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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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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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
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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
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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Healthy Foods You Haven’t Heard Of (Yet): The Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Database
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
15.04.19-
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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
12.04.19-
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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
12.04.19-
Food security
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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
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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New data offers insights into rural poverty and undernutrition in Papua New Guinea
11.04.19-
Nutrition
The dinghy ride up the Ramu River takes nine long hours, but my excitement mounted…
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IRRI, WorldFish, and IWMI commit to a food systems transformation in South and Southeast Asia
09.04.19-
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The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), WorldFish, and the International Water Management …
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How countries around the world are leveraging agriculture to improve nutrition
08.04.19-
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Nutrition
At times, engaging the agriculture sector to improve nutrition seems like an uphill battle. In…
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2019 Global Food Policy Report launch: Rural revitalization is key to ending hunger, improving livelihoods worldwide
08.04.19-
Food security
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As the world faced a difficult 2018—with ongoing conflicts, climate-driven disasters, and politica…
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Kenyan agriculturist Su Kahumbu on the need for ‘pro-smallholder’ and ‘pro-soil’ policies
08.04.19-
Nutrition
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Su Kahumbu with John Njure, a small-scale Kenyan dairy farmer (photo credit: iCow). TED Fellow…
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Improve soya bean yield
08.04.19-
Nutrition
SOYA bean has a high potential for income generation particularly for smallholder farmers who can…
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French agricultural research and CGIAR reinforce their scientific collaboration to the benefit of agriculture, food and climate change
05.04.19-
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Laying a strong foundation for a joint plan of action between CGIAR and France to…
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Cobs & Spikes podcast: Striving for higher quality, more nutritious maize
05.04.19-
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According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, over 800 million people are consi…
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Fighting hidden hunger with agricultural innovation
05.04.19-
Health
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Nutrition
Maize provides 15-16 percent of total calorie intake in Asia, Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa,…
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The ‘smart food’ women of Kenya sing a nutritious tune
05.04.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
How do you switch back to more nutritious and climate smart food? Making it fun…
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• Report of the High-Level Ministerial Conference on rice: Delivering on Commitments to Transform Africa’s Rice Industry
02.04.19-
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This document presents the report of the High-Level African Ministerial Conference on Rice held in…
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Chapatis of pearl millet for a changing climate
29.03.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The people of rural India love their bajra chapatis. These flatbreads made of pearl millet flour a…
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Diet diversification program aims to improve health of 13,000 tribal people in South India
29.03.19-
Nutrition
Energy-dense foods made from millets, sorghum and pulses are being provided to tribal communities in…
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