: Repurpose agricultural subsidies to…
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Farm-level cultivation of Golden Rice now at transplanting stage
02.08.22-
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Nutrition, health & food security
The initial farm-level cultivation of Golden Rice is now taking place on 40 hectares this…
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ASEAN AND CGIAR review research and innovation priority areas to address agriculture and food security challenges in the region
31.07.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
ASEAN and CGIAR stakeholders convened to build a stronger cooperation to address the various agricul…
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IRRI and CAAS jointly set up the Sanya International Rice Resource and Breeding Center in Hainan
29.07.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and the International Rice Research Institute (I…
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The Russia-Ukraine grain agreement: What is at stake?
27.07.22-
Food security
The Russia-Ukraine grain agreement: What is at stake? Joseph Glauber and David Laborde On July 22,…
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Securing a legacy for the IFAD Conservation Agriculture and Crop Livestock Project
27.07.22-
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The Conservation Agriculture and Crop-livestock (CLCA) project was made possible through the financi…
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The impact of the International Rice Genebank on rice farming in Bangladesh
22.07.22-
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The findings of this study demonstrate the valuable contribution of IRG’s conservation and distrib…
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How to shockproof staples in a looming global food crisis
20.07.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Empty shelfs in a Swiss grocery store. Photo Boris Dunand/Unsplash The conflict in Ukraine has…
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LAUNCHED! - F2R-CWANA Offers the World a Head Start in Climate Adaptation
20.07.22-
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The Initiative capitalizes on climate-smart innovation, biodiversity, and natural resources from a d…
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New study explores gendered barriers and opportunities in Kenya’s informal dairy sector
20.07.22-
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Informal milk trading in peri-urban Nairobi plays a key role in supporting both livelihoods and…
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Essential actions to mitigate the food crisis, stabilize supply and transition to greater agrifood system resilience
18.07.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Wheat at a CIMMYT field trial. (Photo: H. Hernandez Lira/CIMMYT) As the Russia-Ukraine war continues…
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ICARDA at the International Exhibition and Forum on Afforestation Technologies
17.07.22-
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – last May, Dr. Mounir Louhaichi, ICARDA's Research Team Leader of Rangeland…
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IRRI’s new NARVI initiative engages the private sector to accelerate global impact of improved rice varieties
12.07.22-
Food security
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is leading a new initiative called Network for Acce…
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IRRI and AGRA strengthen partnership to address Africa's food security
05.07.22-
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27 June 2022, Nairobi - International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Director General Dr. Jean BaliÃ…
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Assessing returns to research investments in rice varietal development: Evidence from the Philippines and Bangladesh
30.06.22-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
#ResearchSpotlight Over the past three decades, the Philippines and Bangladesh have made huge invest…
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From cool to warm: Making temperate japonica rice more widely available to farmers in tropical Southeast Asia
30.06.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
In the past 29 years, the Germplasm Utilization Value Added (GUVA) project ihave delivered six…
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