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Famine in Gaza
CGIAR18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
CGIAR14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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How to implement "innovation portfolio management" in a public R&D organization
CGIAR07.03.24To feed and nourish ten billion people by mid-century, and to do so sustainably, our…
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Invest in women, ignite change in food systems
CGIAR05.03.24By Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR Executive Managing Director On this International Women’s Day, we celeb…
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New report: CGIAR's Transformative Crop Technologies Drive $1.3 Trillion Impact
CGIAR27.02.24The cumulative impact of CGIAR-related crop technologies reached US$1,334 billion from 1961 to 2020,…
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Urban wetlands and the built environment: how Colombo’s green spaces enhance city life
IWMI02.02.24-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombo must justify the renewal of its Ramsar Wetland City status this year. Has the…
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Public-private-partnership tilapia hatcheries grow from two to four, increasing access to fingerlings in Timor-Leste
WorldFish09.09.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Two new public-private-partnership (PPP) model hatcheries are being established in Timor-Leste—one…
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Timor-Leste Prime Minister advocates for aquaculture development at tilapia harvesting ceremony
WorldFish01.09.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On a sunny day in Leohitu, Timor-Leste, fish farmer Marcos Ramos stood up to share his aquacultur…
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Penang Chief Minister applauds WorldFish on successful IIFET 2024 bid
WorldFish30.08.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow congratulated WorldFish for winning the bid to host the…
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WorldFish renews Memorandums of Understanding with top research universities in Malaysia
WorldFish23.08.22-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
WorldFish signed today Memorandums of Understanding with Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and Univers…
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Tilapia as the best bet species for aquaculture commercialization in India
WorldFish18.08.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
India is the fourth-largest producer of fish and other aquatic foods in the world. With…
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‘Growing opportunities’: New WorldFish and university partnership in Timor-Leste enables first marine science students to graduate
WorldFish17.08.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
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Youth
WorldFish and the National University of Timor-Leste (UNTL) have signed a new 10-year agreement to…
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Emerging Youth: Nan Win Htwe
WorldFish12.08.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
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Youth
Nan Win Htwe has been working in her Southern Shan State family-owned fish hatchery for…
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Emerging Youth: Saifuddin Rana
WorldFish12.08.22-
Youth
Saifuddin Rana is a native of Bangladesh’s Chattogram. Through a platform called FishBooth, the …
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Opportunities abound for investors in Africa's low-value species market, says WorldFish
WorldFish09.08.22-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The organization is trying to create a climate-change resilient tilapia that can withstand higher oc…
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WorldFish mourns the passing of Professor Dr. Ayman Anwar Ammar
WorldFish01.08.22The management and staff of WorldFish and the broader CGIAR system are deeply saddened to…
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Maintaining the harmony between rivers and forests to safeguard food and nutrition security in Zambia
WorldFish28.07.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Human activities have for a while now greatly influenced how our water bodies and forests…
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Leveraging on multi-utility waterbodies to sustainably produce aquatic foods in India
WorldFish28.07.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Ponds are one of nature’s major freshwater resources and an ecologically important lentic habitat …
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Protecting Inle Lake for the long-term well-being of the local fisherfolk
WorldFish27.07.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Inle Lake is located on the Shan Plateau in the Southern Shan State of Myanmar.…
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Developing sustainable aquatic feeds for resilient aquatic food systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
WorldFish22.07.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
WorldFish has partnered with the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) on a 5-year pr…
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WorldFish wins bid to host IIFET 2024
WorldFish21.07.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
WorldFish was announced as the host of the 2024 International Institute of Fisheries Economics and…
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Cross-center learning between CIMMYT and WorldFish
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)15.07.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Alison Bentley presents at a joint seminar between CIMMYT and WorldFish. (Photo: Sarah McLaughlin/CI…
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Establishing inclusive resource management models in the Pacific
WorldFish14.07.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
July 28 marks the 2022 instance of Earth Overshoot Day, the date when humanity’s demand…
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Why food systems transformation must be a priority at Stockholm+50
WorldFish11.07.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
In 1972, at the UN Conference on the Human Environment, the environment was recognised for…
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