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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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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-
Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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To save biodiversity and feed the future, first cure “plant blindness”
13.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
From the urban jungle – even the leafier parts of suburbia – we often have…
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Act now to feed 10 billion, global experts tell WLE Commission at EAT Forum
13.06.19-
Environmental health
Can the world produce 10 billion healthy diets while transitioning agriculture from a source of…
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Where — and why — is agroforestry hiding?
12.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Agroforestry, a land-management system that couples the growth of trees and shrubs with crops and…
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Africa’s Animal Genetic Resources – The Wealth Within
12.06.19-
Biodiversity
Today, more than a hundred key partners in African livestock development, including African minister…
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DRC landscape restoration is electrifying!
12.06.19-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Democratic Republic of the Congo - For the 45 million people living in rural Democratic…
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New Index outlines agrobiodiversity’s role in food system sustainability
11.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
The Agrobiodiversity Index is an innovative tool to calculate how well countries are conserving a…
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Seed Sorting: From Harvest to Genebank
11.06.19-
Biodiversity
An automatic seed sorter is now making the task of sorting seeds more efficient at…
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Ghetto chimps, 4 billion trees for Ethiopia, while Amazon deforestation accelerates…fast!
10.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
In Forests News last week: Can forests and smallholders live in harmony in Africa? Agriculture…
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Farmers in Tanzania urged to embrace drought tolerant crops
07.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Against the backdrop of changing climatic conditions in Africa, scientists, administrators and seed …
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New book: Successful agroforestry models for different agro-ecological regions in India
05.06.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
A new book, Successful agroforestry models for different agro-ecological regions in India, was lau…
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Business models from the edge: Finding the green in sunshine, soil and sludge
05.06.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
This week marks World Environment Day, and we search for solutions on how to better…
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World Environment Day: The need for strong institutions and policies to restore and protect planetary health
05.06.19-
Environmental health
Originally published on the International Food Policy Research Institute blog. As people and …
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A burning issue: How sustainable agriculture is helping mitigate air pollution in South Asia
04.06.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Pollution has become a part of our daily life: particulate matter in the air we…
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Biodiversity’s freshwater connection
03.06.19-
Biodiversity
A key role for sustainable water management in curbing species extinction.…
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Why Apple is investing in Colombia’s mangroves
26.05.19-
Biodiversity
It’s easy to get lost in the narrow channels of a mangrove forest. On either…
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FEATURE: Can we grow our way out of the charcoal crisis?
25.05.19-
Environmental health
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Health
Charcoal production in much of Africa is not only a major source of energy but…
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Reversing ‘dangerous decline’ of nature requires global initiatives to engage both men and women
24.05.19-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
Our planet is in the midst of an ecological emergency, according to several recent reports. Deter…
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In an era of mass extinction, who decides which species to save – and how?
23.05.19-
Biodiversity
Wednesday, 22 May, is the International Day for Biological Diversity, and following the damning IPBE…
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