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Why we show up at climate COPs: Bridging local reality with global ambition
04.11.25-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
By Ma. Eliza J. Villarino, Rhys Bucknall-Williams, Laura Cramer, and Chiara Colombo Every yea…
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Bridging knowledge systems: Indigenous practices for sustainable foodways
21.10.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Indigenous peoples’ food systems have existed for millennia: far longer than the industrialised fo…
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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-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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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How international investments in agriculture shape food security
13.04.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY SHELLEKA DARBY, JAMES ZHAN, WILLIAM SPELLER AND HAFIZ MIRZA International investments in agric…
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Ethiopian economy grows, but diets are still poor
13.04.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
A new Ethiopia has emerged in recent years. A potent combination of increased agricultural productiv…
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Community land rights open investment opportunities in global south
13.04.18-
Gender equality
The devolution of land tenure rights to forest-dwelling communities over the past quarter century ha…
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Taking a farmer-centric approach to Integrated Pest Management
12.04.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
"You always have to put a human face to your research. You can’t just go…
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AfricaRice Dr Robert Carsky Award for 2018
12.04.18The annual award, which has been instituted by AfricaRice in honor of the late Dr…
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Sustainable food systems: Agriculture by another name?
12.04.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
This piece is excerpted from a post by Steven D. Prager, Mark Lundy, and Chris Bene…
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Policy seminar and special event: Tales of yield improvement and farewell to Mark Rosegrant
12.04.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
BY SHELLEKA DARBY IFPRI marked the path-breaking career of Senior Research Fellow and retiring Envir…
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ICRISAT and Corteva Agriscience, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, Collaborate for Sharing Advanced Breeding Technologies to Improve Crops that Feed Millions
12.04.18A Master Alliance Agreement (MAA) was signed between Peter Carberry, Director General (Acting), ICRI…
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Crop research needs a system of integrated labs across the globe
11.04.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
BY MARK ROSEGRANT Despite advances in agricultural productivity thanks to higher and more stable cro…
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Sustainable land bonds may offer a fresh path forward
11.04.18-
Environmental health
Tropical forest countries could soon use a new financial mechanism to access the capital they…
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The business case for seed – a public-private partnership takes root in Kenya
11.04.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Farmers in developing countries often lack access to certified disease-free planting material for ro…
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Bhutan and Nepal learn more about agroforestry in Vietnam
11.04.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Government officers from the two mountainous countries visited highly successful agroforestry sites …
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How to develop and manage your own community seedbank
11.04.18-
Biodiversity
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Food security
Ronnie Vernooy, Genetic Resources Policy Specialist, Bioversity International, reports on a new hand…
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‘Contour bunding’ preserves soils and boosts farmers’ incomes by 20% in Mali – new study
11.04.18-
Food security
A new study by ICRISAT scientists in Mali has found that ‘contour bunding’, technique helps…
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Counting down: Scientists warn of ‘alarming’ loss of Borneo orangutans
10.04.18-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Once, there were hundreds of thousands of orangutans roaming the island of Borneo. Over the…
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More for less: improving groundwater use for increased coffee production in Vietnam
10.04.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Vietnam’s coffee boom and the threat from water insecurity Vietnam is the world’s largest produc…
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Using cognitive testing to improve measurement of women’s empowerment in nutrition and health
10.04.18-
Health
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Nutrition
In this blog post, Anika Hannan, a soon-to-be MPH graduate from Emory University, discusses cogniti…
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Press Release: Is waste the next big business opportunity?
10.04.18-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Humans generate heaps of waste every day. Waste rich in energy, nutrients, or water. Most…
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