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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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Oil: Green deceit and a Trump defeat...did climate change cause Cyclone Idai?
26.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
In Forests News last week: International Day of Forests: Two heads look to a future…
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On the shoulders of giants, IRRI launches AGGRi Alliance
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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The balancing act of working in partnerships
26.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Partnerships are believed to tackle the most pressing societal challenges, including food security a…
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2019 Global Food Policy Report: Media Factsheet
25.03.19Mar 27, 2019 Media Factsheet 2019 Global Food Policy Report: Media Factsheet The below facts…
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Brochure: Gender research in PIM
25.03.19-
Gender equality
Progress toward gender equality enhances inclusion and promotes effective development. Gender bias c…
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New IFPRI-China collaborations promote evidence-based policymaking and capacity building around the world
25.03.19March 25, 2019 Issue Post New IFPRI-China collaborations promote evidence-based policymaking and cap…
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Learning from past initiatives for expanding the scale of land restoration in Africa
25.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Former ways have been reviewed and new approaches put forward at a major conference on…
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Australian-funded projects are helping Myanmar rice farmers improve their livelihood and income
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”
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Biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
MAUBIN Township, Myanmar—Aquaculture production in rice-based cropping systems could potentially b…
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IRRI, WorldFish and Myanmar work together to optimize rice-fish farming productivity
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Biodiversity
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Food security
IRRI, together with WorldFish and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation of Myanmar …
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Understanding the lives of small-scale fishers: A field visit experience
24.03.19“The trawlers are stealing our fish. They should not be allowed to fish in the…
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Fixing forests: how Decision Analysis is working on the ground in East Africa
24.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Among East Africa’s biodiversity hotspots is the Desa’a forest, which borders Tigray and Afar in…
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2019 Global Food Policy Report: Crises in Rural Areas Threatens Progress in Hunger, Poverty Reduction; Urgent Need for Rural Revitalization, Strong Policies and Accountability
22.03.19Mar 27, 2019 Press Release 2019 Global Food Policy Report: Crises in Rural Areas Threatens…
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World Water Day: The unfulfilled promise of farmer-led irrigation – how to include those left behind
22.03.19March 22, 2019 Issue Post World Water Day: The unfulfilled promise of farmer-led irrigation –…
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How much do you REALLY know about water and forests?
22.03.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
What better way to celebrate today's World Water Day and yesterday's International Day of Forests,…
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Flood-Based Livelihoods Symposium: Harnessing the potential of flood water
22.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Researchers, governments and development agencies are hastening to harness the potential of floodwat…
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Livestock value chain strengthening essential for improving production and food security in Niger, say scientists
22.03.19-
Food security
Can Niger claim its rightful place on the food production charts? A group of scientists…
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Enhancing Iloilo’s rice productivity through innovations on land leveling and rice straw management
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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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