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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now…
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IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systems
04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o…
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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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The missing middle: how enabling environments will translate global commitments into local action
21.06.19-
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Delegates at Global Soil Week 2019 push for effective land governance, local governance structures, …
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‘Forget tree planting, start tree growing’
21.06.19-
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Q & A with Lalisa Duguma Forests News caught up with climate change mitigation and…
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New study finds that urban wildlife may be a significant vector for antimicrobial resistant bacteria
21.06.19-
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A new study published in the June 2019 issue of the journal Lancet Planetary Health…
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Bird’s-eye view
20.06.19-
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A new study from researchers at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) shows…
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Zoom in on Borneo ecology
20.06.19-
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Indonesia - The forests of Borneo are some of the most ecologically diverse in the…
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The WTO Dispute Settlement procedure is on the verge of crisis
19.06.19-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
From its formation in 1995, the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Body has served as…
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Countries make progress on carbon reduction pledges, but much work remains to be done
19.06.19-
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By all accounts, countries’ official pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—the nationally d…
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Transforming farmers and plant doctors into pest-smart agents in their communities
19.06.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Farmers and plant doctors in Ekxang Climate-Smart Village (CSV) in Laos were trained on biologically…
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Mass movement and the ‘femininization’ of agriculture
18.06.19-
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In the vernacular of climate change, the term ‘climate justice’ is nowadays rolling off tongues…
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Voices: stories attesting to sustainable production transformation in the Amazon
17.06.19In its final stage, the Sustainable Amazonian Landscapes project developed a platform called …
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Groundwater conservation policies help fuel air pollution crisis in northwestern India, new study finds
17.06.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Groundwater conservation policies are contributing to the air pollution crisis in northwestern India…
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Special event: New IFPRI research program explores emerging problems of urban food systems
17.06.19-
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The explosive growth of cities all over the world has led to major shifts in…
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Can you trust the numbers?
17.06.19-
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Millions of dollars are being invested in efforts to reduce the contribution of tropical deforestati…
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What developing countries can learn from Europe’s experience with rural revitalization
17.06.19-
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IFPRI's 2019 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) will be the focus of a June 19 European Development…
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From Jamaica to Togo to Vanuatu, agroforestry to help countries prevent climate breakdown
17.06.19-
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In May, delegates from as far away as Papua New Guinea braved visa hurdles and…
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Scientists unravel genome and diversity of whitefly vector behind viral diseases devastating cassava in Africa
17.06.19-
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As part of efforts to control the spread of the two viral diseases attacking cassava…
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Combating drought in the Dry Corridor of Guatemala
17.06.19-
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Around the world, climate variability provides increasingly challenging environments that farmers mu…
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Borderline
14.06.19-
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Ghana - Part VII of VII-part series: WHAT THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM WEST AFRICA’S…
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