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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
14.05.25Amidst 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
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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12th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum
08.04.19The Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum provides an international platform for distinguished scien…
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New project launched to improve rural livelihoods and food security in Mali
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies (CSAT) project was recently launched in Mali. This res…
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French agricultural research and CGIAR reinforce their scientific collaboration to the benefit of agriculture, food and climate change
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Laying a strong foundation for a joint plan of action between CGIAR and France to…
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Cobs & Spikes podcast: Striving for higher quality, more nutritious maize
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According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, over 800 million people are consi…
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Fighting hidden hunger with agricultural innovation
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Nutrition
Maize provides 15-16 percent of total calorie intake in Asia, Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa,…
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“Communicate” the theme of the Annual Meeting of Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Seed System project held at IITA
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The meeting which was themed “Communicate” and facilitated by Sue Davison, Director of Pipal Lim…
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Cyclone Idai shows why long-term disaster resilience is so crucial
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Cyclone Idai struck Beira, the fourth largest city in Mozambique, in mid-March with torrential rain…
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Seed companies in West Africa eye pearl millet hybrid with 70% higher yield potential
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Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A newly developed pearl millet hybrid, with 70% yield-gain potential and high disease resistance, ha…
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The ‘smart food’ women of Kenya sing a nutritious tune
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Nutrition
How do you switch back to more nutritious and climate smart food? Making it fun…
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Breaking barriers for climate-smart crop adoption in Kenya
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Biodiversity
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Paving the way for development of a reliable seed distribution model, a nationwide program has…
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Seed companies in West Africa eye pearl millet hybrid with 70% higher yield potential
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A newly developed pearl millet hybrid, with 70% yield-gain potential and high disease resistance, ha…
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Why India needs a land leasing framework
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Food security
PM-KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi) is one of the largest income support schemes for small…
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MaMo Panelists call for concerted efforts towards a thriving Africa through Agriculture, Nutrition and Mechanization
04.04.19A team of experts met at a joint policy seminar for the Malabo Montpellier (MaMo)…
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Well-meaning tenure reforms can’t quash land conflicts
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
When countries revise their land and forest tenure laws, whereby rights are granted to people…
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Catalyzing partnerships for reforestation of degraded land
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In this second edition of the “Innovative finance for sustainable landscapes” interview series, …
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Cash transfers and intimate partner violence
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Gender equality
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the most pervasive form of violence globally, with one in three…
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CIP revises its strategy and corporate plan to deliver impact at scale
02.04.19Rising demand for food in low- and middle-income countries is opening up new opportunities for…
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App enables smallholder farmers to be community influencers and citizen scientists
02.04.19The GeoFarmer app allows community workers and smallholders to easily collect and share information …
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