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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-
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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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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National breeding programs prepped to measure – and boost – genetic gains
08.12.20-
Food security
By adopting best practices and established modern tools, NARS (national agricultural research system…
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Using coffee ceremonies to address intimate partner violence in Ethiopia: Evidence from Unite for a Better Life
08.12.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY VANDANA SHARMA, NEGUSSIE DEYESSA, JESSICA LEIGHT AND TIMOTHY KAROFF Intimate partner violence (IP…
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Crop breeding and soil management must go hand in hand
08.12.20-
Environmental health
There is a growing crisis beneath our feet. Scientists, soil specialists and policy-makers around th…
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Lancet Countdown 2020 report calls for governments to align global COVID-19 recovery with response to climate change
06.12.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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The COVID-19 pandemic and climate change represent converging challenges to which no continent, coun…
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Crop breeding and soil management must go hand in hand
05.12.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
Crop breeding is helping farmers in the developing world produce higher yields and better products…
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Bridging the gap between finance and action on World Soil Day
05.12.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Innovative ways to improve soil carbon accounting can support investment-oriented actions promoti…
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Too much or never enough
04.12.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Although nitrogen has helped in contributing to human dietary needs, there are still large areas o…
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Nitrogen in agriculture
04.12.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Nitrogen is the most essential nutrient in crop production but also one of the most…
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A deeper look at soil health on World Soil Day 2020
04.12.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
This Saturday, December 5th, is World Soil Day -- a day to celebrate soil, the…
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IFPRI book: What Africa can learn from Asia about agricultural mechanization
04.12.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN Agricultural mechanization has many benefits for developing countries: It raise…
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Embracing natural cycles for a sustainable food system
04.12.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
All farmers, whether they live in the chilly Ethiopian highlands or in the sun-baked plains…
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests country case study author: Sergio Macedo Gomes de Mattos
04.12.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH): The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable develop…
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Estimating the burden of child acute malnutrition accurately
03.12.20-
Health
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Nutrition
BY FRANCISCO BARBA, LIEVEN HUYBREGTS AND JEF LEROY Across the world, 144 million children under…
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Reducing air pollution in China’s urban areas can improve local housing markets
03.12.20-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY MANUEL HERNANDEZ AND FRANCESCA EDRALIN China’s air pollution is among the worst in the…
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Protecting Soil, Protecting People
03.12.20Just a handful of soil contains the hundreds of thousands of microbes, bacteria and fungi…
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Use of scientific evidence for greater partnerships and better policies
02.12.20Discussion sessions with Nigerian Agriculture Minister “Concrete outcomes of research are indispen…
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Waves of disease, waves of poverty: New evidence on the economic impacts of COVID-19 in Myanmar
01.12.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY DEREK HEADEY, THAN ZAW OO, KRISTI MAHRT, XINSHEN DIAO, SOPHIE GOUDET AND ISABEL LAMBRECHT…
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How to defuse the human waste time bomb in low-income countries
01.12.20-
Environmental health
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Health
"If the world is to achieve the UN’s goal of providing adequate sanitation and ending…
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