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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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Rice-fish farming could help boost farmers’ income in Myanmar’s “rice bowl”
25.03.19-
Biodiversity
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MAUBIN Township, Myanmar—Aquaculture production in rice-based cropping systems could potentially b…
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IRRI, WorldFish and Myanmar work together to optimize rice-fish farming productivity
25.03.19-
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IRRI, together with WorldFish and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation of Myanmar …
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Fixing forests: how Decision Analysis is working on the ground in East Africa
24.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Among East Africa’s biodiversity hotspots is the Desa’a forest, which borders Tigray and Afar in…
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How much do you REALLY know about water and forests?
22.03.19-
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What better way to celebrate today's World Water Day and yesterday's International Day of Forests,…
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Flood-Based Livelihoods Symposium: Harnessing the potential of flood water
22.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Researchers, governments and development agencies are hastening to harness the potential of floodwat…
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How can rubber contribute to sustainable development in a context of climate change?
22.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Developing the rubber sector while meeting environment and social objectives involves both challenge…
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Innovative irrigation promises “more crop per drop” for India’s water-stressed cereals
21.03.19-
Environmental health
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India’s northwest region is the most important production area for two staple cereals: rice and…
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BOOK LAUNCH: Towards low-emission landscapes in Viet Nam
21.03.19-
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For immediate release Bogor, Indonesia, 21 March 2019— A new book celebrates ten years of contr…
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What’s good for business is good for forests in Indonesia
21.03.19-
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Scientists in Indonesia are demonstrating how better business opportunities for local communities ca…
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International Forests Day: Two heads look to a future of restoration
21.03.19-
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This article is written by Robert Nasi , Director-General of Center for International Forestry Resea…
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The unfulfilled promise of farmer-led irrigation: How to include those left behind
21.03.19-
Environmental health
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For more than a decade, we’ve known that when African farmers themselves invest in irrigation,…
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How restoration initiatives begin, again and again
20.03.19-
Environmental health
From teaching students how to use native species to restore landscapes in South America to…
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Restoring drylands and empowering farmers: lessons from the Drylands Development Programme
20.03.19-
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Successful land restoration needs human capacity, innovative technologies and mass participation. Th…
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We can provide economic incentives to address organic waste, IWMI/WLE tells Colombo business forum
20.03.19-
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Much of the developing world, including Sri Lanka, is facing an organic waste challenge, but…
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EU strikes palm oil blow, kids bunk off for their future, air pollution worse than smoking
19.03.19-
Environmental health
In Forests News last week: Palm oil’s complex land conflicts Oil palm plantations are…
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Beating Famine turns its attention to the Sahel
18.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Land is being restored in Africa’s dry Sahel region to ensure food security The semi-arid…
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A textual digest of new UN resolution for restoration
17.03.19-
Environmental health
In Agenda item 14 in the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly on 1…
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Kenya challenged to meet regreening target
15.03.19-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
The East African nation’s farmers are slow to adopt reforestation and regreening practices owing t…
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