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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now…
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IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systems
04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o…
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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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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
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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Launching today—CGIAR Antimicrobial Resistance Hub
21.02.19-
Environmental health
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Health
Launching today in Kenya is a CGIAR AMR Hub for powering global, national and local…
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New research partnership to tackle the global problem of antimicrobial resistance
21.02.19-
Health
To tackle the growing problem of rising antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries…
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Does aflatoxin stunt child growth? Evidence from the first randomized trial
21.02.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Current evidence on the link between aflatoxin and stunting is limited to observational research. A…
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Six-million-dollar investment to tackle the causes of foodborne disease in Ethiopia
15.02.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Principal food safety investigators conducted a press conference to launch four food safety program…
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‘We can’t modernize, regulate or train our way to food safety in Africa’—ILRI epidemiologist Silvia Alonso
14.02.19-
Food security
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Health
Written by Silvia Alonso Veterinary epidemiologist Silvia Alonso works at the International Livesto…
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The critical and complex need to address food safety in Africa
13.02.19-
Food security
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Health
Solving the health problems of foodborne disease in Africa is only part of the food…
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New paper explores green growth strategy for the Philippines
12.02.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Health
A new paper examines the economywide impact of promoting renewable power generation in the Philippin…
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New report says investments in food safety in sub-Saharan Africa should prioritize the needs of local consumers
07.02.19-
Health
Donor investment in food safety in sub-Saharan Africa should have greater focus on the needs…
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SciDev.net: Arsenic in groundwater – no silver bullet
07.02.19-
Environmental health
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Health
Soumya Balasubramanya tells SciDev.Net that the recommendations outlined in new United Nations Unive…
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Publication showcases 50 years of IITA’s plant health research
03.02.19-
Health
A new book, titled “Critical issues in plant health: 50 years of research in African…
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Unlocking the potential of genomics to accelerate sustainable development
28.01.19-
Health
Countries around the world came together at the 1996 World Food Summit to commit to…
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Reconciling growth with nature’s gifts
07.01.19-
Environmental health
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Health
Toward a decision-making framework for two of Africa’s transboundary basins.…
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Optimizing food assistance programs: Multisectoral approach improves child growth in Guatemala
07.12.18-
Health
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Nutrition
Food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition programs that incorporate food rations, a beha…
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Lancet Countdown 2018 report shows concerning trends in heat and heat waves, infectious disease and declining food security
29.11.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change is a multidisciplinary, interna…
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Tanzania registers AflasafeTZ—the effective technology to combat aflatoxin
22.11.18-
Food security
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Health
The eagerly awaited registration of AfasafeTZ by the Tropical Pesticides Research Institute in Tanza…
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Strategic simplification to create healthy and sustainable food systems in an urbanizing world
21.11.18-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
Food systems are shaped by consumption and demand—we need to always keep this in mind.…
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NEW STUDY: Urbanization associated with lower rates of child stunting but higher rates of obesity among women
20.11.18-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Washington, D.C: Urbanization is changing the landscape of health and nutrition in Africa, and in…
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Animal-sourced foods are vital to combating malnutrition and stunting in the developing world
19.11.18-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
When poorly nourished children in developing countries fall behind in their physical growth and be…
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