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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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
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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Ethiopian farmers help researchers select potato varieties that the market demands
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)14.05.19-
Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Potato is important to food security and a cash crop in Ethiopia with high potential…
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Evidence from Malawi: Why agricultural and nutrition education programs should engage both women and men in households
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)14.05.19-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
Gender norms and inequalities are an important factor in Malawi’s ongoing food security problems. …
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On a frugal continent of ‘economic vegetarians’, consuming more meat means longer, healthier lives—Economist
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)08.05.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
A slaughterhouse in Maputo, Mozambique (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). The Economist reports that …
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A different focus on stunting
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)06.05.19-
Nutrition
Is stunting the problem we need to solve, or the indicator of the problems we…
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Study: India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has positive impact on participants’ welfare
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)06.05.19-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is one of the largest public works prog…
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Ending undernutrition requires a different focus on stunting
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)26.04.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Anyone following international development is probably familiar with “stunting”—which in nonte…
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Ask the researchers: Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition project
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)26.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Researchers with Bioversity International recently shared information on the Biodiversity for Food a…
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Food systems innovations for healthier diets: A conceptual framework
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)24.04.19-
Health
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Nutrition
The Food Systems for Healthier Diets flagship of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for…
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FoodSTART+ featured in the latest iMPACT magazine issue
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)22.04.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
FoodSTART+ Principal Investigator, Diego Naziri, and CIAT Market Access Specialist, Brice Even share…
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IFPRI/A4NH at the Purdue Global Hunger Colloquium: Policy innovation is key to accelerating progress
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)22.04.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Leading figures in the global fight against hunger gathered at Purdue University April 10-11 for…
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Eating stories: On the contested future of meat–with, and without, feet
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)18.04.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Sketch of three people sharing a meal by Vincent Van Gogh (Van Gogh Gallery). In…
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Are we reducing hunger in the world?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)17.04.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
It is now clear that the world is not on track to achieve the Sustainable Development…
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Lessons from 21 years of breeding Eastern Africa‘s popular cooking bananas
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)16.04.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Uganda’s National Agricultural…
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Healthy Foods You Haven’t Heard Of (Yet): The Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Database
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)16.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
A new database compiles nutrition information on over 185 neglected and underutilized food species a…
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New data offers insights into rural poverty and undernutrition in Papua New Guinea
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)15.04.19-
Big data
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Food security
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Nutrition
Papua New Guinea is home to approximately 7 million people, and is struggling to ensure…
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2019 Global Food Policy Report Malawi launch: Reforming agriculture for rural revitalization
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)12.04.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Rural people around the world continue to struggle with food insecurity, persistent poverty and ineq…
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The stories of ‘sorghum’ Agatha and ‘seed’ Mary
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)12.04.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Why linking with the private sector is important for the AVISA project Passion can be…
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University of Florida Researchers Develop Model to Help Keep Crop Seeds Healthy
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)11.04.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Working with international researchers, University of Florida scientists have developed a model that…
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