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Why we show up at climate COPs: Bridging local reality with global ambition
04.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
By Ma. Eliza J. Villarino, Rhys Bucknall-Williams, Laura Cramer, and Chiara Colombo Every yea…
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Bridging knowledge systems: Indigenous practices for sustainable foodways
21.10.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Indigenous peoples’ food systems have existed for millennia: far longer than the industrialised fo…
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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
19.09.25Dr. 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
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
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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Scientific breakthrough shows promise for disease-resistant tilapia
24.07.21Researchers identified a region of the Nile tilapia genome associated with viral resilience, which c…
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Rwandan farmers help validate and disseminate new potato varieties
23.07.21The triadic comparisons of technologies – or tricot – approach is being used in a citizen-…
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An example of best practice
23.07.21-
Environmental health
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is contributing to make Mexico’s agr…
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Biodiversity in EU agricultural landscapes goes from science to strategy
23.07.21-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Biodiversity is a vital factor in agricultural landscapes, with an importance that cuts across the…
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Five actions to strengthen the contribution of fish to food systems in Zambia
23.07.21-
Nutrition
A review of the actions needed to enhance the contributions of fish and aquatic foods…
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Climate insurance solutions workshop held for industry professionals in Sri Lanka
23.07.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Experts in remote sensing shared the latest innovations in digital data with insurance professionals…
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Food system sustainability relies on potato’s “wild relatives”
22.07.21Looking ahead to the next 50 years, potato researchers and farmers have significant concerns about…
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Agrobiodiversity Index guides decisions in the private sector
22.07.21-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Any entity that wants to enhance and maintain agrobiodiversity for sustainable food systems – whe…
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Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia—Future directions for scaling up the project’s interventions
22.07.21-
Health
In June 2021, food safety experts from Cambodia and a research project team led by…
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T20 Climate Forum: The post-pandemic future of food
21.07.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
BY SWATI MALHOTRA On top of climate-driven shocks, conflicts, and economic stresses, the COVID-19 pa…
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Groundwater to play a key role in transforming Africa's food systems, finds AMCOW event
21.07.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
Accelerating the development of sustainable groundwater use in Africa could be pivotal in the transf…
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When crop diversity pays off in food security: Evidence from Ethiopia
20.07.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Climatic uncertainty means that smallholder farmers need to have more confidence in the seeds they…
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Mapping evidence of food system transformation for healthier diets: What works?
20.07.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY ELS LECOUTERE,MARRIT VAN DEN BERG AND ALAN DE BRAUW Effective food systems innovations—defined …
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Water users' association enables farmers in Myanmar to double land under irrigation and diversify crops
20.07.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
Most families in Myanmar rely on agriculture to make a living. Water is literally life…
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Successful water planning platform and its irrigation source mapping tool rapidly scaled out
20.07.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
Six water-thirsty departments in western Honduras began experimenting with the online water planning…
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ICARDA receives ACSAD shield in recognition of its contribution to regional agricultural science
20.07.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
Egypt, July 11 ICARDA Director General Mr Aly Abousabaa recently met with His Excellency Dr. Nasr…
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AGRA Board chair, former Ethiopia PM, and Tanzania President tour IITA-Tanzania
19.07.21IITA-Tanzania recently hosted the Board Chair of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa…
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IITA DG encourages teachers to create agribusiness enterprises
19.07.21The impact of the IITA youth program Start Them Early Program (STEP) is far reaching; it goes…
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