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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
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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
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
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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A conservation conversation
21.05.21-
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Germplasm banks around the world are protectors of genetic diversity, altogether preserving roughly …
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AI-Driven Climate-Smart Beekeeping for Ethiopian and Uzbek Women
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Beekeeping has long been a traditional pursuit in Uzbekistan and Ethiopia, where smallholders…
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The Pollination Services of Forests
20.05.21-
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Since they are a vital part of the reproduction process of many plants, a decline…
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Boosting Malawi’s aquaculture production for food security
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Although Malawi has an extensive history of fish farming spanning a century, the nation’s smallhol…
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From the field: climate-smart agriculture in Zimbabwe
18.05.21-
Biodiversity
Watch the video and read more about the Alliance’s ongoing work to increase farmers’ resilience…
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Community participation: greening the Aba Gerima watershed in Ethiopia
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The rolling plains of the Aba Gerima watershed cover the upper portion of Lake Tana…
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Co-creating a Theory of Change for the Genebank Initiative
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Biodiversity
A new online process that enabled the Initiative Design Team (IDT) with a large group…
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WorldFish Science Director Prof. Eddie Allison named among world’s top cited
29.04.21-
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Prof. Eddie Allison, WorldFish’s interim director of science and research, was named in the worl…
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Understanding basic gender concepts
21.04.21-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Gender concepts have evolved over the years. Old concepts have been refined or replaced with…
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The Agricultural Goldmines of Deserts
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Covering about one-third of global land surface, deserts are characterized by little to no rainfall,…
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Researchers lobby for seed banks to ensure diversity, food security
21.04.21-
Biodiversity
In Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, research found that climate change has led to increased pests…
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Using Wild Relatives to Toughen up Staple Crops
18.04.21-
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Crop wild relatives (CWR) are the ancient ancestors of our domesticated crops. Because they have…
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Gender mainstreaming in research – from design to measurement – made easy
13.04.21-
Biodiversity
Ever wonder how to integrate gender into your research? In this blog, Alliance gender researchers…
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On-farm nitrogen management practices have global reverberations
10.04.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
An international team of scientists has strengthened our understanding of how better fertilizer mana…
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Gendered perceptions of livestock and agricultural production in Kenya
08.04.21-
Biodiversity
Alliance researchers in Kenya’s Kisii and Meru counties look at how men and women perceive…
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Advances in modeling and sensors can help farmers and insurers manage risk
07.04.21-
Biodiversity
When used appropriately, satellite data is rapidly expanding the potential to customize insurance fo…
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Striking up a new tune, gender researchers re-examine their focus on men
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Biodiversity
In a discussion with Carol J. Pierce Colfer, a CIFOR researcher with almost 50 years…
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A Wild Way to Boost Wheat Yields
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Biodiversity
In the face of climate change, improving wheat varieties is essential to maintain yields—and geneb…
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