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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
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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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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Exploring the impacts of new U.S. and European agriculture policies
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On Dec. 20, President Donald Trump signed the 2018 U.S. Farm Bill into law. Meanwhile,…
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Discussing the G20 Summit
09.01.19-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
International trade and investment emerged as the top priorities for this years’ G20 Summit, which…
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Competitive elections are good for democracy – just not every democracy
04.01.19-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The 2018 U.S. midterm elections were fierce, expensive and full of upsets, with political newcomers…
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Kids work to end hunger (Farmers' Advance)
04.01.19Jan 2, 2019 In the News Kids work to end hunger (Farmers' Advance) Farmers' Advance…
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Concerns intensify over food producers' impact on environment (Financial Times)
04.01.19Jan 2, 2019 In the News Concerns intensify over food producers' impact on environment (Financia…
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Eradicating hunger: Possible in Nepal (The Himalayan Times)
04.01.19Jan 4, 2019 In the News Eradicating hunger: Possible in Nepal (The Himalayan Times) The…
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Every diet comes like a cult, says Rujuta Diwekar (The Hindu)
04.01.19Jan 3, 2019 In the News Every diet comes like a cult, says Rujuta Diwekar…
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Competitive elections are good for democracy--just not every democracy (The Conversation)
04.01.19Jan 4, 2019 In the News Competitive elections are good for democracy--just not every democracy…
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Experts identify policy gaps in fertilizer application in India
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Environmental health
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Food security
Imbalanced application of different plant nutrients through fertilizers is a widespread problem in I…
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Too good to be true? A model for reaching poor farmers and reducing subsidy costs in Ghana
31.12.18-
Food security
It is no secret that fertilizer subsidies are back in vogue across Africa south of…
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How agricultural research can navigate the perfect storm
26.12.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
The world is about to face the perfect storm. Population growth, rising incomes, and urbanization…
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Four key steps to a sustainable food future
20.12.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Nutrition
The world’s population is projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, with rising numbers of people …
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G20 Buenos Aires Summit: Fostering growth and sustainability in food systems
18.12.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the first G20 Summit, held in Washington in 2008 at…
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South Asia symposium: The Food Systems Approach to tackling hunger and malnutrition
17.12.18-
Food security
Meeting the Sustainable Development Goal 2 of Zero Hunger requires a holistic approach to food sys…
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Pro tips for designing and deploying complex agricultural surveys
12.12.18-
Food security
When working on evaluations of agricultural development projects, it is extremely important to get h…
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Project will explore ways to boost Southeast Asia smallholders’ access to finance
11.12.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Smallholder farmers in developing countries face substantial constraints to boosting production—ch…
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Why Nigeria urgently needs to grow non-oil exports
10.12.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The economy of Nigeria has had to navigate a major crisis that started with the…
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Optimizing food assistance programs: Multisectoral approach improves child growth in Guatemala
07.12.18-
Health
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Nutrition
Food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition programs that incorporate food rations, a beha…
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