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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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
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On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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Scientists explore Bacillus strains to control fungus spread in bananas
30.07.21-
Environmental health
The Fusarium wilt TR4 is ravaging banana plantations around the world. The Alliance of Bioversity…
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An example of best practice
23.07.21-
Environmental health
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is contributing to make Mexico’s agr…
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Biodiversity in EU agricultural landscapes goes from science to strategy
23.07.21-
Biodiversity
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Biodiversity is a vital factor in agricultural landscapes, with an importance that cuts across the…
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Agrobiodiversity Index guides decisions in the private sector
22.07.21-
Biodiversity
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Any entity that wants to enhance and maintain agrobiodiversity for sustainable food systems – whe…
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T20 Climate Forum: The post-pandemic future of food
21.07.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
BY SWATI MALHOTRA On top of climate-driven shocks, conflicts, and economic stresses, the COVID-19 pa…
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Groundwater to play a key role in transforming Africa's food systems, finds AMCOW event
21.07.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
Accelerating the development of sustainable groundwater use in Africa could be pivotal in the transf…
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When crop diversity pays off in food security: Evidence from Ethiopia
20.07.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Climatic uncertainty means that smallholder farmers need to have more confidence in the seeds they…
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Successful water planning platform and its irrigation source mapping tool rapidly scaled out
20.07.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
Six water-thirsty departments in western Honduras began experimenting with the online water planning…
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South Asian and African countries use data from space to act fast on drought
18.07.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
When drought starts to set in somewhere in South Asia or Africa, there is no…
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Improving food donation policies is key to fighting food waste
16.07.21-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY EMILY BROAD LEIB AND DOUG O'BRIEN As much as one third of all food produced is…
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“I see your point!” How data visualization and facilitating access to data can help stakeholders make more impactful decisions
15.07.21-
Big data
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Environmental health
How to tailor data visualization and evidence sharing for improved stakeholder uptake and applicatio…
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A global manifesto to conserve forgotten foods
15.07.21-
Biodiversity
We are excited to announce the launch of a global manifesto for collective actions onforgotten food…
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UNFSS Science Days: Groundwater can play a key role in transforming Africa’s food systems
14.07.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
BY CLAUDIA RINGLER Accelerating the development of sustainable groundwater use in Africa could be pi…
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UNFSS Science Days: Reforming agricultural policies to support food systems transformation
13.07.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
According to the OECD’s recently released 2021 Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation Repor…
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UNFSS Science Days: Promise of the commons for sustainable and equitable food systems
13.07.21-
Environmental health
BY HAGAR ELDIDI AND RUTH MEINZEN-DICK The commons (natural resources held and used collectively) sup…
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From eyebrow beans to ‘lost’ rice: community seedbanks are protecting China’s crops
06.07.21-
Biodiversity
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Despite being relatively new in China, community-led seedbanks are a valuable resource in conserving…
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Research shifts policy from energy subsidy to water savings in Uzbekistan's irrigated heartland
02.07.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
In Uzbekistan, most agricultural land is irrigated with water pumped from two rivers, the Amu…
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UN dialogue sets pathway for nature-positive aquatic food solutions
02.07.21-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Holistic research, policy and business investments can boost sustainable innovations in aquatic food…
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