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      Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders ListWorldFish19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now… Read more
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      IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systemsInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o… Read more
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      CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialoguesMultifunctional Landscapes Science Program09.07.25- 
            
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 CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural research partnership, has been officially accredited as an… Read more
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      World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food SystemsCGIAR29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi… Read more
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      Food Policy Priorities for A Changing WorldInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities… Read more
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      Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstructionInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in… Read more
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      Agroforestry and land health in MalawiWorld Agroforestry (ICRAF)05.11.18- 
            
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 In the last five years ICRAF has helped establish comprehensive soil information systems in Tanzania… Read more
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      In the mountains of China and Ethiopia lies a joint futureWorld Agroforestry (ICRAF)02.11.18- 
            
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 Mekelle University, Kunming Institute of Botany and the World Agroforestry Centre are sharing knowle… Read more
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      Moving away from silos, working towards ‘synthesis’ of learningsInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)02.11.18- 
            
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 A special ‘Synthesis’ issue that collates research outputs from participating CGIAR centers was … Read more
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      Why cows are getting a bad rap in lab-grown meat debateInternational Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)01.11.18- 
            
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 A small-scale production line of the leghemoglobin for a plant-based hamburger is displayed during a… Read more
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      Discover what urban wetlands are worthCGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)31.10.18- 
            
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 [caption id="attachment_139075" align="alignnone" width="300"] Colombo Wetlands Complex[/capt… Read more
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      Yes, eating meat affects the environment, but cows are not killing the climateInternational Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)30.10.18- 
            
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 Cattle grazing on public lands near Steens Mountain, Oregon (photo credit: BLM/Greg Shine, CC BY).… Read more
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      Raw materials use tipped to nearly double by 2060, OECD report saysCenter for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)30.10.18- 
            
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 (Forests News) — Rising living standards and population growth will push the use of raw… Read more
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      Taking stock of Indonesia’s social forestry programCenter for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)29.10.18- 
            
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 Indonesia - (Forests News) – Indonesia has an ambitious goal of giving forest-dependent communitie… Read more
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      Water rights for millions of African farmers threatened by law rooted in colonial times, study findsInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI)29.10.18- 
            
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 Researchers at Africa Water Week call for efforts to “decolonize” and improve water permit syste… Read more
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      7th Africa Water WeekInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI)29.10.18- 
            
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 “Decolonizing” formal water law to pave the way for smallholder irrigation. An IWMI research re… Read more
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      Evaluating diverse solar irrigation systems for their scalability in IndiaCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)29.10.18- 
            
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 We have rolled out the solar farming scheme. Farmers can now earn money from farming… Read more
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      AfricaRice Council of Ministers sends strong signal of commitment to drive Africa’s rice agendaAfricaRice26.10.18- 
            
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 The 31st Ordinary Session of the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Council of Ministers held recently… Read more
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      Climate-smart farmers in Cagayan Valley, Philippines graduate from school-on-the-air programCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)26.10.18- 
            
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 In Cagayan Valley in the Philippines, 4,645 farmers graduated from a five-month school-on-the-air (S… Read more
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      Ramsar Convention COP13International Water Management Institute (IWMI)25.10.18- 
            
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 Sri Lanka wins international recognition for valuable but threatened urban wetlands.… Read more
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      Beyond oil palm: tropical trees for bioenergy and restoration of degraded landsCenter for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)24.10.18- 
            
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 Indonesia - (Forests News) — To avert catastrophic climate change, fossil fuel emissions must be… Read more
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      Time to act: Air pollution is damaging our brains as well as our lungsInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)23.10.18- 
            
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 Air pollution has countless victims—nearly nine out of ten people across the globe breathe pollute… Read more
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      Strengthening farmers' seed systems in ChinaThe Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)23.10.18- 
            
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 Dr. Yiching Song, Senior Researcher at the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy o… Read more
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      Connecting the dots for implementing Nationally Determined Contributions in agricultureCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)23.10.18- 
            
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 As part of the Paris Agreement, countries that have signed on have pledged to reduce… Read more
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