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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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
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On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Too much or never enough
04.12.20-
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Although nitrogen has helped in contributing to human dietary needs, there are still large areas o…
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A deeper look at soil health on World Soil Day 2020
04.12.20-
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Environmental health
This Saturday, December 5th, is World Soil Day -- a day to celebrate soil, the…
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Embracing natural cycles for a sustainable food system
04.12.20-
Environmental health
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All farmers, whether they live in the chilly Ethiopian highlands or in the sun-baked plains…
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests country case study author: Sergio Macedo Gomes de Mattos
04.12.20-
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH): The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable develop…
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How to defuse the human waste time bomb in low-income countries
01.12.20-
Environmental health
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Health
"If the world is to achieve the UN’s goal of providing adequate sanitation and ending…
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History meets hydrology in a South Indian district's perilous water gap
30.11.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
Kolar district, in India's southern state of Karnataka, has been known for centuries as a…
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Use of scientific evidence for greater partnerships and better policies
27.11.20-
Environmental health
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Health
Surveys on agricultural technology adoption in Nigeria carried out in 2019-2020 revealed gains made …
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WorldFish joins united effort to boost climate-smart food systems in Malawi
27.11.20-
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In Malawi, land and aquatic food systems engage 80 percent of the population playing a…
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Dried small fish powder provides opportunity for child health in Myanmar
27.11.20-
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As the COVID-19 pandemic underscores the need for nutritious diets, efforts to promote dried small…
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More abundant tree species unlikely to return after droughts
21.11.20-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Researchers around the world have found an alarming lack of natural replacement of dominant tree…
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Taking stock of the national toolbox
19.11.20-
Environmental health
The Government of Ethiopia has consistently prioritized agriculture and sees it as a core component…
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests country case study author: Hunter Synder
19.11.20-
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH): The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable develop…
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Rice-fish Systems – Back to the Future
18.11.20-
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Designs on ancient Chinese pottery show us that integrated production of rice and fish in…
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Rice-fish systems - back to the future
13.11.20-
Environmental health
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Nutrition
Designs on ancient Chinese pottery show us that integrated production of rice and fish in…
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Back to the future with rice-fish agroecosystems
09.11.20-
Environmental health
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Nutrition
Important research on how integrated rice-fish production can improve food security and climate resi…
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ICRISAT: innovation broker working with private sector An interview with Ram Dhulipala
06.11.20-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
ICRISAT’s iHub platform was recently highlighted in the Food & Business Knowledge Platform for…
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A catastrophe avoided
05.11.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen. So goes the old…
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Groundwater: Critical for our future
28.10.20-
Environmental health
Groundwater makes up one-third of all freshwater use for drinking water supply and half of…
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