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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-
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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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Teff love: Ethiopia’s staple crop requires a big push
24.08.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY BART MINTEN, ALEMAYEHU SEYOUM TAFFESSE AND SMITA AGGARWAL Not long ago, teff—the gluten-free,…
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Irrigation technology investments without accompanying policies might worsen water scarcity, new study finds
24.08.18-
Environmental health
Washington D.C.: Increasing irrigation efficiency through irrigation technologies alone is failing t…
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Unlocking the potential for agricultural development in the Middle East and North Africa
22.08.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY ELENA HILDEBRANDT Agricultural production and economic development are often neglected in policy …
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G20 Agriculture Ministers commit to collaborate on healthy, sustainable food future
15.08.18-
Food security
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Health
BY VALERIA PIÑEIRO AND SARA GUSTAFSON The countries that make up the G20 account for around…
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Trade conflict is a lose-lose game
14.08.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY SHENGGEN FAN After many years of rapid growth, serious trade tensions have emerged between…
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When saying 'see, it works!' isn’t enough: Sharing results from an evaluation of video-mediated extension in Ethiopia
08.08.18-
Food security
BY DAVID J. SPIELMAN, SIMRIN MAKHIJA, GASHAW T. ABATE AND TANGUY BERNARD For many researchers at …
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How and why iron-biofortified pearl millet improves cognitive function: A look inside a new study
07.08.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY SAMUEL SCOTT “The human mind is our fundamental resource.” – John F. Kennedy, 1961…
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IFPRI Researchers Distinguished with Numerous Awards at International Conference of Agricultural Economists
03.08.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Several IFPRI researchers were recognized with prestigious awards at the 30thInternational Conferenc…
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Interview: Unpacking integrated nutrition with IFPRI’s Harold Alderman
03.08.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
Research shows that an integrated nutrition approach—bringing together social protection programs,…
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How countries can achieve nutrition goals through the food system approach
02.08.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
Suresh Babu The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to food security and nutrition…
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'Don’t sit in the AC room and write policies; work with farmers and get your hands dirty'
01.08.18-
Food security
Suresh Babu It was a decade after the Green Revolution took strong roots in India in the…
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Iron-Biofortified Pearl Millet (Bajra) Consumption Improves Cognitive Outcomes in Indian Adolescents
30.07.18-
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Nutrition
Washington, D.C.: Consuming biofortified pearl millet (bajra) stems the deleterious effects of iron …
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A Sustainable Food Future for Human and Planetary Health
26.07.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
Statement by Shenggen Fan Director General, IFPRI (as prepared) G20 Agriculture Ministers Meeting, B…
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Five new insights on how agriculture can help reduce poverty
26.07.18-
Food security
BY LUC CHRISTIAENSEN AND WILL MARTIN The view that a productive agriculture is critical for employm…
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Book launch: Exploring the importance of teff to Ethiopia’s economy
26.07.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY BART MINTEN AND NAHUME YADENE Teff is the single most important crop in Ethiopia: 43…
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Policy seminar: As IWMI opens its U.S. office, a look at the challenges of achieving global water security
25.07.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
BY GRACE COLLORD Promoting water security requires both increasing productivity to contend with scar…
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How extension services can complement input subsidies to boost productivity and food security in Malawi
23.07.18-
Food security
BY CATHERINE RAGASA AND JOHN MAZUNDA Malawi’s agricultural policy is coming up short for farmers.…
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HLPF panel: Countries must act now to reshape global food systems, achieve SDGs
20.07.18-
Food security
Strong political leadership is urgently needed to fix food systems that face unprecedented stresses …
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