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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
CGIAR29.05.25Photo 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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
Digital Transformation Accelerator16.05.25-
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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
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)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
CGIAR13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Vania Azevedo: A Fighter for Plant Genetic Resources
CGIAR Genebank Platform08.03.19-
Biodiversity
ICRISAT’s Head of Genebank discusses her past work and shares her thoughts on the role…
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Tracing high-iron beans to the genebank
CGIAR Genebank Platform08.03.19-
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A Genebank Platform Impact Fellow looks at the journey of beans from the genebank to…
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Strengthening producer organizations is key to making finance inclusive and effective
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry08.03.19-
Environmental health
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As part of the “Innovative finance for sustainable landscapes” interview series, the Internation…
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International Women’s Day 2019: Think equal, build smart, innovate for change
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)08.03.19-
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Gender equality
On March 8 the world celebrates International Women’s Day. In the Philippines, Cathy Watson interv…
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International Women’s Day 2019
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)08.03.19-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
Translating research evidence into change for gender equality. In preparing to celebrate Internation…
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International Women’s Day 2019
AfricaRice08.03.19-
Big data
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Innovating for change: Spotlight on a champion rice processor in Africa On the occasion of…
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Seed Tracker: How one app can enhance seed systems for many crops
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)06.03.19-
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Food security
Thanks to its tolerance of poor soil, harsh conditions, pests and diseases, cassava is a…
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María Elker Montoya, champion creator of the method helping to fight off the Rice Hoja Blanca Virus
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)06.03.19-
Biodiversity
María, who started her career as a Research Assistant at the Latin American Fund for…
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On International Women’s Day, let’s think about gender equality
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)05.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Gender equality
We interviewed our gender leaders Marlène Elias (M.E.) of Bioversity and Jennifer Twyman (J.T.) of…
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Beyond trees: Land restoration to enhance gender equality in Burkina Faso
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)05.03.19-
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Not all farmers are able to adopt or benefit from landscape restoration practices equally. A…
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Seeing is believing: Visit to successfully restored watersheds in Ethiopia inspires Kenyan officials to action
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)05.03.19-
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In December of 2018, scientists from the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems…
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Baffled scientists, boreal forest wipeout and Norway ditches dirty palm oil
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)04.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Dirty palm oil gets ditched by world’s largest pension fund Norway’s Government Pension Fund Glo…
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CIFOR and Indonesia government renew contract to protect forests
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)04.03.19-
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“Forests and forest resources are crucial for Indonesia and the world fighting climate change,” …
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How lab-made fashion is changing landscapes
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)27.02.19-
Environmental health
Haute couture made out of orange peels. ‘Leather’ shoes and handbags grown from mushrooms. Diamo…
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How to wash your clothes
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)27.02.19-
Environmental health
So you’ve chosen your outfit with sustainability in mind. Maybe you agonized over the relative…
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Arrivederci – Ann Tutwiler's Farewell Blog
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)27.02.19-
Biodiversity
As Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International prepares to step down, she reflects on t…
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Sustainable fashion moving from trend to permanent style
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)26.02.19-
Environmental health
It’s the end of what’s likely been the ‘greenest’ fashion month yet, with some of…
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Humanitarians struggle to address environment: ‘It’s nice but it’s not crucial’
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)25.02.19-
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With growing stress on natural resources, emergency workers have begun to examine their intervention…
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