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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
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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
14.05.25<p>Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that signific…
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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How climate change will impact agricultural productivity in Central America and the Andean Region
19.08.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Climate change poses a significant global threat to food security and nutrition, largely through its…
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AsiaTimes.com: The developing world’s water crisis has arrived
19.08.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
A study across 15 cities in South Asia, Africa and South America shows that water…
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How nearshore devices increase fish catches and improve food security in Timor-Leste
19.08.19Small motor boats anchored off Uaroana, Atauro Island, Timor-Leste. New research from Timor-Leste ha…
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IndiaTimes.com: Can a single tribunal resolve water disputes between states?
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Food security
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Gender equality
Shifting monsoon patterns and drying catchment areas in India’s river basins, of which there are…
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AfDB-TAAT promotes trailblazing hybrid rice technology adapted to Africa
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
16 August 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The Rice Compact of the African Development Bank-funded …
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Researchers call for a gendered approach in strategies for community uptake of livestock vaccines
16.08.19-
Health
The design of strategies for uptake of livestock vaccines by communities in East Africa should…
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Thomson Reuters: It’s time to look underground for climate resilience in sub-Saharan Africa
15.08.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
A recent study sheds new light on the climate-groundwater relationship, finding that the 2015-2016 E…
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IPSNews.net: Is India on Track to Beat the Perfect Storm?
13.08.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
“Those of us who work on water issues in (the global) South understand that there…
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Using the MARPLE kit to diagnose wheat rust in Ethiopia
12.08.19-
Food security
MARPLE (Mobile and Real-time PLant disEase) Diagnostics is a revolutionary mobile lab developed by a…
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New drought monitoring system will reduce climate risks for South Asian farmers
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
To mitigate the food security and economic risks of South Asia’s frequent and intense droughts,…
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“We are receiving a free subsidy from nature, but it will not continue indefinitely” – Louis Verchot
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
“Many findings are important for us and for policy makers around the world. The report…
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Artificial intelligence helps banana growers protect the world’s most favorite fruit
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Biodiversity
Using artificial intelligence, scientists created an easy-to-use tool to detect banana diseases and …
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Heat-tolerant wild beans tapped to breed commercial beans for hotter climates
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Using the genetic traits of a wild bean species, CIAT and the Crop Trust are…
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Training an army of giants for the biological control of Fall Armyworm
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Food security
Scouting for natural enemies of the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) (FAW) in both Asia and…
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New review article tackles the question: Can aflatoxin binders in foods be promoted safely and ethically?
09.08.19-
Health
A new review article finds that there are too many issues with using lactic acid…
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Alternatives to burning can increase Indian farmers’ profits and cut pollution, new study shows
09.08.19-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Published in Science, the article provides evidence for national policies that block stubble burning…
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Warmer night temperatures reduce wheat yields in Mexico, scientists say
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
As many regions worldwide baked under some of the most persistent heatwaves on record, scientists…
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Guiding farmers to safer use of pesticides in Rwanda and Burundi
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Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
It’s hard to overstate the importance of root, tuber, and banana (RTB crops) for smallholder…
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