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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
WorldFish19.09.25Dr. 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
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)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
Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program09.07.25-
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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
CGIAR29.05.25Photo 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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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20 years of ASTI: The go-to source for data and analyses on agricultural research in developing countries
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)04.09.20-
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Gender equality
BY NIENKE BEINTEMA This year marks the 20th anniversary of ASTI, which provides open-source data, a…
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The world needs to learn how to live with COVID-19, says UK public health expert David Heymann
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)03.09.20-
Health
A 3-D model of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, developed by ILRI digital communications specialist Annabel Sla…
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Prioritising agroforestry in the policy agenda: six recommendations to scaling
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)03.09.20-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Integrating trees in farming and pastoral landscapes – agroforestry is one of the most effective…
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CIP uses social media to distribute more sweetpotato in Bangladesh
International Potato Center (CIP)03.09.20An International Potato Center project (CIP) in Bangladesh is making creative use of technology and…
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Exploring farmer adoption of conservation agriculture using a lab-in-the-field approach
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)02.09.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
BY MIKE MURPHY, KATE AMBLER AND ALAN DE BRAUW Climate change poses a significant threat to livelih…
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Launch of AfricaRice Annual Report 2019: Toward rice-based food systems transformation in Africa
AfricaRice02.09.20-
Environmental health
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 2 September 2020 - At a time when the need for a…
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Wildlife markets in the pandemic: Prohibit or preserve them? Ban or promote them?
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)02.09.20-
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Pork sold in a wet market in Cambodia (photo credit: ILRI/David Aronson). ILRI and UN…
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Initial Research Highlights Importance of Irrigation for Ethiopian Farmers During COVID-19
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)02.09.20-
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Agriculture sustains the Ethiopian economy, and access to irrigation here is critical for food secur…
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Improving animal health in southern Africa—Why it matters and what to do
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)01.09.20-
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Health
Cattle being herded towards green pasture on the flood plain in western Zambia (photo credit:…
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Rising fodder shortage prompts release of two pearl millet varieties with superior and higher forage in south India
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)01.09.20Photo (ICRISAT): Forage variety pearl millet on the research field (left) and farmer’s field (righ…
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Coming together as One CGIAR: New CGIAR System Board membership announced
CGIAR01.09.20CGIAR announced today the voting member composition of the board of the CGIAR System Organization,…
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The challenges of influencing consumer behavior to improve food safety
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)31.08.20-
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Health
BY VIVIAN HOFFMANN AND EMILY WU In Kenya, levels of exposure to aflatoxin—a contaminant produced …
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Agroecological management of fall armyworm: Africa, South Asia and South America
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)31.08.20-
Biodiversity
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When fall armyworm first arrived on the African continent in 2016, the potential loss of…
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Potato diversity leads to economic gain in Uganda
International Potato Center (CIP)29.08.20The genebank of the International Potato Centre (CIP) holds more than 6000 accessions of potatoes a…
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Network makes headway in strengthening gender research at IITA
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)29.08.20The gender science network at IITA has made significant progress in its efforts to enhance…
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Early adopter of YIIFSWA-promoted improved yam varieties enjoys “fantastic” yield
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)29.08.20Beaming with pride, Chief Joshua Ojedele showed off his 2-hectare yam field cultivated from improved…
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Getting beyond ’empty signifiers’—Food policy expert Corinna Hawkes asks: What are food systems for?
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)29.08.20-
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Nutrition
All children’s artworks on this page are from Artsonia Art Gallery. In the lead up…
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Rising fodder shortage prompts release of two pearl millet varieties with superior and higher forage in south India
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)28.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Health
Two pearl millet varieties with 7.0% and 5.4% higher green forage yields as compared to…
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