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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
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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
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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ILRI’s Jimmy Smith on farm animal diversity for more sustainable and resilient global food systems
25.09.18-
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Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), this week ma…
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Land restoration in Africa builds momentum
25.09.18-
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Hundreds of delegates from across Africa and the world met recently at the Global Landscapes…
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The future of land restoration is community-led, says WLE/ICRISAT at Tropentag
21.09.18-
Environmental health
Advancing the agenda of land restoration in Africa’s Sahel region, let alone globally, is no…
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IRRI discovers SWEET solution to bacterial blight
21.09.18-
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IRRI is leading innovations to provide adequate solutions to problems such as bacterial blight which…
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Mobile phone app launched to strengthen new insurance scheme for India’s farmers
21.09.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The scheme aims to provide more than half of Indian farmers with crop insurance within…
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What’s in it for gender researchers when it comes to UN Women’s gender and SDGs report?
21.09.18-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
UN Women’s 2018 flagship report on gender and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offers a…
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IWMI scientist awarded for contributions to water policy in South Asia
20.09.18-
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The International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) has named Tushaar Shah, a senior fellow with …
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‘High-yield’ farming costs the environment less than previously thought—and could help spare habitats
20.09.18-
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‘Breed More Dairy Cows’ poster from Vietnam. ‘New findings suggest that more intensive agricul…
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Water, ecosystems, human development – we can’t have one without the others
18.09.18-
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Keynote address by UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina MohammedPhoto by Adam Hunt / WLE…
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IWA-network.org: Re-examining the economics, engineering and water management paradigms – An interview with Claudia Sadoff
18.09.18-
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IWMI Director General, Claudia Sadoff, spoke to IWA about exciting initiatives that turn wealth fro…
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Agricultural research and education combine for tangible results in Latin America
17.09.18-
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In light of its standing as a regional research platform and a higher education institution…
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Antarctic ozone depletion influences rainfall in tropics
14.09.18-
Environmental health
For residents of New Zealand, Australia, Chile, Argentina or South Africa, the hole in the…
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Global endorsement of CGIAR work: IITA wins Africa Food Prize
14.09.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The Africa Food Prize has been awarded to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IIT…
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CATIE marks 45 years of putting knowledge into practice
14.09.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
As CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center) marks its 45th year, it is …
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Swapping pesticides for beetles could put money in farmers' pockets
11.09.18-
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Environmental health
Combining insect sampling and household surveys, our research found significant economic benefits …
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Realizing the potential of Africa’s rangelands
11.09.18-
Environmental health
Rangelands cover some 43 percent of Africa’s land area – approximately 5.1 million square miles…
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“We started as a hungry nation” but trees on farms are now key
10.09.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Interview with Secretary Chhabilendra Roul of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, the power…
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ICRISAT awarded Microsoft’s AI for Earth grant to promote environmental sustainability
10.09.18-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As part of its worldwide AI for Earth program, Microsoft has recently announced grants to…
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