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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
WorldFish19.09.25Dr. 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
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)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
Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program09.07.25-
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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
CGIAR29.05.25Photo 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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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Boosting African agricultural growth and transformation: The importance of producer organizations
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)03.11.20-
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BY FLEUR WOUTERSE AND AMY FAYE Second in a series of blog posts on the…
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In search of effective support for agricultural mechanization in Africa
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)03.11.20-
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Rising food demand and a shrinking rural labor pool have made the need for tractors…
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Informal food retail in Africa’s cities: governance, politics, policy issues
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)31.10.20-
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To mark UN World Cities Day (Oct.31), new PIM Synthesis Brief summarizes recent research on…
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In search of effective support for agricultural mechanization in Africa
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)30.10.20-
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BY HIROYUKI TAKESHIMA, XINSHEN DIAO AND PATRICK OHENE ABOAGYE First of a series of blog…
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Young people in Niger explore different forms of agriculture for a better future
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)23.10.20-
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Over 150 rural youth in Niger joined an entrepreneur incubation program, participating in their firs…
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Fodder chopping machines lead to a thriving livestock feed enterprise in rural Niger
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)23.10.20-
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Fodder chopping machines are proving to be a great help to livestock farmers in rural…
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Survey: China’s small and medium-sized enterprises rebounded after the COVID-19 lockdown, but economic problems linger
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)22.10.20-
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BY XIAOBO ZHANG COVID-19 has made the issue of resilience of the world’s food supply…
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Climate-smart innovations can boost aquatic food systems productivity in Bangladesh, says climate change expert
WorldFish20.10.20-
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Climate-smart innovations are urgently needed to help poor and vulnerable aquatic food system actors…
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Field Notes: Boosting small-scale aquaculture productivity in inland Myanmar
WorldFish19.10.20-
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Myanmar is one of the largest fish producers in the world. The country ranks among…
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Bethany Smith – Emerging Scientist Series
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Bethany Smith is a junior researcher working remotely from Australia for the WorldFish Myanmar team.…
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The Failing Food Systems: Can Aquatic Foods turn the tide?
WorldFish15.10.20-
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Currently, 2 billion people around the world lack access to diverse, nutritious, and safe diets…
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Rural women are key for limiting crop pests and diseases
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)13.10.20-
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When a community-led disease management strategy in Ethiopia failed to stave off highly destructive …
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Empowered rural women take on entrepreneurship
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)09.10.20-
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The COVID-19 lockdown has been hard on people across India, but particularly agonizing for families…
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En route to improved agronomic literacy
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)08.10.20-
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In the years of the Nepal's civil war, women in rural villages like Masuriya faced…
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Inside Ethiopia’s agricultural success story
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)08.10.20-
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BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN Ethiopia’s rapid economic and agricultural growth over the past two decades i…
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Women find a role in Bangladesh’s agricultural mechanization sector
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)07.10.20-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
t is a general perception, globally and in Bangladesh, that women do not have a…
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Policy seminar: COVID-19 impacts on African agricultural trade and food security
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)30.09.20-
Food security
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BY JULIE KURTZ The COVID-19 pandemic has crippled a number of African agricultural exports, while…
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Red hot potato market could spell trouble for farmers in India
International Potato Center (CIP)28.09.20-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Potato prices in India started rising in December 2019 due to the delay in harvesting…
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