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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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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
16.05.25-
Big data
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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Could bird flu be the next global pandemic?
24.02.22-
Health
An opinion piece by Klara Saville, head of global animal health at Brooke, and Delia…
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Experts call for equitable food system transformation to tackle global health challenges of the 21st century
12.02.22-
Food security
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Health
Transformation of food systems is key to addressing malnutrition, non-communicable diseases, climate…
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New mapping study of Rwanda pig value chain analyses governance and sanitary risks
09.02.22-
Health
The pig production sector in Rwanda is growing rapidly as a result of rising local…
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New scoping review sheds light on antimicrobial resistance in global food crop value chains
09.02.22-
Health
The role of food crops as a conduit for transmission of antimicrobial resistance from soil…
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In the Spotlight: Marleen Schutter
31.01.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Marleen Schutter is a postdoctoral researcher within the Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center at the…
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WorldFish wins inaugural Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge
28.01.22-
Health
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Nutrition
WorldFish was awarded today the Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge grand prize of…
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The links between food-related trade and fiscal policies and obesity rates in low- and middle-income countries
21.01.22-
Health
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Nutrition
BY KIBROM ABAY, HOSAM IBRAHIM, CLEMENS BREISINGER AND ALI ABDELHADI Global overweight and obesity ra…
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Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit: Leveraging Japanese knowledge to address global health and nutrition challenges
14.01.22-
Health
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Nutrition
BY SWATI MALHOTRA,FUTOSHI YAMAUCHI AND HIROYUKI TAKESHIMA As many developing countries face enormous…
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In the Spotlight: Joshua Wesana
31.12.21-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
Joshua Wesana is a senior fellow in Fish and Food Systems Nutritional Outcomes at the…
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CGIAR Research Program for Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH) ends with a splash
22.12.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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The CGIAR Research Program on Fisheries Agri-Food Systems (FISH) came to a successful conclusion aft…
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COVID-19 school closures and adolescent mental health: Evidence from Mozambique
15.12.21-
Gender equality
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Health
BY JESSICA LEIGHT AND NAUREEN KARACHIWALLA Since March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to…
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Disparate health and nutrition impacts of income shocks across different household members: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
30.11.21-
Health
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Nutrition
BY KATRINA KOSEC AND LUCIA CARRILLO The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting poor and vulnerable countries …
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World Toilet Day 2021: An interview with Olufunke Cofie
19.11.21-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Leadership and governance systems must provide an enabling environment for the scaling of improved s…
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Open Access Week 2021: Preprints as a tool for open knowledge and open science at ILRI
30.10.21-
Health
International Open Access Week is an annual scholarly communication event that is marked globally du…
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ICARDA Scientists Study the Impact of Climate Change on Crop Production and Its Consequences on Human Health
26.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Health
Around the world, especially in dry areas, agricultural practices are affected by climate change a…
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Lancet Countdown 2021 report calls for urgent global action to tackle the health impacts of climate change
26.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
The health impacts of climate change are getting worse, exposing communities around the world to…
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Using the new IMF Special Drawing Rights for larger purposes: Guaranteeing ‘pandemic recovery bonds’
22.10.21-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY EUGENIO DÍAZ-BONILLA International Monetary Fund (IMF) members and staff must be congratulated f…
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International Day of Rural Women 2021: Overcoming pandemic and climate challenges
15.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
BY CLAUDIA RINGLER AND ELIZABETH BRYAN The International Day of Rural Women (Oct. 15) was establis…
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