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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-
Big data
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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In search of effective support for agricultural mechanization in Africa
03.11.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Rising food demand and a shrinking rural labor pool have made the need for tractors…
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Farming Families Worldwide Are Increasingly Growing More Than One Biofortified Crop
02.11.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
The global nutrition community, increasingly focused on holistic approaches to improving diets, is p…
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What really counts for farmers – not just the seed, but also where and how to source it
02.11.20-
Food security
Understanding farmers’ preferences and priorities when it comes to selecting seed is critical to e…
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In search of effective support for agricultural mechanization in Africa
30.10.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY HIROYUKI TAKESHIMA, XINSHEN DIAO AND PATRICK OHENE ABOAGYE First of a series of blog…
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Growing cities, growing food insecurity: How to protect the poor during rapid urbanization
29.10.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY MARIE RUEL The 2020 State of Food and Nutrition Security in the World (SOFI) estimates that…
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Can citizen science help to fill hydrology data gaps in Ethiopia?
27.10.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
IWMI conducted a qualitative study to investigate the possibilities of embedding a citizen science a…
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COVID-19 crisis: An opportunity for long-delayed agricultural reforms in India
26.10.20-
Food security
BY S. MAHENDRA DEV India’s COVID-19 economic relief package includes a set of important agricultur…
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Beyond breeding: the potential of improved postharvest storage techniques for smallholder farmers
23.10.20-
Food security
In the early days of organizations like the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMY…
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Survey: China’s small and medium-sized enterprises rebounded after the COVID-19 lockdown, but economic problems linger
22.10.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY XIAOBO ZHANG COVID-19 has made the issue of resilience of the world’s food supply…
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On World Food Day, India PM Modi Endorses Biofortification to Address Malnutrition
22.10.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a strong endorsement to staple crop biofortification a…
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Webinar reveals approaches for breeders to save time and money, cut waste – and deliver for clients
22.10.20-
Food security
How can breeders and other researcher programs continually improve their processes and products? An…
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Somalia agriculture partners learn about integrated fall armyworm control practices
21.10.20-
Food security
Fall armyworm continues to cause havoc in Africa. Farmers in Somalia have not been spared…
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Book launch: Agricultural extension evolves to address a rapidly changing world
20.10.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN Through its programs that educate farmers and apply scientific research in the…
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WUR and CGIAR working together to equip future researchers, managers and leaders to address challenges in multifunctional foodscapes
20.10.20-
Food security
The current pandemic is proving the urgent need to find more inclusive, holistic, sustainable and…
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Five lessons on how to encourage open sharing of standardized data for sustainable agricultural growth
20.10.20-
Food security
Standardized data on agronomic traits - from soil types to weather patterns - can power…
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Indian PM Narendra Modi dedicates two ‘healthy oil’ groundnut varieties on World Food Day
20.10.20-
Food security
Two groundnut varieties with high oleic acid content, developed by ICRISAT together with the Indian…
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Climate-smart innovations can boost aquatic food systems productivity in Bangladesh, says climate change expert
20.10.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Climate-smart innovations are urgently needed to help poor and vulnerable aquatic food system actors…
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Field Notes: Boosting small-scale aquaculture productivity in inland Myanmar
19.10.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Myanmar is one of the largest fish producers in the world. The country ranks among…
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