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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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A harbinger of change? (Dhaka Tribune)
18.01.19Jan 14, 2019 In the News A harbinger of change? (Dhaka Tribune) Dhaka Tribune published…
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Climate change-induced salinity affecting soil across coastal Bangladesh (The Daily Star)
18.01.19Jan 17, 2019 In the News Climate change-induced salinity affecting soil across coastal Bangladesh (T…
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Brief news on farming and agribusiness in the country (Daily Nation)
18.01.19Jan 16, 2019 In the News Brief news on farming and agribusiness in the country…
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Barking up the same trees: Water and forests 'cannot be separated' in East Africa's Rift Valley
18.01.19-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
Africa - The forested mountains of East Africa deserve their ‘water towers’ moniker. Their sprin…
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Africa and Asia come together to lead a global initiative to diversify staples
18.01.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Leading agriculture organizations from Africa and Asia have joined hands to take on a bold…
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Now, get critical seed data in one click
18.01.19-
Big data
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A modern digital seed ‘catalog’ and seed ‘roadmap’ tool is now available for information abo…
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Two-fold increase in varietal adoption in seven years – a chickpea tale from Ethiopia
18.01.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Adoption of improved chickpea varieties increased more than two-fold in seven years, shows data from…
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Three new farmer-preferred sorghum varieties released in Malawi
18.01.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Three new improved sorghum varieties have been released in Malawi after extensive trials. Pilira 3,…
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Can governments promote homestead gardening at scale? The case of Ethiopia
17.01.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Eating fruits and vegetables can help ensure adequate nutrition and reduce the risk of heart…
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Funding genebank routines … forever
17.01.19-
Biodiversity
In 2018, the Crop Trust entered into a long-term partnership agreement (LPA) with the International…
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IKEA assembles plan to be carbon negative by 2030
16.01.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
By keeping its design high, prices low, service quick and ice cream fresh at the…
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The transformative power of culinary innovation: Changing perspectives on traditional staples
16.01.19-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Roots, tubers and bananas are often seen as “traditional” foods. Yet their colors and flavors…
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SUPERSEAS project identifies governance components of area-based management
16.01.19Solving complex problems in the aquaculture sector requires integration between actors that do not n…
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ASEAN Guidelines for Agroforestry Development set to revolutionize land use in Southeast Asia
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Biodiversity
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Food security
The ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry held their 40th meeting on 11 October 2018 in…
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How a dry village got its feet wet
16.01.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
As Laos seeks to strengthen food security and rural livelihoods, while adapting agriculture to clima…
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The itsy bitsy spider can make a big impact in agriculture
15.01.19-
Environmental health
A new study explores how conservation agriculture in southern Africa supports spider populations …
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The new finance solutions building the resilience of African farmers and herders (Thomson Reuters Foundation News)
15.01.19Jan 8, 2019 In the News The new finance solutions building the resilience of African…
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Making small-scale irrigation work for women
15.01.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
As climate change makes rainfed agriculture an increasingly precarious venture, small-scale irrigati…
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