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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 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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Valentine’s Day Special: Can chocolate survive climate change?
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
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
12.02.19-
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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
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
07.02.19-
Environmental health
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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
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
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?
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
05.02.19-
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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
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
01.02.19-
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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
01.02.19-
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A study fusing ancient technology and modern science shows that it's a matter of finding…
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Collaborating to innovate for India’s agriculture research: ICAR – ICRISAT finalize 5-year action plan
31.01.19-
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Improved crops, nutrition-sensitive agriculture on the cards A five-year plan for Indian agricultu…
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Citizen science in Kenya’s Rift Valley
30.01.19-
Environmental health
Participation is widely seen as a cornerstone of sustainable resource management, and it’s a pilla…
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Climate change policy must distinguish (long-lived) carbon dioxide from (short-lived) methane–Oxford study
29.01.19-
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Left to right: Auto rickshaw by eCSSpert, Untitled (Plate with Knife and Fork) by Klaas…
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Agricultural innovation in the mountains: a new direction
28.01.19-
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The Mountain Futures Innovation Platform in Yunnan, China is a new way to better understand…
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DailyNews.lk: Countering climate change with the cascade effect
24.01.19-
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Researchers with IWMI have joined a major effort to rehabilitate "tank" (or small reservoir) cascade…
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Religious leaders in Colombia and Peru urge protection of rainforests
23.01.19-
Environmental health
An appeal made by Pope Francis almost four years ago to prevent the destruction of…
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