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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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Gender solutions for sustainable water management in Western Nepal
07.03.19-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
IWMI study calls for investment in the social capital and capabilities of women and marginalized…
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Developmental promises made to women are not delivering. Here’s how we can do better.
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Gender equality
This was originally published by the CGIAR Collaborative Network on Gender Research. For decades we…
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Agricultural practices supported by IFAD reveal potential mitigation benefits
07.03.19The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) aims to eradicate poverty and hunger in …
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International Women’s Day 2019: Women in seed systems in Africa
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The maize seed sector in eastern and southern Africa is male-dominated. Most seed companies operatin…
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Opinion | New Diet, New Destiny? Saving the Planet Takes More Than Changing What We Eat (foodtank)
06.03.19Mar 4, 2019 In the News Food Security Opinion | New Diet, New Destiny? Saving…
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The link between crop burning and respiratory illness is a health and economic timebomb (The Telegraph)
06.03.19Mar 5, 2019 In the News Environment and Natural Resources The link between crop burning…
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Act fast to halt the declining insect numbers (SciDev)
06.03.19Mar 6, 2019 In the News Environment and Natural Resources Act fast to halt the…
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What happens when you incentivise primary education in Uganda (VoxDev)
06.03.19Mar 4, 2019 In the News Social Protection What happens when you incentivise primary education…
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Seed Tracker: How one app can enhance seed systems for many crops
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Environmental health
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Food security
Thanks to its tolerance of poor soil, harsh conditions, pests and diseases, cassava is a…
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The threat declining insect populations pose to agriculture and development, and what we can do about it
06.03.19March 6, 2019 Issue Post The threat declining insect populations pose to agriculture and development…
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María Elker Montoya, champion creator of the method helping to fight off the Rice Hoja Blanca Virus
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Biodiversity
María, who started her career as a Research Assistant at the Latin American Fund for…
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New diet, new destiny? Saving the planet takes more than changing what we eat
06.03.19March 6, 2019 Issue Post New diet, new destiny? Saving the planet takes more than…
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What three Ethiopian women can show us about the promises – and pitfalls – of adopting technology
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Food security
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Gender equality
Small-scale irrigation technologies are transforming the backyards of smallholder farmers. For this …
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Thinking of tomorrow: Women essential to successful forest and land restoration in Africa
06.03.19African community leaders know that women play essential roles in restoring land and forests, even…
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How can you integrate gender and nutrition in your research?
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Food security
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Gender equality
The Consortium for Improving Agriculture-based Livelihoods in Central Africa (CIALCA), a CGIAR Res…
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On International Women’s Day, let’s think about gender equality
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Biodiversity
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Gender equality
We interviewed our gender leaders Marlène Elias (M.E.) of Bioversity and Jennifer Twyman (J.T.) of…
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A decade ago, women’s empowerment in agriculture wasn’t even on the agenda
05.03.19March 5, 2019 Issue Post A decade ago, women’s empowerment in agriculture wasn’t even on…
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How soil scientists can do a better job of making their research useful
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
Soil is a vital part of the natural environment. It supports the growth of plants,…
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