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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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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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New guidelines ease the way for fish-friendly irrigation systems
16.12.20-
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A new set of guidelines provides practical guidance on the integration of irrigation systems with…
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Mobile app connects fish farmers with aquaculture information despite COVID-19 in Myanmar
16.12.20-
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A new mobile application is delivering crucial aquaculture information to small-scale fish farmers w…
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New book on value chain development seeks to translate ideas into practice – for impact at scale
12.12.20-
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Interview with the editors of the new book “Value Chain Development and The Poor: Promise, delive…
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IFPRI book: What Africa can learn from Asia about agricultural mechanization
04.12.20-
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BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN Agricultural mechanization has many benefits for developing countries: It raise…
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests country case study author: Sergio Macedo Gomes de Mattos
04.12.20-
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH): The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable develop…
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Reducing air pollution in China’s urban areas can improve local housing markets
03.12.20-
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BY MANUEL HERNANDEZ AND FRANCESCA EDRALIN China’s air pollution is among the worst in the…
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Money-making machines
27.11.20-
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A new small-mechanization pilot initiative launched in July is equipping farmers with the business a…
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Timor-Leste president calls for expansion of aquaculture during hatchery visit
26.11.20-
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The President of Timor-Leste, Francisco Guterres Lú Olo, visited the Gleno hatchery last week, lear…
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2020 ReSAKSS Conference: Learning from past policy mistakes and achievements to transform African agrifood systems
25.11.20-
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BY TSITSI MAKOMBE Last in a series of blog posts on the release of the 2020…
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Policy seminar: The political economy of COVID-19 and impacts on food policies around the world
23.11.20-
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BY TIMOTHY KAROFF The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered a major shock to global health and…
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Charting the Path to Peace: Who Bears the Burden of Climate Variability in Indonesia?
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Written by Grazia Pacillo. Image credit: IRRI CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security explores the role of…
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests country case study author: Hunter Synder
19.11.20-
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH): The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable develop…
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Climate Security in Colombia
18.11.20-
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Written by: Nam Nguyen, Diego Osorio, Frans Schapendonk and Peter Läderach CGIAR FOCUS Climate Secu…
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Silage from sweetpotato vines – proven benefits for livestock farmers and feed suppliers
18.11.20-
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Making silage from sweetpotato vines can be a valuable source of feed for improved animal…
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Climate Security in the Sahel
18.11.20-
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Written by: Nam Nguyen, Diego Osorio, Frans Schapendonk and Peter Läderach CGIAR FOCUS Climate Secu…
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Rice-fish Systems – Back to the Future
18.11.20-
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Designs on ancient Chinese pottery show us that integrated production of rice and fish in…
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After the flush: How a project in Ghana is turning human waste into an economic resource
17.11.20-
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An IWMI-led project in Ghana aims to address issues with insufficient financing and lack of…
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests country case study author: Kafayat Fakoya
17.11.20-
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