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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
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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 SystemsÂ
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-
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
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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On-farm nitrogen management practices have global reverberations
10.04.21-
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
An international team of scientists has strengthened our understanding of how better fertilizer mana…
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Ghana farmers’ group raises groundnut yield five-fold with improved varieties, breaks three-decade productivity barrier
09.04.21-
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Two improved groundnut varieties have helped a group of farmers in Ghana increase their yields…
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What is the role of food systems for peace and security in a climate crisis?
09.04.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security has led an article on the importance of food systems for peace and…
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COVID-19 widens gap in food and seed security for smallholders in developing countries
09.04.21-
Food security
COVID-19 has left vulnerable groups on the receiving end of social and economic impacts of…
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Gendered perceptions of livestock and agricultural production in Kenya
08.04.21-
Biodiversity
Alliance researchers in Kenya’s Kisii and Meru counties look at how men and women perceive…
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A One Health approach to plant healthÂ
07.04.21The post A One Health approach to plant health appeared first on International Potato Center.…
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World Health Day 2021
07.04.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
Health has certainly been in the spotlight over the past year. And how could it…
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Nepal launches digital soil map
07.04.21-
Big data
A new digital soil map for Nepal provides access to location-specific information on soil properties…
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Revisiting the inverse size-productivity relationship
07.04.21-
Big data
Quantifying agricultural productivity relies on measures of crop production and land area. Those mea…
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Advances in modeling and sensors can help farmers and insurers manage risk
07.04.21-
Biodiversity
When used appropriately, satellite data is rapidly expanding the potential to customize insurance fo…
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Demand – led Breeding through a Gender lens: Experiences from Zimbabwe
06.04.21Discussions on gender integration in conventional breeding are not new. These talks started in the…
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From waste to wealth: The innovation turning cassava peels into a growing new industry
05.04.21-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
To make garri, cassava roots have to be peeled. Traditionally, the peels have been dumped…
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Applying the Experience Capitalization Process to Landscape Restoration in Ethiopia
05.04.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Getting a clear picture on landscape restorationOver the last 20 years, Ethiopia has sought to…
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Striking up a new tune, gender researchers re-examine their focus on men
05.04.21-
Biodiversity
In a discussion with Carol J. Pierce Colfer, a CIFOR researcher with almost 50 years…
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RTB crops surge in developing countries
04.04.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
The production of root, tuber and banana crops (RTB crops) in developing countries has surged…
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A Wild Way to Boost Wheat Yields
03.04.21-
Biodiversity
In the face of climate change, improving wheat varieties is essential to maintain yields—and geneb…
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Zambian President commends IITA’s youth-in-ag initiative
03.04.21Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI) recently facilitated an exhibition program with the th…
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IITA scientist joins advisory panel of Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development
03.04.21IITA’s Director for Eastern Africa Hub and leader for Biotechnology research, Leena Tripathi, has…
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