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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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Georgia Seed Model Farm Opens
26.04.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Dignitaries, researchers, and private sector representatives gathered this week in southwestern Geor…
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Leaders Summit on Climate: USAID Announcements
26.04.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
On April 22-23, President Biden hosted a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate to catalyze global…
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The golden eggs that keep on giving
25.04.21-
Food security
Ask any child who is well versed in Aesop’s fables and you will learn that…
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Biofortified sweetpotato improving lives of smallholder farmers in Malawi
23.04.21Historically, most of Malawi’s food has been produced by small-scale farmers operating on less tha…
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A good pearl millet hybrid gets even better
23.04.21-
Food security
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Health
A team of researchers in India has bettered an immensely popular pearl millet hybrid, HHB…
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New project to recharge aquifers and cut water use in agriculture by 30 percent
23.04.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) announced a new three-year public–pr…
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Gender researchers highlight approaches to achieving equal opportunities
22.04.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Gender transformative approaches (GTAs) are a WorldFish-pioneered innovation that has been in contin…
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Earth Day 2021: Restoring agriculture to transform food systems
22.04.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
BY CLAUDIA RINGLER COVID-19 may have forced the 50th anniversary of Earth Day to be commemorated o…
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Earth Day 2021: Understanding the role of gender in building healthier soils
22.04.21-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
Maintaining healthy soils is crucial to long-term agricultural sustainability and food security – …
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How the CGIAR FOCUS on Climate Security helps to Restore our Earth:
22.04.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Interview with Peter Laderach by Nina de Ayala Parker For the 51st Earth Day 2021 I…
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Restoring agriculture to transform food systems
22.04.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
COVID-19 may have forced the 50th anniversary of Earth Day to be commemorated online last year,…
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Earth Day 2021: Understanding the role of gender in building healthier soils
21.04.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
BY WEI ZHANG AND JESSICA WALLACH Maintaining healthy soils is crucial to long-term agricultural sus…
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COVID-19 pandemic offers rare chance for food systems transformation
21.04.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions of social interactions, affecting both th…
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Understanding basic gender concepts
21.04.21-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Gender concepts have evolved over the years. Old concepts have been refined or replaced with…
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The Agricultural Goldmines of Deserts
21.04.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Covering about one-third of global land surface, deserts are characterized by little to no rainfall,…
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Researchers lobby for seed banks to ensure diversity, food security
21.04.21-
Biodiversity
In Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, research found that climate change has led to increased pests…
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New review provides framework for studying food systems to address food safety and nutrition
20.04.21-
Health
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Nutrition
There is a need for better understanding of how food systems operate in order to…
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Many birds with one stone
19.04.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In Ethiopia, farming systems rely heavily on animal and human power, reducing productivity and effic…
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