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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-
Big data
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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IRRI-supported Rice Corp wins the prestigious Hult Prize
18.09.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
September 16, New York, USA -- Rice Corp (currently known as SunRice), in partnership with…
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Without effective action, planet may be on track for irreversible warming, study shows
17.09.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As sweltering temperatures and record numbers of wildfires affect people around the globe, a paper…
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Creating a data-focused environment to address India's nutritional challenges
17.09.18-
Health
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Nutrition
BY PRATIMA MATHEWS New research analyses of key demographic data shine light on the drivers…
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Global Research Consortium Partners with Mobile Sector Leader DIAL to Unlock Digital Agriculture Innovation
17.09.18-
Big data
How can mobile network data help build stronger, more resilient food systems worldwide? This is…
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Forests: an overlooked resource for tackling micronutrient deficiency
17.09.18-
Food security
A study by the University of Vermont’s Gund Institute argues that forests are an overlooked re…
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Agricultural research and education combine for tangible results in Latin America
17.09.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
In light of its standing as a regional research platform and a higher education institution…
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Antarctic ozone depletion influences rainfall in tropics
14.09.18-
Environmental health
For residents of New Zealand, Australia, Chile, Argentina or South Africa, the hole in the…
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New Chair for ICRISAT Governing Board
14.09.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Dr Paco Sereme, the Chair of ICRISAT Board’s Program Committee, will take over as the…
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Global endorsement of CGIAR work: IITA wins Africa Food Prize
14.09.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The Africa Food Prize has been awarded to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IIT…
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CATIE marks 45 years of putting knowledge into practice
14.09.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
As CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center) marks its 45th year, it is …
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Consumers willing to pay a premium for sustainably produced rice, a new study shows
13.09.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Through behavioral market experiments, they elicited consumers’ willingness to pay for rice produc…
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New study examines socio-economic effects of training informal milk vendors in Kenya
12.09.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
Training of milk vendors in Kenya’s informal dairy sector could be a pathway to progressively…
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IRRI, World Bank team up to strengthen post-harvest management in Myanmar
12.09.18-
Food security
A robust seed system is the "backbone" of a vibrant rice production sector. To strengthen…
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Swapping pesticides for beetles could put money in farmers' pockets
11.09.18-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Combining insect sampling and household surveys, our research found significant economic benefits …
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Realizing the potential of Africa’s rangelands
11.09.18-
Environmental health
Rangelands cover some 43 percent of Africa’s land area – approximately 5.1 million square miles…
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Fast-tracking of new chickpea varieties for Malawi’s growing export market
10.09.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Researchers in Malawi are optimistic of proposing the release of three new high-yielding and stress-…
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African Agriculture's Future Lies in Cultivating Youth, Not Only Crops
10.09.18-
Food security
By Dr. Nteranya Sanginga Guest column published on AllAfrica. Being able to accept the 2018…
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“We started as a hungry nation” but trees on farms are now key
10.09.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Interview with Secretary Chhabilendra Roul of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, the power…
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