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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
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Food security
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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
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
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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Environmental risk in aquaculture: What do fish farmers think?
22.01.19Area-based approaches to address environmental risk are gaining popularity in aquaculture management…
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Environmental risk in aquaculture: What do farmers think?
22.01.19-
Environmental health
Area-based approaches to address environmental risk are gaining popularity in aquaculture management…
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Should we eat red meat? Depends on who’s eating—New York Times
22.01.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Left to right: Figure of an under-nourished individual (by The Twin Project), illustration of red…
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Headlines: Trump on fire, palm oil price slump and the extinction of coffee
22.01.19Forests News has trawled through the world's press to give you our best pick of…
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Call for Nominees for the 2019 Maize Youth Innovators Awards – Africa
21.01.19Nominations are now open for the 2019 MAIZE Youth Innovators Awards – Africa! These awards…
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What are the socioeconomic factors that influence CSA adoption?
21.01.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
To better understand the socioeconomic factors that foster or slow down the adoption of climate-smar…
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WorldFish appoints Dr. Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio to board
19.01.19-
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
18.01.19-
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
18.01.19-
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
18.01.19-
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
18.01.19-
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
18.01.19-
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
17.01.19-
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
17.01.19-
Biodiversity
In 2018, the Crop Trust entered into a long-term partnership agreement (LPA) with the International…
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