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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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Big data
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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Sustainable land use systems: Advancing land degradation neutrality through local action and global integration
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Feed, care, and protect are the three pillars for anchoring sustainable land management to achieve…
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Knowledge, motivation, and agency for groundwater governance
06.12.24By Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Bryan Bruns December 6, 2024 Groundwater is a vital common pool resource …
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Sustainable Agricultural Development: Roots of Peacebuilding
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
“In environmental peacebuilding there’s an approach called the ‘contact hypothesis’, which s…
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How much carbon can Kenyan grasslands store in their soils? Insights from the CarboGrass Project
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Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
In Kenya, a team of researchers is working to assess the impact of grassland management…
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A soil safari: on a quest to restore and manage grassland soils
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
As we jumped up and down on the bumpy roads at Kapiti Research Station and…
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How DSR can revolutionize rice farming in Nepal
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Food security
by Prem Raj Bhatt, Mosharaf Hossain, Swati Nayak IRRI and BAYER are working together to…
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Celebrating World Soil Day 2024: ICRISAT Champions Soil Health Initiatives
06.12.24Hyderabad, 5 December 2024: In alignment with World Soil Day 2024, the International Crops Research…
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Farmers’ Preferences for Climate-Resilient Potatoes in Kenya
05.12.24Introduction Potatoes play a vital role in Kenya’s agricultural sector, contributing significantly…
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Shaping a Sustainable Future: Implementing CGIAR’s 2030 Global Strategy for Resilient Drylands
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Environmental health & biodiversity
On 4 December 2024, the CGIAR, ICARDA and ICRISAT launched the CGIAR 2030 Global Strategy…
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Participatory rangeland management: A business case for Africa
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Participatory rangeland management (PRM) is a transformative, community-led approach to better manag…
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The CGIAR 2030 Global Strategy For Resilient Drylands – A Bold Vision Unveiled
05.12.244th December, UNCCD COP16, Riyadh: We are thrilled to launch the CGIAR 2030 Global Strategy…
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Business and finance models for increased sustainability and equity of solar-powered irrigation in Pakistan: Insights from the private sector
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Environmental health & biodiversity
By Zain M. Akbar, Claudia Ringler, and Mohsin Hafeez In Pakistan, unlike India, the solar-powered…
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A new era for land restoration as UNCCD COP16 kicks off in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
05.12.24This week marks the beginning of a milestone for global land restoration and drought resilience…
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CGIAR's statement to UNCCD COP16 gathering underscores a holistic approach to sustainable land management
05.12.24Drylands are home to 38% of the global population and support 44% of the world's…
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Leave no crops behind: the case for cryopreservation
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Biodiversity
This year’s World Food Prize was awarded to two pioneers of crop diversity conservation: Geoff…
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Solar irrigation: A game changer for climate resilience in agriculture
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Originally published in Africa's Voice on Water (AVOW) Magazine Volume 3 (Pages 18-19) There is…
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Advancing climate resilience and peace: key insights from the CSSTxLS workshop
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The integration of peacebuilding into resilience strategies is increasingly important for communitie…
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Rwanda Launches Clim-ARM Investment Blueprints: "Integrating Weather and Climate Analytics into Agricultural Risk Management” to drive Climate-Smart Agricultural Investments
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
“Rwanda’s agricultural sector, which employs over 70% of the population and contributes nearly 3…
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