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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
14.05.25<p>Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that signific…
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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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Investing in rural women farmers narrows the gender gap in agriculture
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The glaring inequality between men and women farmers in the African agricultural sector is alarming…
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The Honduras Water Platform is now available for Development Region 13 (R13) – Gulf of Fonseca
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Due to its mountainous landscape, the Honduran territory has a large water supply system, comprised…
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ILRI scientist Hung Nguyen-Viet discusses his experiences with the WHO team investigating COVID-19 origins
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Hung Nguyen-Viet, co-leader of the Animal and Human Health program at the International Livestock Re…
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CIMMYT to dedicate historic wheat experimental station to Sanjaya Rajaram
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The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) will rename one of its most historic…
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Women hold the seeds of a stronger food system for Peru
18.03.21The extremes of climate change and now COVID-19 have put Andean farmers at the sharpest end of…
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CIMMYT to dedicate historic wheat experimental station to Sanjaya Rajaram
18.03.21The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) will rename one of its most historic…
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Mass-produced coffee and chocolate puts nature and social welfare at risk, scientists warn, with urgent transformation needed
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Food security
Higher prices are among reforms needed to tackle farmer neglect, child labor and environmental damag…
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A new decade of forest restoration: Lessons learned from Burkina Faso
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
For this International Day of Forests’ theme of forest restoration, we take a closer look…
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WorldFish opens Bangladesh’s first aquatic animal disease diagnostic lab
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While aquaculture is a growing industry in Bangladesh, prevailing disease outbreaks in farmed fish a…
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Beyond social-ecological traps: Pathways to a sustainable future
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The artist John Olsen is known for his depictions of Australian landscapes through rich paths…
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Consider the seed
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The conservation of plant genetic diversity through germplasm conservation is a key component…
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Women hold the seeds of a stronger food system for Peru / Las mujeres alimentarán nuestro futuro
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Gender equality
An abbreviated version of this op-ed was first published by El Comercio in Peru on…
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Public and Private Partnerships improve smallholder farmer fortunes in Babati, Tanzania
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The Alliance joins efforts to improve soil fertility and agricultural output in Tanzania.…
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Innovating Zambia’s aquaculture sector boosts food security
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Aquatic foods caught and harvested in inland waters have long been an important part of…
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Watershed interventions provide groundwater access all year through
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In the semi-arid tropics water is a precious resource that often does not trickle down…
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Solar or diesel? Unlocking groundwater’s potential in sub-Saharan Africa
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Solar-powered groundwater irrigation has numerous advantages over diesel in boosting the productivit…
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Opportunities for researchers: March 2021
17.03.21Below is a selection of opportunities for researchers working on sustainable agriculture issues, inc…
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XRF Machines: Innovative Technology To Help Breed Nutritious Crops
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HarvestPlus and its CGIAR crop breeding partners are constantly innovating and embracing new technol…
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