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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
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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-
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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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CIMMYT and IITA collaborate to increase adoption of conservation agriculture in southern Africa
21.09.20-
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The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International Maize and Wheat Imp…
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Big data and new technology can help us understand and respond to climate change and conflict risks – here’s how
18.09.20-
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Written by Elisabeth Gilmore, Senior Associate Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO…
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Low-tech solutions plus improved coordination for climate resilience in coastal Bangladesh
16.09.20-
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Cyclone Amphan hit the coast of Bangladesh in May, and was followed in July by…
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Multiple cropping could help feed the world
11.09.20-
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Global population and food demand are expected to increase considerably in the future. Solutions to…
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Transforming African food systems for a resilient future
10.09.20-
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By Claudia Sadoff, Executive Management Team Convener and Managing Director, Research Delivery and I…
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Improving governance of trees can better conserve biodiversity
09.09.20-
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The expansion and intensification of agriculture as well as the associated clearing of forests are…
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Call for applications for Joint PhD Program WUR, CGIAR and SIPRI on climate security
08.09.20-
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We are looking for Wageningen University and Research (WUR), CGIAR, and the Stockholm International …
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Latin America learning how much carbon can be stored in grazing land
07.09.20-
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Nine Latin American countries plan to use silvopastoral practices, which incorporate trees into graz…
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Exploring farmer adoption of conservation agriculture using a lab-in-the-field approach
02.09.20-
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BY MIKE MURPHY, KATE AMBLER AND ALAN DE BRAUW Climate change poses a significant threat to livelih…
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Sustainable Finance for Peace
27.08.20-
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Written by Nam Nguyen. Image credit: CIAT CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security explores the role of…
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The Role of Data and Disruptive Technologies for Climate Security
25.08.20-
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Written by Alexandra Krendelsberger and Nam Nguyen. Image credit: CGIAR CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security…
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Policy seminar: COVID-19, food systems, ecosystems, and the risk of zoonotic diseases
24.08.20-
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BY HOPE ZABRONSKY The COVID-19 pandemic—which originated when the novel coronavirus jumped from an…
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New forms of aquatic foods: Exploring plant-based and cell-based seafood
24.08.20-
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Seafood, including aquatic animals, like fish and crustaceans, and plants such as seaweeds, are cruc…
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Harnessing aquatic foods research is vital to COVID-19 recovery, sustainable food systems transformation, say agriculture for development experts
20.08.20-
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The role of aquatic foods in COVID-19 recovery and the sustainable food system transformation demand…
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WorldFish climate change leader Essam Yassin Mohammed seeks a systems approach for resilient aquatic foods
20.08.20-
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Marine and freshwater resources provide a lifeline for millions of impoverished people around the wo…
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The Role of Climate and Food Systems Science in Conflict Prevention and Peace-building
19.08.20-
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Written by Nam Nguyen and Diego Osorio. Image credit: Tobin Jones/UN Photo CGIAR FOCUS Climate…
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Digital defenses: Can high-tech insurance flood-proof vulnerable farmers?
14.08.20-
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When climate disasters strike, farmers are among the first to feel the consequences. This was…
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A food system integration story: Fish with roots, tubers and bananas
13.08.20-
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What do catfish and bananas have in common? No, this is not a riddle or…
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