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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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Making the most of intra-African trade: Insights from the 2021 Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor
16.09.21-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY JULIE KURTZ With the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting livelihoods, and the new African Continental Fr…
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Experts discuss strategies to improve food safety in traditional markets in Asia Pacific
13.09.21-
Health
On 1–2 September 2021, the World Health Organization regional office for Southeast Asia and the…
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ICRISAT awarded 2021 Africa Food Prize
08.09.21-
Food security
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Health
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has been awarded the …
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ICRISAT’s plant health researchers mine genes to defend chickpea against a deadly pathogen
03.09.21-
Health
In their battle against dry root rot (DRR) of chickpea, a devastating fungal disease emerging…
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Experts call for G20 health ministers to invest in animal health for stronger global health systems
02.09.21-
Health
Action for Animal Health is a coalition of multilateral organizations, non-governmental organization…
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ILRI scientists and research partners contribute to growing body of knowledge on COVID-19
02.09.21-
Health
As countries around the world continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists at the…
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COVID-19 disruptions to health and nutrition services in Uttar Pradesh, India
01.09.21-
Health
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Nutrition
BY PHUONG HONG NGUYEN, SHIVANI KACHWAHA, RASMI AVULA, PURNIMA MENON AND MICHAEL WANG Fears of…
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Report: Critical topics in Vietnam and Ethiopia’s food systems-related policies: An exploratory policy review
29.08.21-
Health
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Nutrition
The Platforms for Healthier Diets project examines the role of platforms in strengthening and/or sup…
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Report: Critical topics in Bangladesh’s and Nigeria’s food system-related policies: An exploratory policy review
28.08.21-
Health
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Nutrition
In this report, researchers from the A4NH's Platforms for Healthier Diets project aim to identify…
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A monk’s souvenir that became pigeonpea’s crown jewel
27.08.21-
Biodiversity
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Health
ICP 7035, a landrace of pigeonpea from India is a rare line with resistance to…
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CGIAR scientists and research collaborators from Ethiopia discuss new One Health initiative
27.08.21-
Health
The world’s largest publicly-funded agricultural research partnership, CGIAR, is currently develop…
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CGIAR scientists and research collaborators from Kenya discuss new One Health initiative
26.08.21-
Health
The world’s largest publicly-funded agricultural research partnership, CGIAR, is currently develop…
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CGIAR scientists and research collaborators from Uganda discuss new One Health initiative
25.08.21-
Health
The world’s largest publicly-funded agricultural research partnership, CGIAR, is currently develop…
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An integrated approach to realize multiple benefits across water, energy, food, forests and biodiversity
23.08.21-
Environmental health
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Health
BY STEFAN UHLENBROOK AND CLAUDIA RINGLER As we mark World Water Week, water, land, energy, forest,…
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Are Africa's dams threatening to hold back efforts to eradicate malaria?
20.08.21-
Food security
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Health
Although dams are critically important for Africa's water security and economy, research has also re…
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School feeding programs improve nutrition and child growth across generations: Evidence from India
12.08.21-
Health
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Nutrition
BY SUMAN CHAKRABARTI, SAMUEL SCOTT, HAROLD ALDERMAN, PURNIMA MENON AND DANIEL GILLIGAN By April 2020…
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Scaling up wastewater aquaculture through public-private partnerships
10.08.21-
Food security
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Health
Throughout history, pond-based aquaculture has been an important source of food and income for many…
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Transforming The Agricultural Research Agenda With Aquatic Foods
06.08.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Aquatic foods are not just good foods, they are superfoods with the power to nourish…
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