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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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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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FoodSENSE offers new ways of assessing and tackling malnutrition in Uganda
02.06.23-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
CGIAR’s Sustainable Animal Productivity and Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender inclusion Initiative…
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CGIAR Research Initiative scientists advise Nepal government on linking research and policy
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On 10 May 2023, CGIAR scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and Alli…
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New study on pearl millet unveils opportunities for climate-resilient feed and forage
30.05.23-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus) is a staple crop that provides food for roughly 90 million…
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Science and advocacy: finding the right balance
30.05.23-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Over the last seven years, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has been testing a…
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New study evaluates antimicrobial use by smallholder poultry farmers in Kajiado and Machakos counties in Kenya
26.05.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
Smallholder poultry farmers need information on how to use antimicrobials correctly in chicken to re…
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Transforming Kenya's motorcycle taxi riders into soil experts
18.05.23-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Motorcycle taxi (boda boda) riders are a common feature in Kenya, providing essential transport serv…
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CGIAR Initiative on One Health holds annual planning meeting
16.05.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
On 24–25 April 2023, the CGIAR Initiative on One Health held its annual planning meeting…
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Building better buffalo farming in rural Nepal
12.05.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In Nepal, farmers struggle to increase buffalo milk yields to boost productivity and the resilience…
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New study assesses disease risk perceptions of wild meat at the border of Kenya and Tanzania
05.05.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
That many pandemics, including possibly COVID-19, have had their origins in wild animals might be…
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New bean genome unveils potential to boost food security and resilience in drought-prone regions
28.04.23-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Results pave way for genetic improvements of native legume to promote widespread cultivation that co…
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Regional task force explores ways to improve the uptake of East Coast fever vaccines in eastern and southern Africa
27.04.23-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
East Coast fever (ECF) is a deadly cattle disease caused by the tick-borne parasite Theileria…
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New molecular tool can enhance genomic-based surveillance of Rift Valley fever virus
27.04.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
Scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute and research partners from Kenya, Rwa…
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Global food system delegates join a One Health learning journey in Vietnam
26.04.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
A One Health approach for improved food safety, food security and sustainable food systems was…
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The power of mentorship in empowering next-generation leaders
13.04.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Mentorship plays a fundamental role in the lives of young people, providing them with the…
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Study examines the impact of COVID-19 on informal milk markets and household food security in Nairobi
05.04.23-
Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
A study published in the April 2023 issue of Current Developments in Nutrition has put…
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Village livestock promoters in rural Nepal are changing the lives of buffalo farmers
03.04.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
In Saptari, Nepal, one family’s greatest challenges in keeping buffalo are low market prices and…
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How can a new narrative on pastoralism influence development policy and practice?
03.04.23-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
In the face of climate and economic uncertainty, reframing the narrative to better include pastorali…
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New study explores the drivers of antibiotic use in poultry farms in Senegal
23.03.23-
Health
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Nutrition, health & food security
A new study on antimicrobial use in poultry farms in Senegal has analysed the effects…
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