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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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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Big data
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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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Increasing prosperity of small and marginal farmers calls for strong collaboration between IRRI, ICAR, and national research partners
03.09.21-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A strong collaboration between the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and its national agr…
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Experts call for G20 health ministers to invest in animal health for stronger global health systems
02.09.21-
Health
Action for Animal Health is a coalition of multilateral organizations, non-governmental organization…
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Is climate-driven migration a threat to security? An expert discussion
02.09.21An increasingly unpredictable climate is making extreme weather events such as floods, storms, and…
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ILRI scientists and research partners contribute to growing body of knowledge on COVID-19
02.09.21-
Health
As countries around the world continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists at the…
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Nitrogen-efficient wheats can provide more food with fewer greenhouse gas emissions, new study shows
01.09.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
An international collaboration has discovered and transferred to elite wheat varieties a wild-grass …
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COVID-19 disruptions to health and nutrition services in Uttar Pradesh, India
01.09.21-
Health
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Nutrition
BY PHUONG HONG NGUYEN, SHIVANI KACHWAHA, RASMI AVULA, PURNIMA MENON AND MICHAEL WANG Fears of…
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IRRI and Learn.Ink launch interactive digital course on site-specific nutrient management
01.09.21-
Food security
31 August 2021, Los Banos - IRRI’s Rice Crop Manager (RCM) team launched a free…
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All hat and no cattle? Accountability following the UN Food Systems Summit
31.08.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY NAMUKOLO COVIC, ACHIM DOBERMANN,JESSICA FANZO, SPENCER HENSON, MARIO HERRERO,PRABHU PINGALI AND S…
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Smart farming platform ‘GeoGoviya’ launched in Sri Lanka
31.08.21-
Food security
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) together with the Department of Agrarian Develo…
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In the Spotlight: Sajeda Yasmin
31.08.21WorldFish researcher Sajeda Yasmin discusses her efforts to make aquaculture more gender-inclusive i…
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Extraordinary COVID-19 social support programs in South Africa yield economic benefits during the pandemic period
30.08.21BY SHERWIN GABRIEL, DIRK VAN SEVENTER, CHANNING ARNDT, ROBERT J. DAVIES, LAURENCE HARRIS, SHERM…
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A monk’s souvenir that became pigeonpea’s crown jewel
30.08.21ICP 7035, a landrace of pigeonpea from India is a rare line with resistance to…
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Understanding consumption preferences for sorghum and millets globally
30.08.21In support of the objectives of the International Year of Millets (2023), a global study,…
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Report: Critical topics in Vietnam and Ethiopia’s food systems-related policies: An exploratory policy review
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Health
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Nutrition
The Platforms for Healthier Diets project examines the role of platforms in strengthening and/or sup…
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Report: Critical topics in Bangladesh’s and Nigeria’s food system-related policies: An exploratory policy review
28.08.21-
Health
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Nutrition
In this report, researchers from the A4NH's Platforms for Healthier Diets project aim to identify…
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Paper: Food consumption-production response to agricultural policy and macroeconomic change in Nigeria
28.08.21-
Food security
In times of expected economic shocks, farming households may turn to planting staple crops for…
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Fish-based products empower youth to nourish Myanmar
28.08.21-
Nutrition
Aquatic food products improve access to nutritious foods among vulnerable communities in Myanmar. Wo…
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A monk’s souvenir that became pigeonpea’s crown jewel
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Biodiversity
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Health
ICP 7035, a landrace of pigeonpea from India is a rare line with resistance to…
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