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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
14.05.25<p>Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that signific…
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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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ReSAKSS Data Challenge winners illuminate Africa's pressing problems
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Food security
The ReSAKSS Data Challenge invites competitors to use data and other resources on the ReSAKSS we…
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High pesticide use among smallholders in Africa south of the Sahara poses risks for health, environment
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Environmental health
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Health
Africa south of the Sahara is urbanizing rapidly and its real GDP is growing robustly,…
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Pest distribution and risk atlas for Africa includes potato and sweetpotato pests
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Big data
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Insect pests cause major yield losses in agricultural crops. Climate change is expected to exacerbat…
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Lessons from Latin America: Using less, earning more
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Abílio Rodrigues Pacheco is a landowner in the Brazilian state of Goiás who works for…
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Investment in aquaculture essential to meet Africa’s food demand
13.11.18Investment in Africa’s aquaculture sector could see production increase six-fold from 2.9 million …
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Hearing, counting and empowering women: GAF7 conference showcases gender equality progress and challenges
13.11.18These were the key themes that emerged from ‘Expanding the Horizons’ , the FISH-sponsored 7th…
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Hearing, counting and empowering women: GAF7 conference showcases gender equality progress and challenges
13.11.18Emerging research methods and technologies that empower and benefit women are helping to close the…
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Opinion: Big data shows big promise for feeding the world
12.11.18-
Big data
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Food security
Digital innovations are set to transform a global food system in crisis. These innovations, howe…
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Inspiring millennials to focus on food security: The power of mentorship
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Food security
Plant Microbiologist Tessa Mahmoudi, a 2012 World Food Prize’s Borlaug-Ruan summer intern, says h…
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New Study: Improvement in Education and Wealth - Key to Anemia Reduction Among Expectant Mothers and Children in India
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
Washington D.C.: Improved public health and nutrition programs for children under five years of age,…
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A sustainable future for people and nature? It's still possible
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Climate change, declining air and water quality, rapid population growth – it can seem overwhelmin…
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Forman Lecture: Barry Popkin on the growing global problem of junk food and sugary drinks
12.11.18-
Health
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Nutrition
Efforts to improve global nutrition face serious headwinds from the growing marketing and consumptio…
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Lite-touch approach to community-based resource management shows promise in Solomon Islands
12.11.18In Solomon Islands, where coastal resource decline and environmental degradation are increasingly pu…
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New case studies are powerful examples of gender-responsive plant and animal breeding
10.11.18-
Gender equality
Adoption and impact of new crop varieties and animal breeds depend on the tangible benefits…
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Where are the public education campaigns about climate change?
09.11.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
When the HIV/AIDS epidemic became recognized as a serious threat to public health, there were…
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U.S. immigration policies may harm economies, worsen poverty in Central American countries
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras are among the poorest countries in Latin America and the…
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Boosting confidence in farm innovations – Simulating impact with systems modelling tools
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Can farm earnings be estimated before doing anything on the ground? A new tool promises…
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New ways to engage farmers through social entrepreneurs
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Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A new initiative has begun to better support value chains where farmers’ welfare is one…
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