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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
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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 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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Developing a five-year Strategic Plan for ICRISAT WCA Research Program
18.09.20-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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-
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Regreening Africa recently published a significant consolidated baseline survey report, synthesizin…
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How contour bunding and other technologies can reduce soil erosion and raise productivity in African watersheds
16.09.20-
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Communities inhabiting Africa's drylands frequently suffer from torrential floods and recurrent drou…
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Tackling agricultural water pollution – a 21st-century challenge
16.09.20-
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Agriculture is critical to the economies of developing countries. It is the basic source of…
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Low-tech solutions plus improved coordination for climate resilience in coastal Bangladesh
16.09.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Cyclone Amphan hit the coast of Bangladesh in May, and was followed in July by…
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CGIAR breeding programs need more than just tech upgrades. They need change management
15.09.20-
Food security
By Hugo Campos, CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB) / International Potato Centre (CIP) The statu…
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Strengthening the orange-fleshed sweetpotato value chain in Malawi
14.09.20Simple processing is spreading the advantages of orange-fleshed sweetpotato, with benefits for farme…
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COVID-19: The virus will mostly spare young children; the economic crisis will not
14.09.20-
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BY MARIE RUEL ANDÂ DEREK HEADEY As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread and persist, disrupting…
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Farmer-managed natural regeneration as a land-restoration strategy: under what conditions does it work?
14.09.20-
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The upcoming 2021–2030 United Nations decade of restoration aims to accelerate efforts towards ach…
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What rising CO2 does to one of world’s most important protein sources
14.09.20Photo: A combined physiological and transcriptomic approach provides insights into the molecular dyn…
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Increased funding support to AVISA to accelerate crop improvement and improve seed delivery systems
14.09.20Photo: Farmers from Mali next to their sorghum harvest (AVISA) One year after it began,…
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Building diverse and healthier diets for Africa’s growing population
11.09.20A healthy diet ensures adequate calories and nutrients—with a balanced, diversity of foods from se…
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