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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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
Ojanji Wandera16.05.25-
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
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)14.05.25<p>Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that signific…
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
CGIAR13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Experts review policy innovation to improve milk safety in informal markets
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)13.10.20-
Health
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Nutrition
A new research report (Oct 2020) by scientists from the International Institute for Environment and…
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Against the grain: New paper reveals the overlooked health benefits of maize and wheat
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)12.10.20-
Nutrition
Cereal crops like maize and wheat deserve greater consideration as part of a healthy, nutritious…
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In case of fall armyworm, watch this video
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)12.10.20-
Food security
To the first-time observer, the aftermath of a fall armyworm infestation must be terrifying. The…
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Effective research during COVID-19 and other food system shocks: Here’s 10 tips
WorldFish12.10.20-
Big data
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Nutrition
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the market, trade and supply chains limiting food accessibility…
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Strong Women, Strong Nation
WorldFish12.10.20-
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
Innovative research in the Southeast Asian island nation of Timor-Leste has obtained data to help…
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Study finds untapped climate-resilience in sweetpotato
International Potato Center (CIP)10.10.20Extreme weather events and other effects of climate change already challenge farmers’ ability to g…
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Empowered rural women take on entrepreneurship
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)09.10.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The COVID-19 lockdown has been hard on people across India, but particularly agonizing for families…
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Honoring the life and legacy of Donald Winkelmann
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)09.10.20With sorrow we report the passing of Donald Winkelmann, who served as Director General of…
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Au revoir, Paco
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)09.10.20-
Gender equality
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Health
ICRISAT bids an emotional farewell to Dr Paco Sereme, a member of ICRISAT’s Governing Board…
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On a mission to nurture hunger-free drylands
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)09.10.20-
Gender equality
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Health
The 95th Governing Board meeting, held virtually, affirmed ICRISAT’s commitment to a hunger-free …
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Prof Prabhu Pingali takes the baton as Chair of ICRISAT Governing Board
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)09.10.20-
Gender equality
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Health
Prof Prabhu Pingali, Founding Director, Tata-Cornell Institute, took charge as ICRISAT Governing Boa…
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En route to improved agronomic literacy
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)08.10.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
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-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN Ethiopia’s rapid economic and agricultural growth over the past two decades i…
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Q&A: How blockchain can create social and environmental impacts
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)08.10.20-
Big data
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Food security
Blockchain promises to revolutionize the economic system by changing the way we communicate over the…
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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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G20 agriculture and water ministers set agenda for responsible investments in agrifood systems but fail to agree on climate change language
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)07.10.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
BY SWATI MALHOTRA AND ROB VOS Agriculture and water ministers from the G20 countries met jointly f…
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How is One CGIAR research supporting rural women during times of crises?
CGIAR GENDER Platform07.10.20-
Gender equality
A climate emergency, the COVID-19 pandemic and a global recession are among the crises that…
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Survey: Despite COVID-19, food consumption remains steady in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)06.10.20-
Food security
Findings from a recent study (Aug 2020) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia suggest that telephone surveys…
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