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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-
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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
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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Bihar State in India to Promote Biofortified Crops to Address Nutrition Security
HarvestPlus17.09.20-
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The Government of Bihar, India’s third most populous state, is making a major commitment to…
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Optimism for sustainable peatland agriculture is here - and growing
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)17.09.20-
Environmental health
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Due to El Niño events, the rainfall pattern in Indonesia has changed. During the dry season, rain…
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How contour bunding and other technologies can reduce soil erosion and raise productivity in African watersheds
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)16.09.20-
Environmental health
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Communities inhabiting Africa's drylands frequently suffer from torrential floods and recurrent drou…
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Tackling agricultural water pollution – a 21st-century challenge
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)16.09.20-
Environmental health
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Agriculture is critical to the economies of developing countries. It is the basic source of…
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CGIAR breeding programs need more than just tech upgrades. They need change management
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)15.09.20-
Food security
By Hugo Campos, CGIAR Excellence in Breeding (EiB) / International Potato Centre (CIP) The statu…
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Transforming African food systems for a resilient future
CGIAR10.09.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
By Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and I…
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Strengthening the orange-fleshed sweetpotato value chain in Malawi
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)10.09.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
Simple processing is spreading the advantages of orange-fleshed sweetpotato, with benefits for farme…
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How long do seeds live? A 100-year experiment in the Arctic to reveal the secret
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)04.09.20-
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Genebanks of six global research institutions including ICRISAT have begun a 100-year experiment at …
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20 years of ASTI: The go-to source for data and analyses on agricultural research in developing countries
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)04.09.20-
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Gender equality
BY NIENKE BEINTEMA This year marks the 20th anniversary of ASTI, which provides open-source data, a…
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Initial Research Highlights Importance of Irrigation for Ethiopian Farmers During COVID-19
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)02.09.20-
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Agriculture sustains the Ethiopian economy, and access to irrigation here is critical for food secur…
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Improving animal health in southern Africa—Why it matters and what to do
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)01.09.20-
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Health
Cattle being herded towards green pasture on the flood plain in western Zambia (photo credit:…
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The challenges of influencing consumer behavior to improve food safety
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)31.08.20-
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Health
BY VIVIAN HOFFMANN AND EMILY WU In Kenya, levels of exposure to aflatoxin—a contaminant produced …
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Agroecological management of fall armyworm: Africa, South Asia and South America
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)31.08.20-
Biodiversity
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When fall armyworm first arrived on the African continent in 2016, the potential loss of…
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Getting beyond ’empty signifiers’—Food policy expert Corinna Hawkes asks: What are food systems for?
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)29.08.20-
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Nutrition
All children’s artworks on this page are from Artsonia Art Gallery. In the lead up…
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Policy seminar: Unpacking the impacts of COVID-19 on economies, food systems, and poverty in African and Asian countries
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)26.08.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY EVGENIYA ANISIMOVA Countries around the world have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by implemen…
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Data collection in a diverse and complex food system
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)25.08.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
IFPRI’s objectives in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are to strengthen data collection and analysis to…
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New forms of aquatic foods: Exploring plant-based and cell-based seafood
WorldFish24.08.20-
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Seafood, including aquatic animals, like fish and crustaceans, and plants such as seaweeds, are cruc…
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Which varieties of roots, tubers, and bananas do farmers and other users want in Africa, and how can breeding programs meet their needs better?
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)23.08.20-
Food security
It is critical to know which varieties are being adopted and why, both to show the value of in…
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