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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 SystemsÂ
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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STOP COVID-19 CRISIS MORPHING INTO A FOOD CRISIS : SUPPORT TO AFRICA’s RICE SECTOR
05.05.20-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Introduction The world is facing unprecedented challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-…
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Garlic—A potent (if pungent) ‘Gas X’ methane reducer for cows?
02.05.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Dairy cow in Embu, Kwnya (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). Cattle produce more methane than many…
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Stronger local food value chains can leave Eastern and Southern Africa more resilient post COVID-19
01.05.20-
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COVID-19 has seized the drylands of Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), home to some of…
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How trees and water fuel sustainable communities
30.04.20-
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
This podcast will take you into the underground river hidden beneath the karst ecosystem and…
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Flexible farming preserves potato diversity… for now
29.04.20-
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A detailed survey of mountain communities in Peru has revealed that farmers are adjusting to…
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Is a pandemic the time to think about genebanks?
24.04.20-
Biodiversity
Reasons to consider seeds in the time of the coronavirus Perhaps you think that the…
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India groundnut farmers’ seed business debut yields big profits
24.04.20-
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Gender equality
A group of Indian farmers who made their entrepreneurial debut last year increased their income…
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Reimagining ecosystem-based adaptation practices based on community priorities and preferences in The Gambia
24.04.20-
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Report of 2005 have changed the global percept…
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A post-Covid19 future requires foresight to build back planetary health
22.04.20-
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Throughout history, nothing has killed more human beings than infectious disease. Despite humanity 
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Soil Spectral Calibration Library and Estimation Service
21.04.20-
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Environmental health
The Global Soil Spectral Calibration Library and Estimation Service, recently established by the G…
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Earth Day 2020: Lessons for human survival from a pandemic and a global environment under stress
21.04.20-
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BY WEI ZHANG, ELIZABETH BRYAN, CLAUDIA RINGLER AND RUTH MEINZEN-DICK The 50th anniversary of Ea…
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Caring for the seeds of the future during the quarantine
20.04.20-
Biodiversity
Making sure that the collections of beans, cassava, bananas, and forages remain alive, even during…
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FEATURE: Go green and white: EU must mainstream natural capital accounting for sustainable food production and consumption
20.04.20-
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In December 2019, the European Union announced its Green Deal: a roadmap for making the bloc's…
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How to help an Earth under stress? Let’s look to wetlands
20.04.20-
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As we mark Earth Day this week, we look to nature’s solutions to climate change…
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An exploratory study of cost-benefit analysis of landscape restoration
17.04.20-
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Environmental health
Cost-benefit analysis is a commonly applied approach used in the economic analysis of landscape rest…
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FEATURE: Organizing farmers into tree-based enterprises
14.04.20-
Biodiversity
The Philippine Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental Management Project (INREMP) is a hu…
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Disease outbreaks linked to degraded ecosystems: A problem ALL of us are driving and ALL of us need to solve
14.04.20-
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Kenya’s wildlife-rich rangelands with cattle and wildlife (photo credit: ILRI/Dave Elsworth). ‘W…
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Safeguarding biodiversity is essential to prevent the next COVID-19
08.04.20-
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Health
While the world’s attention is focused on controlling COVID-19, evidence points at the biodiversit…
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