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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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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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Genetic molecular markers to accelerate genetic gains in crops
28.08.20-
Gender equality
Dr Rajeev Varshney from the Center of Excellence in Genomics and Systems Biology, ICRISAT, sheds…
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Potato diversity leads to economic gain in Uganda
27.08.20-
Biodiversity
The genebank of the International Potato Centre (CIP) holds more than 6000 accessions of potatoes…
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High altitudes linked to higher rates of stunting
27.08.20-
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BY KALEAB BAYE, KALLE HIRVONEN AND EMILY WU Child stunting affects nearly 155 million globally, on…
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Which tree, where in Nepal? Mapping for the national agroforestry policy
27.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Researchers have used different geospatial datasets of land, soil, climate and topography to model, …
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Sustainable Finance for Peace
27.08.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Written by Nam Nguyen. Image credit: CIAT CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security explores the role of…
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Unique partnership to transform maize breeding and production in Africa
26.08.20Scientists part of the Seed Production Technology for Africa (SPTA) and the Maize Lethal Necrosis…
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Policy seminar: Unpacking the impacts of COVID-19 on economies, food systems, and poverty in African and Asian countries
26.08.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY EVGENIYA ANISIMOVA Countries around the world have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by implemen…
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Improving Biosecurity: A Science-Based Approach to Manage Fish Disease Risks and Increase Socioeconomic Contribution
26.08.20-
Environmental health
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Health
Nigeria is now one of Africa’s largest aquaculture producers with catfish (Clarias spp. and Hete…
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Data collection in a diverse and complex food system
25.08.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
IFPRI’s objectives in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are to strengthen data collection and analysis to…
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Supermarket contracts boost incomes and reduce multidimensional poverty for smallholders in Kenya
25.08.20-
Gender equality
BY DENNIS O. OCHIENG AND EMILY WU As food systems in developing countries change rapidly, one…
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The Role of Data and Disruptive Technologies for Climate Security
25.08.20-
Big data
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Written by Alexandra Krendelsberger and Nam Nguyen. Image credit: CGIAR CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security…
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Double harvest for half the effort
25.08.20Photo: Peter Mwangofi tending his pigeonpea crop. Photo: ICRISAT, Malawi Peter Mwangofi is a pigeonp…
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Discussions on propelling India towards biofuel sees calls for more R&D
25.08.20Photo: Screenshot of the webinar. India has made good progress in blending bioethanol with gasoline…
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Five-year plan for driving grain legume and dryland cereals seed delivery systems through commodity value chains
25.08.20For those seeking to create a win-win for farmers, marketers and consumers of grain legumes…
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Policy seminar: COVID-19, food systems, ecosystems, and the risk of zoonotic diseases
24.08.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
BY HOPE ZABRONSKY The COVID-19 pandemic—which originated when the novel coronavirus jumped from an…
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Embracing change: CGIAR issues response to MOPAN assessment
24.08.20In May of this year, the Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN) released i…
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What does it take to change the Earth? India’s National Agroforestry Policy and beyond
24.08.20-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In 2014, India became the first country in the world to adopt a national agroforestry policy.…
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A call for a holistic view of meat eating by Lawrence Haddad, of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
24.08.20-
Nutrition
Standing Rib, by Roy Lichtenstein, 1962. ‘Eat less meat’ is seen by many as a…
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