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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 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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New forms of aquatic foods: Exploring plant-based and cell-based seafood
24.08.20-
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Seafood, including aquatic animals, like fish and crustaceans, and plants such as seaweeds, are cruc…
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Project to develop Aflasafe technology that controls deadly aflatoxin in Uganda launched
23.08.20Kampala, Uganda – The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the National Agr…
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Which varieties of roots, tubers, and bananas do farmers and other users want in Africa, and how can breeding programs meet their needs better?
23.08.20-
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It is critical to know which varieties are being adopted and why, both to show the value of in…
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Five-year plan for driving Grain Legume and Dryland Cereals seed delivery systems through commodity value chains
21.08.20-
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For those seeking to create a win-win for farmers, marketers and consumers of grain legumes…
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Discussions on propelling India towards biofuel sees calls for more R&D
21.08.20-
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ICRISAT’s efforts in feedstocks development appreciated on World Biofuel Day India has made good p…
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Double harvest for half the effort
21.08.20-
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Peter Mwangofi is a pigeonpea farmer from Karonga district in Malawi. He relies on the…
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Tackling drought with pro-vitamin A sweetpotato in Africa
20.08.20Over the last decade, sweetpotato has gradually become increasing more common and important in the…
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Lessons for gender in seed systems
20.08.20Seed systems are complex and dynamic, involving diverse, interdisciplinary actors. Women play an imp…
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Harnessing aquatic foods research is vital to COVID-19 recovery, sustainable food systems transformation, say agriculture for development experts
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The role of aquatic foods in COVID-19 recovery and the sustainable food system transformation demand…
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WorldFish climate change leader Essam Yassin Mohammed seeks a systems approach for resilient aquatic foods
20.08.20-
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Marine and freshwater resources provide a lifeline for millions of impoverished people around the wo…
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The Role of Climate and Food Systems Science in Conflict Prevention and Peace-building
19.08.20-
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Written by Nam Nguyen and Diego Osorio. Image credit: Tobin Jones/UN Photo CGIAR FOCUS Climate…
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Tree roots reduce landslide risk
19.08.20-
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Researchers in Indonesia provide evidence of suitability of tree species in preventing landslides. &…
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Soil-borne pathogen new to chickpea growing regions in India detected
19.08.20Photo: File photo of Dr Mamta Sharma and her team at work in the pathogen…
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Former CIP board member and scientist appointed vice minister in Peru
18.08.20The International Potato Center (CIP) welcomes the appointment of Dr Alberto Maurer as Vice Minister…
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The missing link between maize seeds and trust
18.08.20The world population is expected to rise to almost 10 billion by 2050. To feed…
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Making sense of why spouses disagree in household surveys
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Gender equality
BY KATE AMBLER, CHERYL DOSS, CAITLIN KIERAN AND SIMONE PASSARELLI With women’s empowerment an i…
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Legumes grow money: success script of seed systems in Malawi
18.08.20Photo: Groundnut seed production improved Gertrude Ngoma and her family’s food security and income…
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Bigger, bolder, high-yielding confectionery groundnut variety released in Karnataka, India
18.08.20Photo: Pod and kernels of ICGV 06189. Photo: Dr Babu Motagi, UASD A superior export-quality…
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