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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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      Options for trees on farms in Kalimantan, IndonesiaWorld Agroforestry (ICRAF)28.08.18- 
            
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 Researchers are exploring existing systems that mix trees with rice, oil palm and other species… Read more
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      Getting ahead of disaster risksInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI)28.08.18- 
            
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 Climate-smart technology to enhance flood and drought resilience.… Read more
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      New Study: Exposure to Air Pollution Leads to Lower Verbal, Math Test ScoresInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)27.08.18- 
            
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 Washington, D.C.: While health has long been thought the most common casualty of air pollution,… Read more
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      World Water Week 2018International Water Management Institute (IWMI)27.08.18- 
            
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 Throughout World Water Week 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden, researchers from IWMI (the International … Read more
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      Tanzania and Togo pledge land restoration targets under AFR100Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)26.08.18- 
            
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 Tanzania and Togo made significant commitments to restore forested landscapes under the AFR100 Initi… Read more
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      Raising voices for blue forests: A chat with Tanzanian “mangrover” Mwita MangoraCenter for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)26.08.18- 
            
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 A self-professed “mangrover,” Mwita Mangora lectures at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tan… Read more
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      Greenpop Malawi tea project conserves soil, water and forestsCenter for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)25.08.18- 
            
            Environmental health
 Despite agriculture accounting for 70 percent of Africa’s annual loss of 2.8 million hectares o… Read more
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      Irrigation technology investments without accompanying policies might worsen water scarcity, new study findsInternational Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)24.08.18- 
            
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 Washington D.C.: Increasing irrigation efficiency through irrigation technologies alone is failing t… Read more
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      Can we actually measure resilience?The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)23.08.18- 
            
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 Resilience is a concept that is being applied to many different domains, from infrastructure’s res… Read more
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      How to pay for watershed rehabilitationInternational Water Management Institute (IWMI)23.08.18- 
            
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            Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
 Smallholders in the Ethiopian highlands pay a high price for reduced land productivity caused by… Read more
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      Dangerous times for eco-defendersCenter for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)22.08.18- 
            
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 Indigenous leader Isidro Baldenegro Lopez tried to protect the old-growth forests of the Sierra Mad… Read more
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      Top takeaways from mangroves expert Salomão Bandeira on community restorationCenter for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)22.08.18- 
            
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 Salomão Bandeira is a marine botanist at Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique, with … Read more
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      Community key for successful mangrove restoration, says Lalao Aigrette of Blueventures MadagascarCenter for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)21.08.18- 
            
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 Traveling between remote islands by dugout canoe, and trudging through muddy mangrove forests in 40-… Read more
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      Mad about mangroves: scientist James KairoCenter for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)21.08.18- 
            
            Environmental health
 A self-proclaimed “ambassador for mangroves,” scientist James Kairo has been swapping bet… Read more
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      On the road back from ‘safari science’ to embedded collaborationCenter for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)20.08.18- 
            
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 As demand for commodities rises, landscapes are changing quickly as natural forests are felled for… Read more
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      Q+A: GLF a powerful lever in fight against hunger and poverty, says One World – No Hunger envoyCenter for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)20.08.18- 
            
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 Stefan Schmitz first joined the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in … Read more
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      Restoring land in Africa an opportunity for women’s rights, says president of women’s forest networkCenter for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)20.08.18- 
            
            Environmental health
 Deforestation and land degradation amount to almost a third of Africa’s landmass, which has a… Read more
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      Q+A: The backstory on invasive plant species with CABI’s Arne WittCenter for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)20.08.18- 
            
            Environmental health
 Invasive plant species pose a major threat to biodiversity, water resources, food security, e… Read more
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