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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
CGIAR29.05.25Photo 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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
Digital Transformation Accelerator16.05.25-
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
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)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
CGIAR13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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2021 Global Food Policy Report: COVID-19’s impact on agriculture and food systems in South Asia
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)17.08.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY ANISHA MOHAN The severe health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted…
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User-friendly seed spreader saves Tunisian female farmers time, money, and efforts, with significant yield increases
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)17.08.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In Tunisia, the smallest land plots are overwhelmingly owned by female farmers, which comes wit…
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Capturing fine diet data in Vietnam to guide action on food systems transformation
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)17.08.21-
Food security
The Alliance in Vietnam has worked on baseline food systems profiles to help address food…
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Seed giants must collaborate or be dwarfed by threat of climate change
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)17.08.21-
Environmental health
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed vast inequalities when it comes to food security. But there…
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$15.2 billion in research and innovation investments can put global climate and hunger goals within reach
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)16.08.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
BY UMA LELE AND MARK ROSEGRANT Increasing public and private investment in agricultural research and…
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Constructive Criticism: ISDC’s External Review of Initiative Proposals
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Groundnut variety tolerant to drought and foliar fungal disease with superior haulm quality released in Odisha, India
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)16.08.21After a gap of 14 years, Odisha state in India officially released a new groundnut…
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Learning Lunches boost collaboration between WorldFish and Gates Foundation
WorldFish16.08.21New digital communication strategies are forging international partnerships and boosting collaborati…
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When it comes to maize variety choices, can farmers have it all?
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)13.08.21Smallholder farmers are often torn between maize seed varieties that have multiple desirable traits.…
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Nutritional campaign targets ethnic minority youth in Myanmar
WorldFish13.08.21-
Nutrition
In Myanmar, just four out of ten households have access to nutritious diets. This lack…
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Digital innovations spark bright futures in aquatic food systems for youth
WorldFish13.08.21WorldFish's Resilient Small-Scale Fisheries Research Analyst, Joctan Dos Reis Lopes, answers questio…
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School feeding programs improve nutrition and child growth across generations: Evidence from India
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)12.08.21-
Health
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Nutrition
BY SUMAN CHAKRABARTI, SAMUEL SCOTT, HAROLD ALDERMAN, PURNIMA MENON AND DANIEL GILLIGAN By April 2020…
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Alliance joins action on Food Systems dialogues in Vietnam
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)12.08.21-
Food security
Action on food systems transformation must be stepped up to ensure food security for the…
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WorldFish makes research contributions to UN youth report
WorldFish12.08.21-
Nutrition
WorldFish researchers contributed to the Committee of World Food Security’s report on youth inclus…
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AI for diagnosing potato diseases will benefit millions of rural farmers
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)11.08.21-
Food security
The AI-powered mobile app PlantVillage Nuru has been expanded to include potato diseases, allo…
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In Tumultuous Times, Inspiring the Next Generation of Scientists
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)11.08.21-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
“Young people are on the frontlines of the struggle to build a better future for…
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Well-designed agroforestry enterprises protect forest land from degradation
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)11.08.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
By Dr. Akmal Akramkhanov, ICARDA Senior Scientist - Sustainable Land Management, and Anastasiya Shyr…
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Fish nutrient data platform revolutionizes fight against malnutrition
WorldFish11.08.21-
Nutrition
A virtual event was held to celebrate the launch of FishNutrients, a predicative model used…
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