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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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-
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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Take a virtual tour of the Alliance’s Genebanks
23.03.21-
Biodiversity
Watch our latest video to learn what goes on behind the scenes to conserve of…
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A new seasonal climate forecast system supports East African agriculture
23.03.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
For World Meteorological Day, we're looking at how seasonal climate forecasts have been developed in…
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The RTB Toolbox: Building capacities for seed systems development
22.03.21-
Food security
Twimanye Makoye is a commercial sweetpotato farmer in Bukombe District in Northwest Tanzania. He pro…
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World Water Day 2021: How can we manage better what we value most?
22.03.21-
Environmental health
BY CLAUDIA RINGLER AND RUTH MEINZEN-DICK The theme of World Water Day 2021 (March 22) is “Valuin…
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Trends in Varietal Diversity of Main Staple Crops in Asia and Africa and Implications for Sustainable Food Systems
22.03.21A recent study from the International Potato Center (CIP) calls attention to downward trends in…
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Water storage gaps are growing worldwide. We need an integrated approach
22.03.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
For millennia, storing water has been a cornerstone of survival for many societies, especially in…
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International Forests Day: The crucial value of India’s common lands
19.03.21-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
BY HARPINDER SANDHU, WEI ZHANG, HAGAR ELDIDI AND RUTH MEINZEN-DICK Common lands, whether communal…
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Launch event: Agricultural Investment Data Analyzer (AIDA) guides policy makers on potential economic and social impacts
19.03.21-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY DALIA ELSABBAGH Investments in agriculture can have broad economic and social impacts. To help…
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UK Minister Lord Ahmad visits ICRISAT, discusses climate action
19.03.21-
Food security
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Health
Lord Tariq Ahmad, Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth in the UK…
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The European Commission hopes for greater collaboration to improve food and nutrition security
19.03.21-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Delegates from the European Commission to Mali expressed interest in exploring new opportunities for…
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Watershed interventions provide groundwater access all year through
19.03.21-
Environmental health
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Health
Water conservation structures in Anantapuramu: A check dam (L) constructed in Kondampalle village, A…
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Investing in rural women farmers narrows the gender gap in agriculture
19.03.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
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
19.03.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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
19.03.21-
Health
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
18.03.21-
Nutrition
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
18.03.21-
Food security
Higher prices are among reforms needed to tackle farmer neglect, child labor and environmental damag…
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