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Essam Yassin Mohammed, WorldFish Director General, Named to Forbes 2025 Sustainability Leaders List
19.09.25Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed, has been named to the 2025 Forbes Sustainability Leaders list. Now…
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IITA-CGIAR scientist named one of Africa Food Prize 2025 laureates for breakthrough in cassava and yam seed systems
04.09.25Ibadan, Nigeria – IITA–CGIAR proudly celebrates the recognition of Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo as o…
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CGIAR Accredited to UNEA: Bringing Food, Land, and Water Systems into Global Environmental Policy dialogues
09.07.25-
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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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Boosting Uganda’s investments in livestock development ‘healthy animals for healthy food and healthy people’
07.06.19-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Field visits to Kiruhura District, Uganda [photo credit: ILRI/Sonja Leitner] Today, policymakers, re…
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Will climate change make us go hungry by 2050?
07.06.19-
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May it be a lawsuit filed by 21 young plaintiffs against the United States or…
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Business models from the edge: Finding the green in sunshine, soil and sludge
05.06.19-
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This week marks World Environment Day, and we search for solutions on how to better…
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Employment, diversifying rural livelihoods, and youth: Lessons for Ghana from the 2019 Global Food Policy Report
05.06.19-
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Throughout much of Africa south of the Sahara, rural households earn their incomes primarily from…
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System uses plants to lure fall armyworm away from maize fields
04.06.19-
Food security
Climate conditions in Nepal are suitable for the establishment of fall armyworm, which could cause…
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A burning issue: How sustainable agriculture is helping mitigate air pollution in South Asia
04.06.19-
Environmental health
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Pollution has become a part of our daily life: particulate matter in the air we…
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Strengthening ties to secure farm livelihoods in Niger
31.05.19-
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Niger is among the youngest nations in the world with two-thirds of its population under…
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India’s first ‘high oleic’ groundnut varieties ready to go commercial
30.05.19-
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Will serve up healthier oil with longer shelf life After eight years of collaborative work,…
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To transform the global food system and feed the world sustainably, start at the local level
28.05.19-
Food security
In a recent meeting with a developing country policy maker, I was asked which among…
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Banana improvement project team meets to take stock, track progress and plan
27.05.19-
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Nutrition
An international team of researchers that is revolutionizing banana breeding in Eastern Africa are t…
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Niger Minister meets India’s senior agriculture officials
27.05.19-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
To strengthen ties between Niger and India in areas of agriculture, Mr Ibrahima Guimba-Saïdou, Mini…
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Vulnerable to verdant: turning flood risk into farm resource
27.05.19-
Food security
Increasing production in agriculture is often a very long and arduous process. Agronomists, soil sci…
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Conference on Advances in Classical Breeding and Application of Modern Breeding Tools for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa
24.05.19-
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Plant breeding provides sustainable options to increase domestic food supply and dietary diversity i…
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Recipes to the rescue
22.05.19-
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Bioversity International partners with chefs, nutritionist, local communities and researchers to lev…
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Agroforestry at 40: how tree-farm science has changed the world
22.05.19-
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Coffee bushes in a shade-grown plantation in the Andes, Ecuador.Morley Read/Shutterstock Meine van N…
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2019 Global Food Policy Report Mumbai launch: Building partnerships to spur rural revitalization
20.05.19-
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India’s report card on rural development presents a mixed picture: While a number of rural…
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Public–private–people partnership for cocoa and forests in Côte d’Ivoire
17.05.19-
Food security
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For decades, Côte d’Ivoire has been the world’s largest producer and exporter of cocoa. Its…
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New groundnut varieties for improved resilience and market competitiveness
17.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Sayilesi Gwizima, 59, from Mchinij district, central Malawi, grows CG 7 groundnut variety. Not unlik…
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