News
Featured news
-
World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food SystemsÂ
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
Read more -
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…
Read more -
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…
Read more -
AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
Read more -
-
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…
Read more -
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…
Read more
Filters
-
New research provides estimates of foodborne disease burden in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia
11.11.22-
Health
-
Nutrition, health & food security
Foodborne disease is a significant global health problem, with low- and middle-income countries disp…
Read more -
-
COP27 can help the world achieve blue prosperity
05.11.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
-
Environmental health
-
Food security
-
Health
-
Nutrition
-
Nutrition, health & food security
-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The transition to a green economy may be fundamental to the survival of people and…
Read more -
-
New project seeks to improve farm-level antimicrobial use in Senegal through a One Health approach
04.11.22-
Health
-
Nutrition, health & food security
The International Livestock Research Institute has launched a new project, Selecting efficient farm-…
Read more -
-
Stopping the global rise of high-impact zoonotic and food-borne diseases, and antimicrobial resistance
02.11.22-
Health
-
Nutrition, health & food security
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has a strong track record of interdisciplinary…
Read more -
-
Capacity building is vital for effective One Health programs
28.10.22-
Health
-
Nutrition, health & food security
One Health is an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the…
Read more -
-
New study explores governance of milk quality and safety in the informal sector in Assam, India
28.10.22-
Health
-
Nutrition, health & food security
Scientists from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Internati…
Read more -
-
How well do traditional markets contribute to improving consumers’ diets in Kisumu?
04.10.22-
Health
-
Nutrition, health & food security
The kind of foods made available to consumers and their affordability often influences consumer beha…
Read more -
-
Text reminders encourage more women to seek family planning services: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Mozambique
24.08.22-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
-
Health
BY JESSICA LEIGHT ANDÂ KYLE PICO Modern contraception and family planning have substantial health be…
Read more -
-
Veterinary epidemiologist Delia Grace receives the Peter Ellis ISVEE Award for her work in developing countries
15.08.22-
Health
-
Nutrition, health & food security
On 9 August 2022, Delia Grace received the Peter Ellis award for exceptional contributions to…
Read more -
-
Opportunities abound for investors in Africa's low-value species market, says WorldFish
09.08.22-
Biodiversity
-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
-
Environmental health
-
Food security
-
Gender equality
-
Health
-
Nutrition
-
Nutrition, health & food security
-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The organization is trying to create a climate-change resilient tilapia that can withstand higher oc…
Read more -
-
ILRI’s Jimmy Smith and Hung Nguyen recognized for their contributions to Vietnam’s agricultural and rural development
08.08.22-
Health
-
Nutrition, health & food security
The Government of Vietnam has recognized Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestoc…
Read more -
-
Two new One Health projects are launched to improve human health
05.08.22-
Health
-
Nutrition, health & food security
On 3 August 2022, a workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam kicked off two new research projects—the…
Read more -
-
Farm-level cultivation of Golden Rice now at transplanting stage
02.08.22-
Food security
-
Health
-
Nutrition
-
Nutrition, health & food security
The initial farm-level cultivation of Golden Rice is now taking place on 40 hectares this…
Read more -
-
New genomic tool holds promise for rapid surveillance of Rift Valley fever virus
30.07.22-
Health
-
Nutrition, health & food security
Scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute and colleagues have published a new s…
Read more -
-
IRRI and AGRA strengthen partnership to address Africa's food security
05.07.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
-
Food security
-
Gender equality
-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
-
Health
-
Nutrition
-
Nutrition, health & food security
27 June 2022, Nairobi - International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Director General Dr. Jean BaliÃ…
Read more -
-
From national to local level: Leveraging SafePORK impacts on food safety in Vietnam
30.06.22-
Health
-
Nutrition, health & food security
Since 2017, the International Livestock Research Institute-led project Market-based approaches to im…
Read more -
-
New study provides the first detailed report on the occurrence of the tick-borne parasite Babesia bovis in cattle in Kenya
02.06.22-
Health
-
Nutrition, health & food security
Tick-borne diseases pose a significant threat to smallholder livestock keeping in Kenya and the East…
Read more -
-
Banana improvement project meets to celebrate the first new cooking Banana varieties in Tanzania
30.05.22-
Health
-
Nutrition
Arusha, Tanzania, 23 May 2022. After a two-year lockdown, an international team of banana researche…
Read more -