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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
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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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
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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
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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Building resilient aquatic food livelihoods in Myanmar
24.03.21-
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WorldFish researchers are working alongside small-scale aquatic food producers and value chain actor…
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Crisis in the Himalayas: climate change and unsustainable development
23.03.21-
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The [Uttarakhand flood] disaster last month in India demonstrated the risks from rising temperatures…
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Take a virtual tour of the Alliance’s Genebanks
23.03.21-
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Watch our latest video to learn what goes on behind the scenes to conserve of…
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World Water Day 2021: How can we manage better what we value most?
22.03.21-
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BY CLAUDIA RINGLER AND RUTH MEINZEN-DICK The theme of World Water Day 2021 (March 22) is “Valuin…
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Water storage gaps are growing worldwide. We need an integrated approach
22.03.21-
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For millennia, storing water has been a cornerstone of survival for many societies, especially in…
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International Forests Day: The crucial value of India’s common lands
19.03.21-
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BY HARPINDER SANDHU, WEI ZHANG, HAGAR ELDIDI AND RUTH MEINZEN-DICK Common lands, whether communal…
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Watershed interventions provide groundwater access all year through
19.03.21-
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Water conservation structures in Anantapuramu: A check dam (L) constructed in Kondampalle village, A…
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WorldFish opens Bangladesh’s first aquatic animal disease diagnostic lab
18.03.21-
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While aquaculture is a growing industry in Bangladesh, prevailing disease outbreaks in farmed fish a…
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Beyond social-ecological traps: Pathways to a sustainable future
18.03.21-
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The artist John Olsen is known for his depictions of Australian landscapes through rich paths…
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Public and Private Partnerships improve smallholder farmer fortunes in Babati, Tanzania
17.03.21-
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The Alliance joins efforts to improve soil fertility and agricultural output in Tanzania.…
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Innovating Zambia’s aquaculture sector boosts food security
17.03.21-
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Aquatic foods caught and harvested in inland waters have long been an important part of…
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Watershed interventions provide groundwater access all year through
17.03.21-
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In the semi-arid tropics water is a precious resource that often does not trickle down…
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Solar or diesel? Unlocking groundwater’s potential in sub-Saharan Africa
17.03.21-
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Solar-powered groundwater irrigation has numerous advantages over diesel in boosting the productivit…
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Women Custodians Safeguard the Future of Our Food
16.03.21-
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The Andean region is the center of origin of many nutritious, diverse foods, including native…
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Predicting economic impact from restoring forests and landscapes: lessons from Ethiopia
15.03.21-
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In a world where the well-being of 3.2 billion people is undermined by the degradation…
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Shared waters and data exchange – the gap between principle and practice
15.03.21-
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Exchanging data across borders in transboundary basins is key to averting disasters, managing risks,…
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Collective effort, irrespective of gender, need of the day for better, safer workplaces for women
12.03.21-
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Gender parity cannot be achieved by putting the onus of it on one gender; joint…
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Low-cost technology boosts women’s livelihoods amidst pandemic in Bangladesh
11.03.21-
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Through disruption to aquatic food value chains, the COVID-19 pandemic has jeopardized the livelihoo…
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