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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
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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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Three ways nuclear sciences can assist agriculture research
17.07.20-
Food security
The exponential growth of food demand, due to the increase of the world's population, has…
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Policy seminar: No backsliding – reorienting food and health systems to protect nutrition in a global pandemic
17.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
By Janet Hodur The COVID-19 pandemic—and the resulting economic crisis and disrupted food and heal…
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New groundnut variety with high oil, high pod yields released in Central India
17.07.20-
Food security
A new groundnut variety, with 28% higher yields of oil and pods compared to zonal…
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Can groundwater cushion Africa from future shocks, and spark development?
17.07.20-
Food security
Groundwater has thus far been a sleeping giant in most of sub-Saharan Africa. However, there…
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Targeted fertilizer recommendations improve maize productivity in Ethiopia
16.07.20-
Food security
A study on the impact of providing site-specific fertilizer recommendations on fertilizer usage, pro…
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Low-cost drought-proofing strategies help farmers in southern India
15.07.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Collaborative project with Power Grid Corp of India has significant scale-out potential Technologies…
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6 Ideas to transform food systems in a post-COVID-19 India
15.07.20-
Food security
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Health
The ongoing health crisis around COVID-19 has raised global concerns on food and nutrition security.…
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A new vista emerging: local, diverse food chains
14.07.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerability of our economies to shocks, with governments desperately look…
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Building biodiverse food systems for an inclusive, resilient and safe future
13.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
COVID-19 has brought the world to a grinding halt. Alarmingly, this includes severe impact on…
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Taking technology to farmer collectives in India, the startup way
10.07.20-
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Nutrition
Eight ICRISAT-incubated startups recently showcased their technologies to support farm livelihoods a…
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Farmer cooperatives across West and Central Africa help expand access to improved seeds, boosting yields
10.07.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A farmers’ cooperative in Mali has experienced a significant increase in production of quality see…
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New chickpea varieties on the way
10.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Three new improved varieties of chickpea – adapted to local conditions – have been identified…
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Legume farmer fab labs design seeds that work for family farms, women and the market.
10.07.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
Protein and micronutrient-packed legumes like cowpea, groundnut, beans or chickpea are important cro…
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Small is beautiful
09.07.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Can Africa’s smallholder farmers adopt and reap the benefits of farm mechanization? The Farm Mecha…
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Gauging the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on farming communities and agribusinesses in Nepal
08.07.20-
Food security
The agricultural market has been suffering since the government of Nepal imposed a lockdown from…
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When mothers learn from babies
08.07.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
In Chebvute, Zimbabwe the CIMMYT has established trials to test the effectiveness and productivity o…
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Could coronavirus drive farmers to adopt sustainable practices in India’s breadbasket?
07.07.20-
Food security
June marks the start of the rice growing season in India’s breadbasket but on the…
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COVID-19 and resilience innovations in food supply chains
06.07.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
By Thomas Reardon and Johan Swinnen Food supply disruptions in developing countries during the COVID…
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