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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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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
14.05.25<p>Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that signific…
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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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Gender takes center stage at European Development Days
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Gender equality
BY SARA GUSTAFSON AND HAZEL MALAPIT If we want to eradicate poverty, we need gender equality.…
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WLE Director promotes payments for ecosystems services at EAT Forum
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Environmental health
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Food security
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) Director Izabella Koziell on the main…
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From Food Security to Nutrition Security
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Food security
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Nutrition
While ‘hunger’ continues to resonate as a cause deserving of funding support, focusing solely on…
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CIMMYT director general visits India
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Food security
Last week director general of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Martin …
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Nepal’s federal transition: What are the implications for agricultural governance?
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY DANIELLE RESNICK In the wake of violent conflict motivated by grievances over geographically-base…
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Potato farmers in Uganda wait on new ‘Victoria’
13.06.18Victoria is a popular local potato variety in Uganda. Farmers love it because it is…
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Bihar and IRRI advance partnership to improve rice-based cropping systems
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Food security
Bihar, India, 13 June 2018 — Dr. Matthew Morell, Director General, International Rice Research Ins…
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India.Mongabay.com: India’s groundwater crisis, fueled by intense pumping, needs urgent management
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Environmental health
Central and southern India appear to be experiencing increasing freshwater stores, likely due to a…
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Water User Associations
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Learning to deliver on their promise in Africa Irrigated agriculture has once again risen to…
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CATIE continues to improve people’s wellbeing across Latin America and Caribbean through education and research
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Ever since its inception in 1973, CATIE (the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Cen…
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Future finance: Blend, bond and blockchain
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Sustainable finance is struggling to adapt to the rapidity of global development, forcing global res…
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Agricultural researchers boost fight against malnutrition with staple crops
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Food security
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Nutrition
Breeding research by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is generating not…
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If Mary has a little lamb, who should know about it?
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Big data
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect on May 25, enforcing new guidelines…
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Synergizing climate change mitigation and adaptation in Cameroon
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Cameroon needs to adopt an integrated approach to climate change. However, there are still many…
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A first – and hard – look at restoring Mexico’s terrestrial ecosystems
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Mexico is home to vast biological and cultural diversity, alongside a robust legal framework and…
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Realizing bamboo and rattan’s full potential: An interview with INBAR Director General Hans Friederich
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Ahead of the Global Bamboo and Rattan Conference (BARC) on June 25-27, 2018, the International…
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Sowing the seeds of innovation
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Food security
Innovation lies at the heart of the new strategic plan of the International Rice Research…
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If Mary has a little lamb, who should be in the know?
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Big data
The GDPR and data science for agricultural development are at odds when it comes to…
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