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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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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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New guidelines ease the way for fish-friendly irrigation systems
16.12.20-
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A new set of guidelines provides practical guidance on the integration of irrigation systems with…
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Mobile app connects fish farmers with aquaculture information despite COVID-19 in Myanmar
16.12.20-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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A new mobile application is delivering crucial aquaculture information to small-scale fish farmers w…
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“Historic” release of six improved wheat varieties in Nepal
15.12.20-
Food security
On December 11, 2020, the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) announced the release of six…
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Shining a brighter light on adoption and diffusion
15.12.20-
Food security
With almost all CGIAR centers represented in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is considered to be a…
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Undervalued and underutilized – cocoyam is ripe for development
15.12.20-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Many readers may never have heard of cocoyam. That’s hardly surprising as this is…
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Agriculture for Peace: A call to action to avert a global food crisis
14.12.20-
Food security
50 years ago, the late Norman Borlaug received the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for averting…
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Press Release: “Historic” release of six improved wheat varieties in Nepal
11.12.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Kathmandu (Nepal) December 11, 2020 The Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) announced the rel…
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Policy seminar: Information and collaboration both key to preventing food crises
11.12.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY SARA GUSTAFSON From the COVID-19 pandemic to persistent conflict to desert locust outbreaks, popu…
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Sorghum and millet grow money for the Mariko family
11.12.20-
Food security
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Health
Use of improved seed triples yields, credit through warrantage system leads to big gains. Access…
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Is it crunch time for the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus? 3 recommendations to move the needle
10.12.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
The concept of the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus has gained widespread traction in the last decade…
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“Let there be food to eat”
09.12.20-
Food security
“We want to feed the people, we don’t want them to go hungry. We have…
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National breeding programs prepped to measure – and boost – genetic gains
08.12.20-
Food security
By adopting best practices and established modern tools, NARS (national agricultural research system…
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Crop breeding and soil management must go hand in hand
05.12.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
Crop breeding is helping farmers in the developing world produce higher yields and better products…
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Nitrogen in agriculture
04.12.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Nitrogen is the most essential nutrient in crop production but also one of the most…
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IFPRI book: What Africa can learn from Asia about agricultural mechanization
04.12.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN Agricultural mechanization has many benefits for developing countries: It raise…
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Embracing natural cycles for a sustainable food system
04.12.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
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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Gender dynamics in seed systems development: Emerging research of critical importance
30.11.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
New PIM Synthesis Brief provides analysis of current issues and an outlook for future research…
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