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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
CGIAR29.05.25Photo 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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
Ojanji Wandera16.05.25-
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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
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
CGIAR13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Chapatis of pearl millet for a changing climate
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)29.03.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The people of rural India love their bajra chapatis. These flatbreads made of pearl millet flour a…
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Climate-smart technologies to build resilience in agriculture of Niger, Mali
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)29.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Two projects were recently launched to adopt climate-smart agricultural technologies in Niger and Ma…
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Can DRC’s community forests lift people out of poverty?
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)29.03.19-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In the quest to reduce poverty, community forestry is an attractive endeavor. So much so…
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Scaling Triple S through collaborating with Damongo Agricultural College, Ghana
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)28.03.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In July 2018 Issahaq Suleman, CIP’s Triple S scaling champion in Ghana, paid a visit…
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Mushrooms for prosperity in Chin State
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)28.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A mushroom research and training programme in Myanmar is aiming to lift farmers out of…
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Prosperity grows in arid Wonogiri
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)27.03.19-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The tamanu tree [Calophyllum inophyllum] has been helping humans out since prehistoric times. Also k…
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How Ghana is harnessing technology for food security
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)26.03.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In the past, agricultural production in Ghana has been heavily reliant on rainfall, while fertilizer…
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On the shoulders of giants, IRRI launches AGGRi Alliance
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)26.03.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Building on its success in developing and delivering improved rice varieties in South Asia and…
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Australian-funded projects are helping Myanmar rice farmers improve their livelihood and income
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)25.03.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
MAUBIN TOWNSHIP, Myanmar—Rice farmers in Ayeyarwady and Bago Regions are reaping the benefits from…
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Rice-fish farming could help boost farmers’ income in Myanmar’s “rice bowl”
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)25.03.19-
Biodiversity
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MAUBIN Township, Myanmar—Aquaculture production in rice-based cropping systems could potentially b…
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Enhancing Iloilo’s rice productivity through innovations on land leveling and rice straw management
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)22.03.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Iloilo is one of the major rice baskets in the Philippines, and mechanization could play…
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BOOK LAUNCH: Towards low-emission landscapes in Viet Nam
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)21.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
For immediate release Bogor, Indonesia, 21 March 2019— A new book celebrates ten years of contr…
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Google Blog: Analyzing 3K rice genomes characterized by DeepVariant
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)21.03.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The 3,000 Rice Genomes Project (3K RGP) is a collaborative, international research program that has…
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World Water Day 2019
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)19.03.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Voicing water visions in river basins across the developing world. Join us in celebrating World…
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Food for thought from Sri Lanka on World Water Day 2019
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)19.03.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
How farmers have taken charge of their destiny by using motor pumps for irrigation. Except…
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Exploring young Africans’ role and engagement in the rural economy
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)15.03.19-
Big data
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
How do young rural Africans engage in the rural economy? How important is farming relative…
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Solving the “last mile” challenge of maize seeds
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)13.03.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Agrodealers play a pivotal role in delivering the gains of the green revolution to millions…
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Strengthening producer organizations is key to making finance inclusive and effective
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry08.03.19-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As part of the “Innovative finance for sustainable landscapes” interview series, the Internation…
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