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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
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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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Future finance: Blend, bond and blockchain
12.06.18-
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
12.06.18-
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?
12.06.18-
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
12.06.18-
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
11.06.18-
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
11.06.18-
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
10.06.18-
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?
08.06.18-
Big data
The GDPR and data science for agricultural development are at odds when it comes to…
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GEF-Funded Integrated Approach Programme on Food Security Gains Momentum
08.06.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
In 2017, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) launched the Integrated Approach Programme on Fosteri…
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Why we need a holistic approach to improve our complex food system
08.06.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
Our current food systems are incredibly complex, and are experiencing multiple failures across many …
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One man’s trash: Marine litter affecting ocean life, resilience of small-scale fisheries
08.06.18Marine litter is a problem caused globally, but it is being most felt by coastal…
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FTA names new Independent Steering Committee members
07.06.18The CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) has named two new, independent…
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Ocean currents are slowing down, and that’s bad news
07.06.18-
Environmental health
Two recent articles in the journal Nature reached the same disconcerting conclusion: One of the…
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Data cleaning, the unsexy but essential aspect of data science
07.06.18-
Big data
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Environmental health
Data science involves creating models that can predict the future, such as what the yields…
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Increasing farmer’s’ income through post-harvest technologies and value chain upgrading
07.06.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
IRRI aims to improve the lives of smallholder farmers in Southeast Asia by delivering comprehensive…
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Nine Asian countries learn novel technologies in Rice Technology Transfer Systems in Asia (RTTS) Training Workshop at RDA in South Korea
07.06.18-
Food security
IRRI Education, in collaboration with the Rural Development Administration (RDA) of the Republic of …
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Decaying Belgian Congo–era maps reveal secrets of valuable African tree
07.06.18-
Biodiversity
In the dusty library of a research station on the Congo River, a decaying map…
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Making landscape finance more inclusive
07.06.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A new initiative aims to share issues and best practice for increasing inclusive, responsible financ…
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