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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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Incorporating prevention into community-based management of acute malnutrition: Insights from Mali and Burkina Faso
04.10.19-
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Nutrition
Globally, 52 million children suffer from acute malnutrition. Children with moderate acute malnutrit…
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Steering the seed revolving fund initiative to meet growing farmers’ demand for certified seed
04.10.19-
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Adoption of new varieties can never be successful until efficient seed delivery systems are in…
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Crunching IFPRI data to build research capacity in Papua New Guinea
03.10.19-
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Nutrition
One of IFPRI’s most important pillars is capacity building, which includes training students and g…
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TICAD7 Side Event: How Japan’s know-how can help address Africa’s food and nutrition challenges
27.09.19-
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Nutrition
To feed its growing population amid climate change and other challenges, Africa needs a flourishing…
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Scaling up the use of Orange Fleshed Puree for Baked and Fried Products
27.09.19-
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Nutrition
In late May the International Potato Centre (CIP) organized a stakeholder engagement and launch meet…
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Programs need to focus on the double burden of malnutrition: Evidence from Guatemala
25.09.19-
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Nutrition
Most countries, at all levels of development and in all regions of the world, today…
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ILRI researchers propose traceability system for Kenya’s smallholder pig value chain
24.09.19-
Health
A traceability system in the smallholder pig value chain in Kenya could help address challenges…
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Equipping researchers with tools for geospatial and remote sensing data analysis
23.09.19-
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A recent capacity-building exercise conducted in Nigeria trained a multidisciplinary team of researc…
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Policy seminar: Exploring a cash transfer program's impacts on malnutrition in war-torn Yemen
16.09.19-
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The war in Yemen is an ongoing disaster for its people. Over 80% of the…
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Forage sorghum hybrid hailed as a landmark cultivar in India
13.09.19-
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A new sorghum hybrid developed using ICRISAT breeding material was recently given special recognitio…
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Food policies for healthier diets
05.09.19-
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Programs for improving diets often focus on demand, providing incentives to groups of consumers. How…
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CGIAR at AGRF 2019
03.09.19-
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The African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), considered to be the world’s most important forum for…
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Independent.co.uk: World health chiefs call for more studies on microplastics in drinking water
22.08.19-
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Research gap must be filled but meanwhile governments and businesses must urgently reduce plastic pr…
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AfDB-TAAT promotes trailblazing hybrid rice technology adapted to Africa
16.08.19-
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16 August 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The Rice Compact of the African Development Bank-funded …
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Researchers call for a gendered approach in strategies for community uptake of livestock vaccines
16.08.19-
Health
The design of strategies for uptake of livestock vaccines by communities in East Africa should…
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New review article tackles the question: Can aflatoxin binders in foods be promoted safely and ethically?
09.08.19-
Health
A new review article finds that there are too many issues with using lactic acid…
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Guiding farmers to safer use of pesticides in Rwanda and Burundi
08.08.19-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
It’s hard to overstate the importance of root, tuber, and banana (RTB crops) for smallholder…
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AfricaRice teams up with national partners to sustainably intensify rice-based systems in Africa
15.07.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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15 July 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), in close collaboratio…
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