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          Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
WorldFish19.09.25Dr. 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
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)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
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          World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
CGIAR29.05.25Photo 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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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          ‘We can’t modernize, regulate or train our way to food safety in Africa’—ILRI epidemiologist Silvia Alonso
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Written by Silvia Alonso Veterinary epidemiologist Silvia Alonso works at the International Livesto…
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          Valentine’s Day Special: Can chocolate survive climate change?
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)13.02.19- 
            
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Chocolate is at the top of shopping lists for Valentine’s Day, most of us gifting…
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          The critical and complex need to address food safety in Africa
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)13.02.19- 
            
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Solving the health problems of foodborne disease in Africa is only part of the food…
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          Dams can mimic the free flow of rivers, but risks must be managed
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)13.02.19Originally published as an Op-Ed on The Conversation. Written by Matthew McCartney, CGIAR System O…
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          IFPRI Director General, Dr Shenggen Fan, joins a Global Panel
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)12.02.19Feb 14, 2019 Press Release IFPRI Director General, Dr Shenggen Fan, joins a Global Panel…
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          New paper explores green growth strategy for the Philippines
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)12.02.19- 
            
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A new paper examines the economywide impact of promoting renewable power generation in the Philippin…
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          US Ambassador visits Carp Genetic Improvement Program in Bangladesh
CGIAR Research Program on Fish12.02.19The US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R. Miller has visited the Carp Genetic Improvement Program…
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          Fresh funds to help clean up ocean plastics in Asia
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It might not sound quite like a fairytale romance, but the match between millions of…
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          Insect extinction, Japanese tree revelations, and world’s smelliest fruit
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)11.02.19- 
            
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Forests News delves into last week's headlines from around the globe: Insects could vanish within…
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          Major breakthrough for farmers and scientists as Nigerian biotech body approves commercial release of genetically modified cowpea
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)11.02.19- 
            
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Following more than two decades of research, field trials, and risk assessment by multiple organizat…
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          Trees on farms in Honduras: a chance for biodiversity
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)11.02.19- 
            
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Among the cattle ranches, mountainous natural forests and smallholdings of Catacamas, Hondur…
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          The International Day of Women and Girls in Science calls for more gender inclusion in science fields
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)11.02.19- 
            
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The changing climate means more extreme weather and changes in rainfall, drought patterns, and seaso…
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          21st International Conference on Agriculture Engineering, Animal Science, Aquaculture and Fisheries
WorldFish11.02.1921th International Conference on Agriculture Engineering, Animal Science, Aquaculture and Fisheries …
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          International Day of Women and Girls in Science
WorldFish11.02.19Science and gender equality are both vital for the achievement of the sustainable development agenda…
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          On being a woman, in the field and in her field
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It was the sense of adventure that wooed Greta Dargie into scientific research, the photos…
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          The new generation of women scientists working for global food security
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)10.02.19Despite progress in recent years, there still remains a concerning gender gap in science, with…
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          Emerging scientist: Chelcia Gomese
CGIAR Research Program on Fish10.02.19As a global leader in fisheries and aquaculture research, science is at the forefront of…
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          Water reforms can lead to environmental, economic benefits in Pakistan: WB report (Pakistan Today)
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)08.02.19Feb 4, 2019 In the News Water reforms can lead to environmental, economic benefits in…
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