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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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One year of Women in Crop Science at CIMMYT
07.03.23-
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
To mark International Women’s Day 2023, Nele Verhulst, cropping systems agronomist at the Internat…
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Gender-friendly seed production trainings help Bangladeshi women own their future
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Gender disparity manifests in various ways, one of those being giving women limited access to…
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Growing stronger with every season
10.02.23-
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
The United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science (IDWGIS) is observed annually…
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science
10.02.23-
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This Saturday, 11 February, is the International Day of Woman and Girls in Science (IDWGIS).…
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In the Spotlight: Neetha Shenoy
10.02.23-
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Neetha Shenoy is an aquaculture specialist at WorldFish in India, working on the CGIAR research…
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Embracing more women scientists for sustainable aquatic food systems
10.02.23-
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The world has less than seven years to tackle humanity’s greatest challenges and achieve the…
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Lisa-Maria Rebelo celebrated as a leader in remote sensing: her advice to aspiring female researchers
09.02.23-
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
This International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate Dr. Lisa-Maria Rebelo’s achieve…
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Supporting the careers of women in science
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Happy Makuru Daudi, Head of Groundnut Research Program at the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institu…
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Solar powered dryers boost peanut production in Togo
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Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Solar powered peanut dryers in Togo are helping women-run cooperatives reduce their workload and inc…
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Food systems, gender and challenges faced by Dhaka’s textile workers
23.01.23-
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
The textile industry is an important source of revenue and employment in Bangladesh, where an…
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Reaching, Benefitting, and Empowering Women – Meet Endrina, Fanny, Biria, and Edith
18.01.23-
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The engagement of women and other vulnerable people to provide equitable improvements in health and…
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Can videos overcome smallholder women’s barriers to accessing climate resilience strategies? Insights from Uganda
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Uganda's National Agriculture and Advisory Services (NAADS) has made great contributions to the tran…
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How mobile technologies are reducing gender inequities in Tanzania’s agrifood system
29.11.22-
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Precision agriculture technology and digital services are rapidly changing food systems around the w…
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Sustainable Intensification of Mixed Farming Systems Initiative officially launched in Bangladesh
24.11.22-
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Social inclusion
On 16 November 2022, CGIAR researchers in collaboration with the National Agricultural Research and …
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How is economic security linked to violence against women and children? New insights from the Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum 2022
11.11.22-
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Poverty is a well-established risk factor for violence against women and children—but how much do…
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Hungry for Gender Equality: Second annual Global Food 50/50 Report
10.11.22-
Gender equality
Hungry for Gender Equality: Second annual Global Food 50/50 Report by Claire Davis Open Access…
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Accelerating adoption of climate-smart agriculture: Reaching women farmers in Uganda with video extension
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Women play a vital role in agricultural production in low-income countries, but often lack the…
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Understanding rural women’s situations to generate gender-equitable benefits
14.10.22-
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Results from a project led by the International Potato Center (CIP) to commercialize sweetpotato in…
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