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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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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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WorldFish appoints Dr. Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio to board
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
WorldFish is pleased to welcome Dr. Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio to its Board of Trustees.…
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Chakula Episode 5, The Food Security Podcast (South African Broadcasting Corporation)
18.01.19Jan 15, 2019 In the News Chakula Episode 5, The Food Security Podcast (South African…
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A harbinger of change? (Dhaka Tribune)
18.01.19Jan 14, 2019 In the News A harbinger of change? (Dhaka Tribune) Dhaka Tribune published…
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Climate change-induced salinity affecting soil across coastal Bangladesh (The Daily Star)
18.01.19Jan 17, 2019 In the News Climate change-induced salinity affecting soil across coastal Bangladesh (T…
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Brief news on farming and agribusiness in the country (Daily Nation)
18.01.19Jan 16, 2019 In the News Brief news on farming and agribusiness in the country…
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Barking up the same trees: Water and forests 'cannot be separated' in East Africa's Rift Valley
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Environmental health
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Gender equality
Africa - The forested mountains of East Africa deserve their ‘water towers’ moniker. Their sprin…
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Africa and Asia come together to lead a global initiative to diversify staples
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Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Leading agriculture organizations from Africa and Asia have joined hands to take on a bold…
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Now, get critical seed data in one click
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Big data
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A modern digital seed ‘catalog’ and seed ‘roadmap’ tool is now available for information abo…
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Two-fold increase in varietal adoption in seven years – a chickpea tale from Ethiopia
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Adoption of improved chickpea varieties increased more than two-fold in seven years, shows data from…
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Three new farmer-preferred sorghum varieties released in Malawi
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Biodiversity
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Food security
Three new improved sorghum varieties have been released in Malawi after extensive trials. Pilira 3,…
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Can governments promote homestead gardening at scale? The case of Ethiopia
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Food security
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Nutrition
Eating fruits and vegetables can help ensure adequate nutrition and reduce the risk of heart…
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Funding genebank routines … forever
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Biodiversity
In 2018, the Crop Trust entered into a long-term partnership agreement (LPA) with the International…
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IKEA assembles plan to be carbon negative by 2030
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
By keeping its design high, prices low, service quick and ice cream fresh at the…
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The transformative power of culinary innovation: Changing perspectives on traditional staples
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Roots, tubers and bananas are often seen as “traditional” foods. Yet their colors and flavors…
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SUPERSEAS project identifies governance components of area-based management
16.01.19Solving complex problems in the aquaculture sector requires integration between actors that do not n…
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ASEAN Guidelines for Agroforestry Development set to revolutionize land use in Southeast Asia
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Biodiversity
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Food security
The ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry held their 40th meeting on 11 October 2018 in…
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How a dry village got its feet wet
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Environmental health
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Food security
As Laos seeks to strengthen food security and rural livelihoods, while adapting agriculture to clima…
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The itsy bitsy spider can make a big impact in agriculture
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Environmental health
A new study explores how conservation agriculture in southern Africa supports spider populations …
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