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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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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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
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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Science-based policies can unlock Africa’s access to genome-edited crop varieties
12.07.20CGIAR-IITA head of plant biotechnology Leena Tripathi has made an impassioned plea for genome editin…
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The carbon on your plate: mangrove and aquaculture
11.07.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Stinky and full of mosquitos, mangrove forests may easily be dismissed and marginalized. But in…
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Taking technology to farmer collectives in India, the startup way
10.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Eight ICRISAT-incubated startups recently showcased their technologies to support farm livelihoods a…
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Farmer cooperatives across West and Central Africa help expand access to improved seeds, boosting yields
10.07.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A farmers’ cooperative in Mali has experienced a significant increase in production of quality see…
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New chickpea varieties on the way
10.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Three new improved varieties of chickpea – adapted to local conditions – have been identified…
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Legume farmer fab labs design seeds that work for family farms, women and the market.
10.07.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
Protein and micronutrient-packed legumes like cowpea, groundnut, beans or chickpea are important cro…
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Malian farmer sets an example as a successful seed producer
10.07.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Farmer field schools in Mali are not only training local farmers in best practices for…
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Catch-up growth cannot undo damage from undernutrition
10.07.20-
Nutrition
By Jef L. Leroy, Edward A. Frongillo, Pragya Dewan, Maureen M. Black, and Robert A.…
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Expanding and improving Genesys
10.07.20-
Biodiversity
Genesys, the online portal for information on genebank samples, is constantly evolving. First launch…
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Women and youth turning to tree-based enterprises for livelihoods in Mount Elgon, Uganda
10.07.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In the Mount Elgon region, women and youth comprise a critical labour force for farming.…
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Success Through Seaweed in Bangladesh
10.07.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
This is ECOFISH II interventions as per approved alternate income-generating activities AIGAs throug…
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Small is beautiful
09.07.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Can Africa’s smallholder farmers adopt and reap the benefits of farm mechanization? The Farm Mecha…
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Gauging the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on farming communities and agribusinesses in Nepal
08.07.20-
Food security
The agricultural market has been suffering since the government of Nepal imposed a lockdown from…
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When mothers learn from babies
08.07.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
In Chebvute, Zimbabwe the CIMMYT has established trials to test the effectiveness and productivity o…
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IITA launches Agribusiness Training Program for secondary schools in Oyo State
08.07.20The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), through a new initiative known as the S…
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Nicoline de Haan appointed as Director of the CGIAR GENDER Platform
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Gender equality
Dr Nicoline de Haan has been appointed as the Director of the CGIAR GENDER Platform,…
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Should low-income countries decentralize their COVID-19 responses?
08.07.20-
Gender equality
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Health
By Katrina Kosec and Tewodaj Mogues As countries respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, some have…
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Unite human, animal and environmental health to prevent the next pandemic, says ILRI/UN report
08.07.20-
Health
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take lives and disrupt economies across the world, a…
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