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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
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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
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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G20 Matera Declaration calls for investing more and better in food systems to achieve Zero Hunger
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)10.08.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
BY SWATI MALHOTRA AND ROB VOS Global hunger has been on the rise since 2014,…
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Preventing and protecting against wheat blast
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)10.08.21-
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Every year, the spores of the wheat blast fungus lie in wait on farms in…
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Interns shape the future of aquaculture in Zambia
WorldFish10.08.21Aquaculture internship programs help youth to gain experience and fill in industry gaps for win-win…
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Scaling up wastewater aquaculture through public-private partnerships
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)10.08.21-
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Health
Throughout history, pond-based aquaculture has been an important source of food and income for many…
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Aquatic foods science and innovation highlighted at Food System Summit
WorldFish09.08.21Panelists discuss innovative solutions to problems faced by aquatic food systems around the world in…
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Can you help shape the future of plant disease detection?
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)09.08.21-
Big data
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are increasingly being applied across a diver…
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A feminist approach to natural resource management
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)08.08.21-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
Historically, natural resources such as land, water and forests have been managed as economic resour…
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Research centers call for innovation and stronger partnerships to scale up Africa’s food systems
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.08.21Science, research, and innovation are essential to accelerate the transformation to healthier, more …
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IITA and partner Touton Ltd. consult coffee farmers on diversification strategies
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.08.21The IITA Uganda Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Team conducted focus group discussions with more th…
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Mechanical legume planter reduces drudgery for female farmers in Mozambique
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.08.21Mechanization has been recognized as an essential factor in agriculture development efforts to save …
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Building and innovating for food system transformation
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Nutrition
Inclusive responses to global challenges in CIP’s Annual Report 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic push…
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Hope for Tanzanian banana farmers with the official release of new “matooke” hybrids
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.08.21Tanzania has officially released four new, improved hybrids of the important staple cooking banana, …
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New crop-livestock technologies to mitigate conflict between crop and livestock farmers in DRC
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.08.21More than 20 farmers from Katogota and Kamanyola in the Ruzizi plain of South Kivu…
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IITA Forest Center prepares trainers for Olokemeji School Conservation Clubs
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.08.21As the Olokemeji reforestation project swings into full gear, the IITA Forest Center held its fir…
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YIIFSWA II hands over project outputs to GoSeed for post-project sustainability
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.08.21The Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa Phase II (YIIFSWA II) project has…
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A life-changing experience with I-Youth – Series 1
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.08.21The Innovative Youth in Agriculture (I-Youth) project has completed year 1 activities across vario…
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IITA and partners organize seed fair in Kano and Jigawa
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)06.08.21From 10 to 15 June, IITA and partners organized a joint seed fair in the northern Nigerian…
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How the Food Action Alliance designs and selects Flagships that take a food systems approach
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)06.08.21-
Food security
By: Dylan Anderson-Berens The Food Action Alliance (FAA), a global food systems initiative implemen…
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