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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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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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Unleashing the potential of plant health
08.01.21-
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The UN has designated 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health. CGIAR Centers have…
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Encouraging entrepreneurship with mobile grinders and seed cleaning machines
29.12.20-
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ICARDA and its national partners in Tunisia are promoting entrepreneurship and rural businesses thro…
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Coming Full Circle with Maize
22.12.20-
Biodiversity
From studying wild cucurbits in Spain to judging the “Largest Maize Ear in the World”…
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Upskilling climate change experts in Mali: Training begins with live project synopsis
18.12.20-
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A training program initiated by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency is upskilli…
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New guidelines ease the way for fish-friendly irrigation systems
16.12.20-
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A new set of guidelines provides practical guidance on the integration of irrigation systems with…
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Mobile app connects fish farmers with aquaculture information despite COVID-19 in Myanmar
16.12.20-
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A new mobile application is delivering crucial aquaculture information to small-scale fish farmers w…
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Undervalued and underutilized – cocoyam is ripe for development
15.12.20-
Biodiversity
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Many readers may never have heard of cocoyam. That’s hardly surprising as this is…
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Is it crunch time for the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus? 3 recommendations to move the needle
10.12.20-
Environmental health
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The concept of the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus has gained widespread traction in the last decade…
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Digital groundwater monitoring
08.12.20-
Environmental health
Taken together, digital monitoring and readily available data on the status of groundwater resources…
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Crop breeding and soil management must go hand in hand
08.12.20-
Environmental health
There is a growing crisis beneath our feet. Scientists, soil specialists and policy-makers around th…
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Crop breeding and soil management must go hand in hand
05.12.20-
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Crop breeding is helping farmers in the developing world produce higher yields and better products…
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Too much or never enough
04.12.20-
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Although nitrogen has helped in contributing to human dietary needs, there are still large areas o…
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A deeper look at soil health on World Soil Day 2020
04.12.20-
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This Saturday, December 5th, is World Soil Day -- a day to celebrate soil, the…
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Embracing natural cycles for a sustainable food system
04.12.20-
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All farmers, whether they live in the chilly Ethiopian highlands or in the sun-baked plains…
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests country case study author: Sergio Macedo Gomes de Mattos
04.12.20-
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH): The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable develop…
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How to defuse the human waste time bomb in low-income countries
01.12.20-
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"If the world is to achieve the UN’s goal of providing adequate sanitation and ending…
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History meets hydrology in a South Indian district's perilous water gap
30.11.20-
Environmental health
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Kolar district, in India's southern state of Karnataka, has been known for centuries as a…
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Use of scientific evidence for greater partnerships and better policies
27.11.20-
Environmental health
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Surveys on agricultural technology adoption in Nigeria carried out in 2019-2020 revealed gains made …
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