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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
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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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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Nutrition policy panel points to the power of aquatic foods
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Harnessing aquatic foods through the sustainable growth of aquaculture deserves more attention in re…
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Towards equity and inclusion in small-scale fisheries
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This blogpost highlights 2020 research outputs of the WorldFish gender theme as part of the…
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Keeping food flowing within African food systems by busting policy myths
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Lawrence Haddad shares his thoughts inspired by the recent CGIAR-supported paper on persistent myths…
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Ghana school lunch program linked to improved learning
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Nutrition
BY ELISABETTA AURINO, AULO GELLI, CLEMENT ADAMBA, ISAAC OSEI-AKOTO, HAROLD ALDERMAN AND HONOR DEARLO…
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Bringing better seeds to indigenous farmers in Vietnam’s Northern highlands
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Biodiversity
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Nutrition
How can increased access to, and use of, high-quality seed translate into enhanced nutrition and…
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Tools4seedsystems: Building a better seed future, together
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Food security
Toolbox for Working with Root, Tuber and Banana Seed Systems Join our launch: Tuesday, 2…
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Introducing a new dyadic interview tool for exploring intra-household decision making
26.02.21-
Gender equality
Steven Cole, Catherine Njuguna and Devis Mwakanyamale on learnings from piloting the tool in Tanzani…
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Book launch: Straight talk about food system challenges
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Environmental health
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Food security
BY HONOR DEARLOVE Over the past several decades, most food systems around the world have…
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Scaling agricultural innovations to strengthen Africa’s food systems, food safety and nutrition
26.02.21-
Nutrition
Africa’s food systems are at an inflection point. Food demand in sub-Saharan Africa is expected…
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Mali Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries keen on stronger research partnerships to benefit farmers nationwide
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
This is something we needed to know about, support, promote and make better known at…
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New study fills critical gap in understanding pandemic impact on food value chains and offers solutions
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Health
In a new paper in the journal Sustainability, ICRISAT researchers analyzed the double burden of…
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Legumes: a climate-smart option to address Africa’s dependence on costly food imports
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Biodiversity
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The economics of hunger and agriculture in Africa. According to the United Nations, the Covid-19…
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Does bottom-up monitoring improve public services? What we found in Uganda
26.02.21-
Gender equality
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Health
Research evaluating the effectiveness of the baraza program in Uganda shows positive impact on publi…
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Healthy germplasm = healthy plants = stronger food systems
25.02.21Among the many challenges posed by climate change and its impacts on agriculture, improving plant…
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New report offers blueprint to solve global environmental crisis
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Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Putting nature at the heart of decision-making is key to achieving transformative change when it…
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How grass translates to cash in Western Kenya
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Biodiversity
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Every morning, Nelly Adhiambo wakes up just as dawn is breaking to feed her five…
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Groundwater depletion in India could reduce winter cropped acreage significantly in years ahead
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Environmental health
India is the world’s second-largest producer of wheat and rice and is home to more…
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Five big steps toward wheat self-sufficiency in Pakistan
24.02.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
Wheat is not just an essential part of the Pakistani diet, but also absolutely critical…
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