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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now…
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IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systems
04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o…
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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 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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Rwanda set to release first new potato varieties in almost three decades
18.03.19The potato is one of Rwanda’s most important crops, yet Rwandan farmers struggle to produce…
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Beating Famine turns its attention to the Sahel
18.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Land is being restored in Africa’s dry Sahel region to ensure food security The semi-arid…
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Stakeholders meet discusses solutions to unshackle Myanmar’s groundnut value chain
18.03.19-
Food security
Why does an ageing variety command 20% of land under groundnut cultivation? How can existing…
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A textual digest of new UN resolution for restoration
17.03.19-
Environmental health
In Agenda item 14 in the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly on 1…
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Unlocking the potential of the Nigeria Community Exchange (Punch Nigeria)
15.03.19Mar 14, 2019 In the News Governance Markets Unlocking the potential of the Nigeria Community…
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‘Access to formal credit increases income of farmers’ (The Hindu Businessline)
15.03.19Mar 10, 2019 In the News Governance Markets ‘Access to formal credit increases income of…
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Will the latest superfood come from Africa? Ethiopian traditional fruit is a dream to avoid wheat - and it was already patented in Europe (YLE)
15.03.19Mar 10, 2019 In the News Agriculture Production Science, Technology, and Innovation Will the latest…
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Exploring young Africans’ role and engagement in the rural economy
15.03.19-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
How do young rural Africans engage in the rural economy? How important is farming relative…
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What happens when you incentivize primary education in Uganda
15.03.19March 15, 2019 Research Post What happens when you incentivize primary education in Uganda Daniel…
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Global study on small-scale fisheries to provide vital knowledge, recognizes UN food report
15.03.19The FISH-supported Illuminating Hidden Harvests study, due out in 2020, will provide critical knowle…
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Kenya challenged to meet regreening target
15.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
The East African nation’s farmers are slow to adopt reforestation and regreening practices owing t…
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Direct Seeded Rice Consortium convenes first annual meeting to advance partnerships for more sustainable, environment-friendly rice systems
15.03.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
14 March 2019, IRRI Headquarters ~ The Direct Seeded Rice Consortium (DSRC), a multi-stakeholder res…
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Policy, people and potatoes in Kenya
14.03.19Although it might seem surprising, many Kenyan farmers, entrepreneurs, and investors are intensely i…
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Considering gender in irrigation: Meeting the challenges women farmers face in technology adoption
14.03.19March 14, 2019 Research Post Considering gender in irrigation: Meeting the challenges women farmers …
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Unlocking the secrets of tropical trees
14.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Tropical forests are magical places. Inside the bustling canopy,…
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How rice field fisheries are netting nutrition gains in Cambodia
14.03.19A challenge faced by many caregivers in rural Cambodia is making sure their children get…
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GLF digital summit: Women generating the power to energize communities
14.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
BONN, Germany (Landscape News) – Women can generate the power to not only energize themselves…
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Refugee designer leads fashion toward sustainability
13.03.19-
Environmental health
Back in 2014, a curious collection of scarves rippled through the media. But it wasn’t…
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