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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
CGIAR29.05.25Photo 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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
Digital Transformation Accelerator16.05.25-
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
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)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
CGIAR13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Model offers new approach to account for intangible factors driving microfinance group loan performance
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)08.10.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY MANUEL A. HERNANDEZ, YANYAN LIU AND SARA GUSTAFSON Many households in developing countries lack…
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IFPRI Partnership on Small Scale Irrigation Research Extended Five More Years with $12.5 Million Grant
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)05.10.18-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
October 5, Washington, D.C.: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced a f…
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Policy seminar: Exploring the key role of agriculture in developing country growth
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)05.10.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Rapid growth among many developing countries over the past generation has profoundly reshaped their …
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Innovative scorecard system helps to better allocate poverty program investments
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)04.10.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY MANUEL A. HERNANDEZ AND SARA GUSTAFSON Sustainable Development Goal 1 calls for the end of extr…
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A bureaucratic catch-22: Study in Bangladesh shows how safety nets can overlook the poorest
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)01.10.18-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY AKHTER AHMED AND JULIE GHOSTLAW Around the world, governments and development partners make hard…
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IFPRI Research Day: Brookings’ Homi Kharas on overcoming obstacles to meeting the SDGs
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)28.09.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR, KATRINA KOSEC AND JESSICA HECKERT It’s a troubled time for global food secur…
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IFPRI report: How China and Africa can promote cooperation in agricultural modernization
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)28.09.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY XINYUAN SHANG AND LIWEN ZHANG Agriculture is key to improving food security and reducing poverty…
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IFPRI, ILRI leaders: Sustainable small-scale livestock farming is essential to meeting the 21st-century’s protein needs
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)25.09.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY DAVID ARONSON While the potential harms of raising livestock and consuming meat, milk, and…
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Designing for gender inclusivity in video-enabled agricultural extension
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)20.09.18-
Gender equality
It was busier than usual in the village of Nabitula—25 km north of Namatumba in…
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Sharing China’s agricultural experience to help solve Africa’s development challenges
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)18.09.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Agricultural cooperation was one of the main topics at the recent 2018 Beijing Summit of the…
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Creating a data-focused environment to address India's nutritional challenges
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)17.09.18-
Health
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Nutrition
BY PRATIMA MATHEWS New research analyses of key demographic data shine light on the drivers…
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Swapping pesticides for beetles could put money in farmers' pockets
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)11.09.18-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Combining insect sampling and household surveys, our research found significant economic benefits …
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Tiny pest-killing wasps for Asia’s cassava crop ease anxieties on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)31.08.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
BY KRIS WYCKHUYS An announcement for a new Broadway comedy? An economics-inspired sequel to A Bug…
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Global trends in agricultural incentives affecting producers, consumers
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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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Webinar: Helping smallholder farmers manage risks: Innovations to improve agricultural insurance
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)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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New Study: Exposure to Air Pollution Leads to Lower Verbal, Math Test Scores
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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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Congo’s new agro-industrial park isn’t perfect, but deserves a chance to grow
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.08.18-
Food security
BY JOHN ULIMWENGU Despite Africa’s sustained economic growth, spectacular by all standards, its ec…
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