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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
14.05.25Amidst 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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Statement of condolence on the loss of Kodjo Glato, a fine young agricultural scientist from Togo
12.03.19-
Biodiversity
Kodjo Glato was one of 157 passengers and crew who tragically perished in the crash…
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Book launch: Connecting agriculture and nutrition to improve diets and meet the SDGs
12.03.19March 12, 2019 Event Post Book launch: Connecting agriculture and nutrition to improve diets and…
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New Diet, New Destiny? Saving the Planet Takes More Than Changing What We Eat
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Originally published as an Op-Ed on FoodTank Can changing our diet save the planet? When…
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Orangutan extinction, a rhino resurrection, and using fire to fight fire
12.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
Forests News pick of stories from around the globe: Want to stop climate change? Then…
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Digital imaging tools make maize breeding much more efficient
11.03.19-
Big data
To keep up with growing maize demand, breeders aim at optimizing annual yield gain under…
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Dramatic rainfall changes for key crops expected even with reduced greenhouse gas emissions
11.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
By 2040, rainfall on wheat, soybean, rice and maize will have changed, even if Paris…
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The link between crop burning and respiratory illness is a health and economic timebomb
11.03.19March 11, 2019 Research Post The link between crop burning and respiratory illness is a…
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India wants to double farmers’ incomes – and tackle climate change. Is technology the answer to this double bind?
11.03.19-
Food security
Originally published as on Op-ed on Impaktar. Forty years since India gained independence, what ha…
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Much to gain from reducing food loss and waste in Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The incredible scale of global food loss and waste – an estimated one-third of food…
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IITA celebrates innovation and gender balance during 2019 International Women’s Day
10.03.19Over the past few decades, the global community has made a lot of effort to…
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Project to Improve Tilapia Seed Launched in Accra
08.03.19Mar 1, 2019 Press Release Project to Improve Tilapia Seed Launched in Accra Washington, D.C.:…
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USAID and NASA Harnessing Technology for Development in the Amazon
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. National Aeronautics and…
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Busting six common myths about unconditional cash transfers in Africa
08.03.19March 8, 2019 Issue Post Busting six common myths about unconditional cash transfers in Africa…
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Global study guides agriculture towards gender equality
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Food security
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Gender equality
Now more than ever, the agricultural research for development sector recognizes that women’s needs…
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Vania Azevedo: A Fighter for Plant Genetic Resources
08.03.19-
Biodiversity
ICRISAT’s Head of Genebank discusses her past work and shares her thoughts on the role…
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Tracing high-iron beans to the genebank
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Biodiversity
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Nutrition
A Genebank Platform Impact Fellow looks at the journey of beans from the genebank to…
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Strengthening producer organizations is key to making finance inclusive and effective
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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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The ascent of women: A replay of a few of our favourite feminist pieces
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Left to right: Albrecht Dürer, Studies on the Proportions of the Female Body, 1528; Franz…
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