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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food SystemsÂ
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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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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
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
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Tree planting is critical for sustainable future but can’t fix climate change on its own
22.09.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Around 40 kilometers south-west of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, native and exotic trees stand…
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Promoting nonfarm businesses in Papua New Guinea can improve rural diets
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
BY GRACIE ROSENBACH ANDÂ EMILY SCHMIDT Rural nonfarm enterprises (NFEs) can provide a variety of ben…
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CIMMYT and IITA collaborate to increase adoption of conservation agriculture in southern Africa
21.09.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International Maize and Wheat Imp…
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Seed consortium to bring improved sorghum to Indian farmers post-rains
21.09.20Photo: Sorghum in a farmer’s field in India. (Punna S, ICRISAT) To make quality seeds…
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Catch-up growth cannot undo damage from undernutrition
20.09.20-
Nutrition
Linear growth retardation is a widely used marker of undernutrition. While the development community…
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Sustainability of food systems: Five steps beyond the EAT-Lancet report
19.09.20-
Food security
A new paper highlights five areas of research and action that require more attention if…
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IITA and CIMMYT collaborate to enhance adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa
19.09.20Lilongwe, Malawi. The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International …
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IITA and regional grains body to work towards producing aflatoxin-free grain for health and trade
19.09.20CGIAR-IITA and the Eastern Africa Grain Council (EAGC) have signed a memorandum of understanding…
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New insights to help advance cassava breeding worldwide
19.09.20Researchers at IITA, along with partners from the NextGen Cassava Breeding Project, have uncovered…
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African seed system gets a boost with purchase of 18-ton trucks to ease quality seed delivery to farmers
19.09.20On 7 August, IITA GoSeed, in Ibadan and Umudike Seeds based at the National Root Crops Research…
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Developing a five-year Strategic Plan for ICRISAT WCA Research Program
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Leveraging stakeholder partnerships, improving risk management efforts, enhancing farm production sy…
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Seed consortium to bring improved sorghum to Indian farmers post rains
18.09.20-
Gender equality
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Health
To make quality seeds of improved sorghum easily accessible, a consortium of institutions is taking…
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Big data and new technology can help us understand and respond to climate change and conflict risks – here’s how
18.09.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Written by Elisabeth Gilmore, Senior Associate Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO…
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WorldFish’s Shakuntala Thilsted joins experts to lead UN Food Systems Summit
18.09.20-
Environmental health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
WorldFish’s Program Leader for Value Chains and Nutrition Shakuntala Thilsted was appointed a…
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Bihar State in India to Promote Biofortified Crops to Address Nutrition Security
17.09.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
The Government of Bihar, India’s third most populous state, is making a major commitment to…
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Optimism for sustainable peatland agriculture is here - and growing
17.09.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
Due to El Niño events, the rainfall pattern in Indonesia has changed. During the dry season, rain…
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Better foresight for climate resilience: New e-learning course and toolkit launched
17.09.20A new e-learning course has been launched by the SADC Futures project* to promote climate-resilient…
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Regreening Africa's consolidated seven-country baseline survey
16.09.20-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Regreening Africa recently published a significant consolidated baseline survey report, synthesizin…
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