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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-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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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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How to feed a growing global population in the midst of a climate crisis
17.07.20-
Biodiversity
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Food security
We have all heard the figures: by 2050, the world’s population is expected to increase…
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New IFAD/CGIAR note on Gender and Pastoralism: Issues to consider, tools to use
17.07.20-
Gender equality
Women’s participation in community governance and local development is often limited by patriarcha…
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Three ways nuclear sciences can assist agriculture research
17.07.20-
Food security
The exponential growth of food demand, due to the increase of the world's population, has…
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Policy seminar: No backsliding – reorienting food and health systems to protect nutrition in a global pandemic
17.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
By Janet Hodur The COVID-19 pandemic—and the resulting economic crisis and disrupted food and heal…
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New groundnut variety with high oil, high pod yields released in Central India
17.07.20-
Food security
A new groundnut variety, with 28% higher yields of oil and pods compared to zonal…
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Only fair oceans can strengthen people and planet, argue researchers in new report
17.07.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
A reset on ocean governance is needed to support a healthy and thriving relationship between…
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Can groundwater cushion Africa from future shocks, and spark development?
17.07.20-
Food security
Groundwater has thus far been a sleeping giant in most of sub-Saharan Africa. However, there…
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Targeted fertilizer recommendations improve maize productivity in Ethiopia
16.07.20-
Food security
A study on the impact of providing site-specific fertilizer recommendations on fertilizer usage, pro…
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Low-cost drought-proofing strategies help farmers in southern India
15.07.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Collaborative project with Power Grid Corp of India has significant scale-out potential Technologies…
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6 Ideas to transform food systems in a post-COVID-19 India
15.07.20-
Food security
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Health
The ongoing health crisis around COVID-19 has raised global concerns on food and nutrition security.…
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Coconut bashing?
15.07.20-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
While the worlds’ coconut beaches are all very quiet from the pause in global tourism…
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The DAFNE project in Omo Turkana and Zambezi basins: Achievements and experiences
15.07.20The project on developing a Decision Analytic Framework to explore the water-energy-food NExus (…
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Phone surveys to understand gendered impacts of COVID-19: A cautionary note
14.07.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As the health and economic impacts of COVID-19 continue to evolve, researchers have been using…
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A new vista emerging: local, diverse food chains
14.07.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerability of our economies to shocks, with governments desperately look…
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Building biodiverse food systems for an inclusive, resilient and safe future
13.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
COVID-19 has brought the world to a grinding halt. Alarmingly, this includes severe impact on…
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Gender research in One CGIAR: Where do we go from here?
13.07.20-
Gender equality
That’s the question gender researchers from across CGIAR will attempt to answer when they come…
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Farmer cooperatives across West and Central Africa help expand access to improved seeds, boosting yields
13.07.20Photo: Mr Fousseyni Mariko, seed producer, President of the Cooperative Djiguifa in Solabougouda wit…
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Legume farmer fab labs design seeds that work for family farms, women and the market.
13.07.20Photo: A Diama, ICRISAT Protein and micronutrient-packed legumes like cowpea, groundnut, beans or ch…
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