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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-
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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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Earth Day 2018: Solar-powered irrigation can boost rural development, but also poses risks
20.04.18-
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BY AVINASH KISHORE Irrigation is one of the most effective means for boosting agricultural productio…
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Global emissions targets in focus at rainforest summit in Indonesia
19.04.18-
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Discussions at the Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit (APRS) in Indonesia next week will kick off with…
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Is waste the next big business opportunity?
17.04.18-
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A new 800-page book profiles multiple ways to harness waste to help fill the world’s…
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Why social forestry: Securing the sap
17.04.18-
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In a forest in southwestern Sumatra, Dedy Aprianto starts clearing the undergrowth below a damar…
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Community land rights open investment opportunities in global south
16.04.18-
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The devolution of land tenure rights to forest-dwelling communities over the past quarter century ha…
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Why social forestry: Keeping the coffee
15.04.18-
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In a lush valley in Lampung Province in the southern tip of Sumatra sits the…
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Policy seminar and special event: Tales of yield improvement and farewell to Mark Rosegrant
12.04.18-
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BY SHELLEKA DARBY IFPRI marked the path-breaking career of Senior Research Fellow and retiring Envir…
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Crop research needs a system of integrated labs across the globe
11.04.18-
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BY MARK ROSEGRANT Despite advances in agricultural productivity thanks to higher and more stable cro…
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Sustainable land bonds may offer a fresh path forward
11.04.18-
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Tropical forest countries could soon use a new financial mechanism to access the capital they…
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Bhutan and Nepal learn more about agroforestry in Vietnam
11.04.18-
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Government officers from the two mountainous countries visited highly successful agroforestry sites …
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Counting down: Scientists warn of ‘alarming’ loss of Borneo orangutans
10.04.18-
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Once, there were hundreds of thousands of orangutans roaming the island of Borneo. Over the…
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More for less: improving groundwater use for increased coffee production in Vietnam
10.04.18-
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Vietnam’s coffee boom and the threat from water insecurity Vietnam is the world’s largest produc…
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Press Release: Is waste the next big business opportunity?
10.04.18-
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Humans generate heaps of waste every day. Waste rich in energy, nutrients, or water. Most…
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Alue Dohong: Restoring peatlands, empowering communities
10.04.18-
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The Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) was established with a mission to accelerate the restoration o…
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Soil health scheme for farmers in Odisha – to benefit 4.35 million farmers in 30 districts
09.04.18-
Environmental health
Bhoochetana, an initiative that has transformed lives of several million farmers in Karnataka, is no…
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To fix landscapes, first get the right tools
05.04.18-
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By pledging to restore millions of hectares of deforested and degraded land, countries take a…
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Agroforestry: Why don’t farmers plant more trees?
04.04.18-
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Agroforestry can make a key contribution to the UN’s Zero Hunger Challenge, which aims to…
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Water for Food: PhilRice and IRRI jointly organized field day to create awareness on sustainable water management
02.04.18-
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After the field demonstration, the participants were shown other water-saving technologies. Engr. Le…
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