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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
14.05.25Amidst 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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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-
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The Africa Food Prize has been awarded to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IIT…
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Consumers willing to pay a premium for sustainably produced rice, a new study shows
13.09.18-
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Through behavioral market experiments, they elicited consumers’ willingness to pay for rice produc…
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Fast-tracking of new chickpea varieties for Malawi’s growing export market
10.09.18-
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Researchers in Malawi are optimistic of proposing the release of three new high-yielding and stress-…
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ICRISAT awarded Microsoft’s AI for Earth grant to promote environmental sustainability
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As part of its worldwide AI for Earth program, Microsoft has recently announced grants to…
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Swapping pesticides for beetles could put money in farmers' pockets
10.09.18-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Originally published as an Op-Ed on China Dialogue, republished here with minor edits. Every time…
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Spilling the beans: FTA scientists contribute to new book about sustainable cocoa
06.09.18-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
With a distinguished editor and a variety of international experts as authors, including a number…
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Digital Tools Paving the Way for a Better Future
04.09.18-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
One of CGIAR’s largest, long-term funders and knowledge partners is the United States Agency for…
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WeRise-RR exhibits potential to increase rainfed rice production in Indonesia
04.09.18-
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Bogor, Indonesia, 14 August 2018 – Results of the initial on-farm experiments to validate the…
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Global trends in agricultural incentives affecting producers, consumers
30.08.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY SIMLA TOKGOZ AND SARA GUSTAFSON The recent surge in protectionist trade measures around the worl…
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Diversity from field to fork
29.08.18-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO1UVqf53Yo[/embed]Bioversity International collaborates with…
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Teff love: Ethiopia’s staple crop requires a big push
24.08.18-
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BY BART MINTEN, ALEMAYEHU SEYOUM TAFFESSE AND SMITA AGGARWAL Not long ago, teff—the gluten-free,…
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How to pay for watershed rehabilitation
23.08.18-
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Smallholders in the Ethiopian highlands pay a high price for reduced land productivity caused by…
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PIM workshop at ICAE 2018 explored challenges and opportunities for rural transformation in the 21st century
22.08.18-
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On July 28, as part of the 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), the…
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CIAT Strategy refreshed for 2018–2020
22.08.18-
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In the five years that have passed since CIAT’s current strategy (2014–2020)1 was prepared, we…
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Unlocking the potential for agricultural development in the Middle East and North Africa
22.08.18-
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BY ELENA HILDEBRANDT Agricultural production and economic development are often neglected in policy …
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Assam farmers learn about technologies that increase yield and improve rice farming efficiency
22.08.18-
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Agriculture in Assam accounts for over a third of income generated in the state, and…
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Breaking new ground for sustainable architecture in Central Africa
21.08.18-
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Democratic Republic of the Congo - All over Central Africa, it is a common sight…
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