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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
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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 SystemsÂ
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
16.05.25-
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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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Confronting the challenges of salinity intrusion on agriculture in South Asia
01.02.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Salinity intrusion—accelerating due to sea level rise and coastal erosion—is leading to contamin…
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State capacity and agricultural service provision: The case of rural Nepal
01.02.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In Nepal, bureaucrats’ local knowledge and motivation make a difference in serving rural farmers. …
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Repairing food systems failures: Policies, innovations and partnerships
01.02.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
The current food system is failing us. We need to develop a more integrated systems perspective…
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Acceleration through collaboration: IFPRI side event at Davos 2019
01.02.19-
Nutrition
To accelerate progress to end hunger and malnutrition, we must work together with all key…
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Sri Lanka’s cultural legacy brings ancient perspectives to new water challenges
01.02.19-
Environmental health
A study fusing ancient technology and modern science shows that it's a matter of finding…
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Agricultural intensification has fed the world, but are we healthier?
01.02.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Grow more food on less land? Agricultural intensification has intuitive appeal. The Earth has a…
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STAARS fellowship accepting applications for 2019
31.01.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS) fellowship program m…
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The global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition and climate change
31.01.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition
A new report by the Lancet Commission on the global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition and…
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The global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change
31.01.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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A new report by the Lancet Commission on the Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Clim…
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2.5 million hectares pledged to be restored in the Caucasus and Central Asia
31.01.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have pledged to put the mil…
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Collaborating to innovate for India’s agriculture research: ICAR – ICRISAT finalize 5-year action plan
31.01.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Improved crops, nutrition-sensitive agriculture on the cards  A five-year plan for Indian agricultu…
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Thom Jayne appointed special advisor to the president of the African Development Bank
30.01.19In this part-time position Prof. Jayne will assist the Bank’s efforts to build the African…
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Lessons from IFPRI country programs on influencing policy decisions and strengthening capacity
30.01.19-
Food security
It is often argued that the more researchers engage with policymakers, the more likely that…
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Citizen science in Kenya’s Rift Valley
30.01.19-
Environmental health
Participation is widely seen as a cornerstone of sustainable resource management, and it’s a pilla…
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Seeing really is believing: Farmers’ photos revolutionize insurance and advisory services
29.01.19-
Big data
As climate change-driven droughts, storms, and floods continue to challenge smallholder farmers, the…
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Climate change policy must distinguish (long-lived) carbon dioxide from (short-lived) methane–Oxford study
29.01.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Left to right: Auto rickshaw by eCSSpert, Untitled (Plate with Knife and Fork) by Klaas…
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Mekong Expert Group on Agroforestry: impact on ASEAN
29.01.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The Mekong Expert Group on Agroforestry for Food and Nutrition Security, Sustainable Agriculture and…
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Nutrition In The News: Sharp Diagnoses And Converging Policy Instruments (Business World)
28.01.19Jan 28, 2019 In the News Nutrition In The News: Sharp Diagnoses And Converging Policy…
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