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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
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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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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Not just energy reform: The global food agenda advances at COP28
20.01.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Top photo: NATURE+ lead Carlo Fadda, right, closes out the final session at the COP28…
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Peter Oppong’s inspiring journey: smallholder farmers like Oppong are reaping the benefits of solar-powered irrigation, a cost-effective and easy-to-implement technology
18.01.24Peter Oppong’s inspiring journey: smallholder farmers like Oppong are reaping the benefits of sola…
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From informal to formal: Empowering women in circular bioeconomy business in Kenya
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The CGIAR Initiative on Nature-Positive Solutions, the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform and the Internat…
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Modelling of antibiotic resistance in aquatic systems: a useful tool to protect human and ecosystem health
26.11.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
Antibiotic resistance in aquatic systems puts the health of people and animals at risk from…
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Annual Report 2022 launched
24.11.23The year 2022 offered a glimpse into a future of heightening pressures on water security.…
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COP28 Water Pavilion launches official website, a hub for global water solutions
21.11.23The COP28 Water for Climate Pavilion has unveiled its official website, providing a digital platform…
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What is loss and damage and how does it apply to water?
17.11.23-
Environmental health
The past year has seen vulnerable communities across the globe experience numerous water-rela…
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Managing Floods and Droughts in East and Southern Africa: Mitigating the Effects of Global Warming
09.11.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Zambia, a landlocked country in southern Africa, grapples with the dual challenges of floods and…
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IWMI participates in key global dialogue processes for water and food security in Rome
06.11.23-
Food security
Researchers contributed to global policy discussions during the Rome Water Dialogue and the C…
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IWMI part of global, five-year program to build sustainable food systems
31.10.23-
Food security
IWMI will implement the Innovation Lab for Irrigation & Mechanization Systems, funded by …
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August-September 2023 research journal roundup
30.10.23IWMI contributions to research in August and September of 2023 Future water conditions are…
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Press Release: Ukama Ustawi Scaling Fund Launch - Advancing Climate Resilience and Innovation in East and Southern Africa
24.10.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Nairobi, Kenya, 23 October 2023 — The CGIAR Initiative on Diversification in East and Southern…
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Innovation and partnerships: Key ingredients in a conflict-affected world
23.10.23IWMI’s collaborations in the areas of fragility, conflict and migration are aimed at making…
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Disaster Risk Reduction Day: Inclusion saves lives
19.10.23Building resilience to climate change and disasters requires bottom-up, community-led respons…
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Protecting and promoting traditional foods one woman at a time
19.10.23-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Women and food-centric interventions through the NATURE+ Initiative aim to increase the resil…
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Unlocking the power of water: Seven interventions to transform food systems
16.10.23-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Water is essential for all life on earth and is central to the healthy functioning…
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Be a germ buster. Wash your hands.
15.10.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
Effective hand hygiene reduces the risk of meat contamination and the transmission of foodbor…
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It’s raining in Colombo—but don’t forget the drought in the rest of Sri Lanka
13.10.23-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Drought mapping technology and anticipatory action plans could help to manage disaster risk a…
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