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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now…
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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-
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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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Transforming food systems in Southeast Asia
09.04.19-
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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-
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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-
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KU Leuven and Bioversity International today sign a landmark agreement to safeguard the future of…
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Direct Seeded Rice Consortium convenes first annual meeting to advance partnerships for more sustainable, environment-friendly rice systems
08.04.19-
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14 March 2019, IRRI Headquarters ~ The Direct Seeded Rice Consortium (DSRC), a multi-stakehol…
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French agricultural research and CGIAR reinforce their scientific collaboration to the benefit of agriculture, food and climate change
05.04.19-
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Laying a strong foundation for a joint plan of action between CGIAR and France to…
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Seed companies in West Africa eye pearl millet hybrid with 70% higher yield potential
05.04.19-
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A newly developed pearl millet hybrid, with 70% yield-gain potential and high disease resistance, ha…
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Breaking barriers for climate-smart crop adoption in Kenya
05.04.19-
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Paving the way for development of a reliable seed distribution model, a nationwide program has…
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Well-meaning tenure reforms can’t quash land conflicts
04.04.19-
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When countries revise their land and forest tenure laws, whereby rights are granted to people…
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Catalyzing partnerships for reforestation of degraded land
04.04.19-
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In this second edition of the “Innovative finance for sustainable landscapes” interview series, …
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• Report of the High-Level Ministerial Conference on rice: Delivering on Commitments to Transform Africa’s Rice Industry
02.04.19-
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This document presents the report of the High-Level African Ministerial Conference on Rice held in…
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Assigning value to nature’s bounty
02.04.19-
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Toward more inclusive water management in Kenya’s Tana River Basin.…
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Using the Land Degradation Surveillance Framework to assess land health in Rwanda
02.04.19-
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The Land Degradation Surveillance Framework methodology, developed by World Agroforestry, is one of …
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Jinping soy price threatens Amazon, Trump, and methane releasing trees
01.04.19-
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Forests News pick of stories from around the globe: Between the land of the free…
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Technologies for land restoration showcased
01.04.19-
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With Africa lagging behind in efforts to restore 100 million hectares of degraded land, widespread…
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Can DRC’s community forests lift people out of poverty?
29.03.19-
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In the quest to reduce poverty, community forestry is an attractive endeavor. So much so…
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Mushrooms for prosperity in Chin State
28.03.19-
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A mushroom research and training programme in Myanmar is aiming to lift farmers out of…
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Prosperity grows in arid Wonogiri
27.03.19-
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The tamanu tree [Calophyllum inophyllum] has been helping humans out since prehistoric times. Also k…
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Oil: Green deceit and a Trump defeat...did climate change cause Cyclone Idai?
26.03.19-
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In Forests News last week: International Day of Forests: Two heads look to a future…
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