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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-
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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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Biodiversity in EU agricultural landscapes goes from science to strategy
23.07.21-
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Biodiversity is a vital factor in agricultural landscapes, with an importance that cuts across the…
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Agrobiodiversity Index guides decisions in the private sector
22.07.21-
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Any entity that wants to enhance and maintain agrobiodiversity for sustainable food systems – whe…
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When crop diversity pays off in food security: Evidence from Ethiopia
20.07.21-
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Climatic uncertainty means that smallholder farmers need to have more confidence in the seeds they…
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A global manifesto to conserve forgotten foods
15.07.21-
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We are excited to announce the launch of a global manifesto for collective actions onforgotten food…
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From eyebrow beans to ‘lost’ rice: community seedbanks are protecting China’s crops
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Despite being relatively new in China, community-led seedbanks are a valuable resource in conserving…
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UN dialogue sets pathway for nature-positive aquatic food solutions
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Holistic research, policy and business investments can boost sustainable innovations in aquatic food…
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Reawakened: The Lexicon launches global storytelling challenge for biodiversity
24.06.21-
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Petaluma, CA — The Lexicon, a North America-based NGO that creates collective impact campaigns to…
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A new site for banana-related research
23.06.21-
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The Alliance-managed website MusaNet collects and shares global resources on banana (Musa) across th…
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The Yams of Konguan
08.06.21-
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Once upon a time two women, one very beautiful and one not so beautiful, were…
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World Food Prize Laureate Shakuntala Thilsted urges UN Assembly to act on aquatic foods
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WorldFish’s Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted, who was recently …
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In the Spotlight: Tasnuva Zaman
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WorldFish and the CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH) are global leaders in…
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Cookbook celebrates aquatic foods for life and livelihoods in Timor-Leste
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Since achieving its independence 20 years ago, Timor-Leste has set out to forge a cohesive…
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Nutrition scientist Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted awarded the 2021 World Food Prize
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Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health at WorldFish, was na…
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests country case study author: Elizabeth Palta Vega
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llluminating Hidden Harvests (IHH): The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable develop…
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Devra Jarvis: thoughts and thanks after 25 years with the Alliance
26.05.21-
Biodiversity
This spring, Dr. Devra Jarvis retired as a Principal Scientist and Team Leader for Agrobiodiversity…
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New research published studying plants' diversity in arid and desert rangelands in Tunisia
25.05.21-
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Newly publish research explains how after an exceptional wet season in Tunisia in 2017/18, ICARDA…
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Agriculture and biodiversity conservation: five critical factors for success
22.05.21-
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The United Nations International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May reminds us that "When…
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Four questions with CIMMYT’s Maize Genebank Curator
22.05.21-
Biodiversity
Seeds are a cornerstone of food security. That is why the maize and wheat genebanks…
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