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Why we show up at climate COPs: Bridging local reality with global ambition
04.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
By Ma. Eliza J. Villarino, Rhys Bucknall-Williams, Laura Cramer, and Chiara Colombo Every yea…
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Bridging knowledge systems: Indigenous practices for sustainable foodways
21.10.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Indigenous peoples’ food systems have existed for millennia: far longer than the industrialised fo…
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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-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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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ElPais.com: What to do in the absence of water
30.08.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
No development is possible without it. And more than 5,000 million people could suffer scarcity…
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GLF Nairobi shines spotlight on communities in Africa restoring degraded landscapes
29.08.18-
Environmental health
Africa loses 2.8 million hectares of forest each year, an area roughly the size of…
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Stronger political commitments, rural governance key to landscape restoration: One World – No Hunger envoy
29.08.18-
Environmental health
We have the necessary technical knowledge to restore landscapes, said deputy director-general and co…
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CIFOR director general urges paradigm shift to meet landscape restoration goals
29.08.18-
Environmental health
If landscape degradation brings huge costs to society and restoration brings impressive returns, why…
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We need a revolution in land management, says ICRAF’s Tony Simons
29.08.18-
Environmental health
Tony Simons is director general of the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), which is based in Nairob…
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Diversity from field to fork
29.08.18-
Nutrition
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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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Webinar: Helping smallholder farmers manage risks: Innovations to improve agricultural insurance
28.08.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
For most smallholder farmers in the developing world, livelihoods are intertwined with agricultural …
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Remembering H.E. Kofi Annan: International statesman and champion of the poor
28.08.18The International Potato Center’s (CIP) management and staff were saddened by the news that H.E.…
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Options for trees on farms in Kalimantan, Indonesia
28.08.18-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Researchers are exploring existing systems that mix trees with rice, oil palm and other species…
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Getting ahead of disaster risks
28.08.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Climate-smart technology to enhance flood and drought resilience.…
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New Study: Exposure to Air Pollution Leads to Lower Verbal, Math Test Scores
27.08.18-
Environmental health
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Health
Washington, D.C.: While health has long been thought the most common casualty of air pollution,…
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New Study: Dairy Intake Reduces Stunting Among Children in Bangladesh
27.08.18-
Health
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Nutrition
Washington, D.C.: Milk consumption has a large impact on linear growth in the crucial first…
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Integrated approaches to tackling health issues related to agri-food systems
27.08.18-
Food security
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Health
As food security becomes better assured, and food supply more complex, the negative impacts of…
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Congo’s new agro-industrial park isn’t perfect, but deserves a chance to grow
27.08.18-
Food security
BY JOHN ULIMWENGU Despite Africa’s sustained economic growth, spectacular by all standards, its ec…
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World Water Week 2018
27.08.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
Throughout World Water Week 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden, researchers from IWMI (the International …
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Tanzania and Togo pledge land restoration targets under AFR100
26.08.18-
Environmental health
Tanzania and Togo made significant commitments to restore forested landscapes under the AFR100 Initi…
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Raising voices for blue forests: A chat with Tanzanian “mangrover” Mwita Mangora
26.08.18-
Environmental health
A self-professed “mangrover,” Mwita Mangora lectures at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tan…
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Greenpop Malawi tea project conserves soil, water and forests
25.08.18-
Environmental health
Despite agriculture accounting for 70 percent of Africa’s annual loss of 2.8 million hectares o…
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