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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-
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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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The legacy of a life devoted to seed conservation
29.03.18-
Biodiversity
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It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Chin Hoong Fong…
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Banana Breeders Challenged to Breed for Weevils and Nematodes
29.03.18-
Biodiversity
Banana researchers from across the globe are congregating in Kampala, Uganda from 27 to 29…
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Young women scientists who will galvanize global wheat research
28.03.18-
Food security
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Gender equality
As more than 200 wheat science and food specialists from 34 countries gathered in northwestern…
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Optimizing food assistance programs: Improving child growth in Burundi
28.03.18-
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Nutrition
BY TRACY BROWN AND JEF LEROY Food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition (FA-MCHN) progra…
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The tropical family tree: Tracking forests’ evolutionary past
28.03.18-
Big data
Scientists have traced the evolutionary history of the world’s tropical forests, with some surpris…
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Innovations in food systems: the key to human and planetary health
27.03.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY SHENGGEN FAN The world has made tremendous progress in improving food security and nutrition.…
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IRRI and Philippine Science and Technology Department partner to advance scientific and technological collaboration
27.03.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
26 March 2018, Los Baños, Philippines – The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the…
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Unleash the power of young Africans: Supporting the farmers of tomorrow
26.03.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY KANAYO F. NWANZE The number of young people between ages 15 and 24 is growing…
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Forest fact or fiction
26.03.18-
Biodiversity
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Last Wednesday marked the seventh International Day of Forests, an occasion to celebrate our forests…
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ArkansasOnline.com: UN biodiversity report paints bleak picture
26.03.18-
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WASHINGTON — Earth is losing plants, animals and clean water at a significant rate, according…
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Dam right: Improving opportunities for reservoir fisheries
26.03.18-
Environmental health
Sustainable Development Goal 6 commits the world to ensuring that everyone has access to safe…
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Shirley Tarawali on convergence in consumption of milk, meat, eggs at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture
26.03.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
(Left) moderator Nathalie Randin and keynote speaker Shirley Tarawali at an expert panel session of…
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Turning down the heat in Indonesia’s oil palm industry
25.03.18-
Environmental health
In Indonesia, palm oil is a hot industry in more ways than one. In 2015…
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Launch of the IPBES regional assessments
24.03.18-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
The sixth plenary session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecos…
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Webinar: Women in agriculture: Four myths
23.03.18-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Sustainable Development Goal 5 on gender equality and women’s rights and at least 11 of…
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2018 Global Food Policy Report tracks impacts of antiglobalism and outlines key reforms
23.03.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR The rise of anti-globalization politics and policies around the world poses threa…
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Book launch: Ghana’s cocoa industry contends with growth, poverty
23.03.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Ghana’s cocoa industry has achieved consistent growth, but low global market prices, a lack of…
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InDepthNews: UN intensifies the quest for universal access to safe water
23.03.18-
Environmental health
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Health
UN General Assembly President Miroslav Lajčák underlines the importance of achieving universal acc…
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