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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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Ask the researchers: Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition project
26.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
Researchers with Bioversity International recently shared information on the Biodiversity for Food a…
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“We are developing environmentally sustainable and productive livestock systems”: Michael Peters
25.04.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Michael Peters and his team have been developing tropical forage varieties that enable improved anim…
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Reasons for low uptake of climate change technologies
25.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Factors such as lack of funding for scale-up are impeding uptake of climate change technologies.…
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CGIAR Science Council urges focus on urbanization in Agriculture & Food Systems 2050 Report
24.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
The CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC) recently launched 'Agriculture & F…
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EARTH DAY: Can Sumatran elephants and people coexist?
22.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Palembang, Indonesia – Present day South Sumatra looks a lot different from its heyday as…
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Five ways food systems can make or break our Earth
22.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
From the year 2013 to 2016, Lao banana exports increased to $200 million, a tripling in…
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Earth Day 2019: Building common ground on sustainable governance of commons
19.04.19-
Environmental health
The celebration of Earth Day (April 22) reminds us that all species, including Homo sapiens, shar…
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Mobilizing youth for forestry development
18.04.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Youth leaders from the Asia and the Pacific discussed the crucial role of young people…
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To manage El Nino-related crop distress in eastern and southern Africa, invest in drought-tolerant seeds and better soil and water care
17.04.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
To mitigate the impact of the current drought affecting millions of farmers living in Kenya…
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What Cameroon can teach others about managing community forests
17.04.19-
Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A quarter of a century ago, Cameroon passed a law which gave people living on…
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Healthy Foods You Haven’t Heard Of (Yet): The Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Database
16.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition
A new database compiles nutrition information on over 185 neglected and underutilized food species a…
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AfricaRice Dr Robert Carsky Award for 2019
15.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
This is an annual award, which was instituted by AfricaRice in honor of the late…
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A Homecoming for Rice
12.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
AfricaRice will open its new genebank later this year, in Mbe, Cote d’Ivoire. But first,…
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A roadmap to guide regreening in Mali
11.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Government, researchers and development agencies are creating a roadmap for restoration in Mali to e…
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Cyclone Idai shows why long-term disaster resilience is so crucial
10.04.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Growing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, are…
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Transforming food systems in Southeast Asia
09.04.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
IRRI, WorldFish and IWMI have signed a 5-year agreement that provides the framework for cooperative…
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Kenyan value chains are crucial for regreening efforts
09.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Researchers show development of value chains is important for restoring degraded land in Kenya. Deve…
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Safeguarding the future of banana against changing climates, pests and diseases
08.04.19-
Biodiversity
KU Leuven and Bioversity International today sign a landmark agreement to safeguard the future of…
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