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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-
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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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We need a new approach, or another coronavirus is inevitable
02.03.20-
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‘Until we start thinking of human and animal health as linked, another coronavirus is inevitable 
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Indian farmers reap profits from machine harvestable chickpea
28.02.20-
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Machine-harvestable chickpea variety ‘Phule Vikram’, which was launched two years ago in India, …
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AfricaRice inaugurates the Rice Biodiversity Center for Africa
27.02.20-
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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 27 February 2020 - The Rice Biodiversity Center for Africa (RBCA) was of…
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Viral flash points? Poor urban settlements are highly vulnerable to the risk of the new coronavirus
27.02.20-
Health
Scene in Nairobi’s low-income Kibera settlement (photo credit: David Orgel/Flickr). A new guest bl…
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Policy seminar: Introducing the Food Systems Dashboard
25.02.20-
Food security
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With as many as 32 major reports on food systems out in the past few…
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Feeding the future: Millet and sorghum grains make big gains in Mali
14.02.20-
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Nutrition
USAID delegation visited Mali to see impacts from projects undertaken by three CGIAR institutions A…
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How China can address threats to food and nutrition security from the coronavirus outbreak
12.02.20-
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Health
The current novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) outbreak originated from a seafood and wild foo…
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Aflasafe can reduce exposure to cancer-causing toxins and promote farmer access to premium markets
06.02.20-
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“If someone eats this maize, which may contain high aflatoxin levels, they may die and…
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Facilitating training programs for improving crop-livestock systems in Niger
31.01.20-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Training programs on silage making, animal health and laboratory management were held in Niger for…
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How a deadly outbreak unveiled the key to safer food
30.01.20-
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A recent article by Nancy Averett in Scientific African Magazine discusses how incidents of food…
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Can a vaccine save the world’s pigs from African swine fever?
29.01.20-
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A recent article by Katarina Zimmer in The Scientist examines how close we are to…
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On vegan diets and brain nutrients—some unsettling research reports in a (surprisingly) still murky research area
28.01.20-
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Meat and Eggs, by Felix Vallotton, 1918 (via Wikiart). The vegan diet is low in—or,…
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A4NH researchers publish systematic literature review on indices of diet quality
26.01.20-
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Nutrition
A4NH researchers with Wageningen University & Research and Bioversity International conducted a …
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A food system research agenda for healthier diets in Bangladesh
26.01.20-
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The national food system of Bangladesh has made substantial progress since experiencing famine in 19…
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Interdisciplinary research key to making India’s Green Revolution sustainable
24.01.20-
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Around a hundred scientists from varied disciplines, who gathered to discuss an India-UK joint resea…
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'Supermarketization,' food environments, and the urban poor
23.01.20-
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Food safety and better nutrition are real and serious challenges facing billions of people in…
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What changes in temperature mean for Africa’s tsetse fly
20.01.20-
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Tsetse flies can pass on African sleeping sickness (photo credit: Shutterstock). Elisha Bayode Are, …
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Industry plans to reach consumers with high oleic groundnut oil in 2-3 years
17.01.20-
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Nutrition
Two new groundnut varieties with more than 78% oleic acid have captured the attention of…
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