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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-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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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 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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Avocados in Kenya: What’s holding back smallholder farmers
18.02.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
Kenya is the world’s third largest producer of avocados. It’s also Kenya’s leading fruit exp…
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Second Biennial Review report highlights urgent need to accelerate progress toward achieving Malabo Declaration goals by 2025
17.02.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
In the 2014 Malabo Declaration, African leaders pledged to conduct a continent-wide Biennial Review…
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Spraying locust swarm is ineffective – IITA entomologist
17.02.20-
Food security
As Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya battle huge swarms of desert locusts, great efforts are underway…
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A tool for all seasons: A ‘lean’ household survey system for ‘minimal effort, maximum information’ comes of age
14.02.20-
Big data
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Food security
Key indicator groups (modules) generated by all RHoMIS applications (Fig. 1 from: The Rural Househol…
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How China can address threats to food and nutrition security from the coronavirus outbreak
12.02.20-
Food security
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Health
The current novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) outbreak originated from a seafood and wild foo…
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Policy seminar: Can trade ensure food security and access to diverse and sustainable nutrition?
11.02.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
The global trade conflicts of the past couple of years have created uncertainty for agriculture,…
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After 10 years, Triple S has brought back sweetpotato to us
11.02.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
1st Amburse Kebele in East Badewacho district was once known as a prolific sweetpotato…
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India’s 16-point agriculture plan may falter if it doesn’t focus on incentives
10.02.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
One of the great examples that economists give on the power of incentives in Econ…
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IRRI India, IRRI SARC, convene on Transforming Food Systems through Sustainable Value Chains
10.02.20-
Food security
04 February Delhi, India - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) South Asia Office in…
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After 10 years, Triple S has brought back sweetpotato to us
07.02.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
1st Amburse Kebele in East Badewacho district was once known as a prolific sweetpotato growing…
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Indo-Australia genomics project for chickpea drought tolerance gains momentum
07.02.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
India and Australia have joined hands in a multi-institutional project to enhance drought tolerance …
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The more crops farmers grow, the more food, nutrition and income secure they are – study
06.02.20-
Food security
It is common for smallholder farmers in Africa to grow multiple crops on their farms.…
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Ten new CIMMYT-developed maize varieties released in Pakistan
05.02.20-
Food security
Pakistan’s maize sector achieved a remarkable milestone in 2019 by releasing ten new maize varieti…
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Why gender matters for soil health as part of sustainable food systems
05.02.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
While healthy soils play a critical role in supporting agricultural productivity, climate change mit…
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Payments for ecosystem services in the Philippines: a win-win approach for communities, businesses, and the environment
05.02.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
As the rate of environmental degradation continues to increase, the need for more effective and…
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Leaving the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: India’s missed opportunity?
03.02.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
In November, India decided to opt out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP),…
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The world needs higher-quality diets. But is better nutrition affordable for all?
31.01.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Messages around healthy eating are nothing new—but nowadays we are increasingly told to eat well …
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With global accreditation, ICRISAT soil laboratory set to serve as focal point for soil analysis
31.01.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
ICRISAT’s soil laboratory has recently been accredited by the FAO Global Soil Laboratory Network (…
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