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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
CGIAR29.05.25Photo 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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
Ojanji Wandera16.05.25-
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
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)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
CGIAR13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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How Data Collected To Identify Cassava Varieties in Vietnam Helped Southeast Asia Respond Rapidly To a Viral Disease Outbreak
CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC)06.02.19-
Big data
The collection of data on the adoption of CGIAR-related crop varieties is a priority for…
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Nigeria’s agribusiness Agrolay Ventures goes against the grain
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)05.02.19-
Environmental health
Importing food that could be produced locally costs the continent of Africa around USD 40…
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Making Egypt’s power sector more diverse and sustainable
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)05.02.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
In Egypt, like everywhere, growing energy demand is increasingly at odds with the urgent need…
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Leopards on the loose, a planet inferno, and will fast food giants spark a Domino’s effect for climate change?
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)05.02.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Forests News pick of stories from around the globe: McDonald’s, KFC and Domino’s: Investors dang…
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Land restoration is a strategic investment in Ethiopia
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)05.02.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Productive land leads to many benefits but achieving productivity needs a change of thinking. The…
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Are we eating less meat?—Oxford Martin School fellow Hannah Ritchie confirms ‘No’
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)05.02.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Broken Record Alert: People WILL NOT change their diets for environmental reasons. No matter how…
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Lessons from IFPRI country programs on influencing policy decisions and strengthening capacity
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)04.02.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
It is often argued that the more researchers engage with policymakers, the more likely that…
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Farmer-led landscape restoration movement re-greens the Sahel
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)04.02.19-
Environmental health
A reforestation strategy conceived by agronomist Tony Rinaudo has so far led to the restoration…
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Food and agriculture at a crossroads
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)04.02.19-
Food security
Over the past century, enormous progress has been made in improving human welfare worldwide, thanks…
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New paradigm unfolds to rapidly regreen Africa
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)04.02.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Regreening Africa project is charting new paths into complex, unmapped territory in its effort…
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Working with universities in developing countries
CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC)04.02.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
“ The SDGs require a common effort, everybody has a role.” In this video interview, Nighisty…
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Publication showcases 50 years of IITA’s plant health research
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)03.02.19-
Health
A new book, titled “Critical issues in plant health: 50 years of research in African…
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Emerging scientist: Chin Yee Chan
CGIAR Research Program on Fish02.02.19As a global leader in fisheries and aquaculture research, science is at the forefront of…
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AAP Govt To Introduce MSP For Farmers Based On Swaminathan Commission Report (The Logical Indian)
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)01.02.19Jan 29, 2019 In the News AAP Govt To Introduce MSP For Farmers Based On…
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Brexit: Study predicts increase in strokes and heart attacks (Aerzteblatt)
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)01.02.19Jan 29, 2019 In the News Brexit: Study predicts increase in strokes and heart attacks…
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Foundations of forest management (Millennium Post)
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)01.02.19Jan 30, 2019 In the News Foundations of forest management (Millennium Post) Millennium Post released…
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Jobs, Caste, Farm Suicides, Crime, Nutrition: Some Subjects On Which Government Is Withholding Data (IndiaSpend)
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)01.02.19Jan 30, 2019 In the News Jobs, Caste, Farm Suicides, Crime, Nutrition: Some Subjects On…
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MGNREGS has raised welfare, brought down inequality, says study (LiveMint)
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)01.02.19Jan 29, 2019 In the News MGNREGS has raised welfare, brought down inequality, says study (LiveMint…
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