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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-
Big data
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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Building Landscape Resilience in Growing Together - Value Chain Transformation Program, Ethiopia
25.02.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
The effort to transform the value chains received a boost following the launch of Growing…
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Growing Nutrition: How Quality Beans Are Transforming School Meals in Rwanda
25.02.25Since 2002, the Rwandan government, with support from partners like the World Food Program (WFP),…
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Permarobotics, AgStack and the Alliance partner to advance open-source solutions for sustainable agricultural supply chains
25.02.25TraceFoodChain is a pioneering tool designed to help farmers, cooperatives, and supply chain actorsâ…
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New climate data toolkit for agroecology developed with African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, backed by McKnight Foundation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT is developing a new climate data toolkit with…
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At the Vanguard of Food and Nutrition Security: Jai Rana Reaps Indian Academy Endowment Award
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Nutrition, health & food security
Agrobiodiversity is at the heart of Jai Chand Rana’s career, spanning more than three decades…
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How a new bean variety brings health and prosperity to women farmers
20.02.25-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
For many women, farming is more than just a livelihood: it’s a path to financial…
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From awareness to action: Social valuation of climate change mitigation options in Kenyan dairy farming
20.02.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Climate change poses a significant threat to the agriculture sector globally, with the livestock ind…
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Land, cows and bullets: A complex history of cattle ranching and armed conflict in Colombia
18.02.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Cattle ranching in Colombia has been at the heart of the country’s agricultural economy for…
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Farewell to Dr. Kanayo F. Nwanze
18.02.25-
Food security
Born in Nigeria, Dr. Nwanze began his four-decade-long career as a scientist, carrying out research…
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Unraveling the genome: Sequencing with MinION in common bean research
13.02.25-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Scientists in Uganda are using the MinION portable sequencer to study common bean genomics, aiming …
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Enset vs. Bananas: Understanding Ethiopia's Unique Crops
13.02.25-
Nutrition, health & food security
Ethiopia – often referred to as the ‘cradle of humanity’ due to its significance in the…
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Boosting livestock productivity and sustainability in East Africa: The role of forage seed systems
13.02.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Livestock farming plays a critical role in the economies of East African countries, with millions…
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Al dÃa con el clima: Aclimate ahora disponible para Nicaragua
12.02.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Asà como las amenazas derivadas de la variabilidad climática se han vuelto más evidentes, tambié…
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Advisory services boost bean farming in Malawi
10.02.25-
Nutrition, health & food security
For Malawian farmers Monica Levison and Liden Mbengo, the 2023-24 cropping season posed new challeng…
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The Alliance Champions Planet-Friendly School Meals at the 24th Global Child Nutrition Forum
10.02.25-
Nutrition, health & food security
The Global Child Nutrition Forum (GCNF) is the world’s largest and longest-running forum dedicated…
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MarÃa del Campo: The Image of Colombian Cacao at the International Theobroma for Peace Congress
05.02.25-
Nutrition, health & food security
In the midst of cacao plantations, the figure of a woman stands out with a…
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From Family Farming to Facing Africa’s Malnutrition: The Journey of Christine Chege
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Nutrition, health & food security
Christine Chege is an agri-nutrition and food systems expert at the Alliance of Bioversity Internati…
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Uganda’s Yellow Star to launch nutritious bean-based flour to tackle malnutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
Malnutrition in Uganda is not just a statistic—it’s a pressing crisis that impacts millions. Acc…
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