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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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Harnessing digital tools in securing soil health for Africa’s food future
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Nairobi, 27 June 2025 (IITA) - As it marks its first anniversary, the Regional Hub…
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Harnessing digital tools in securing soil health for Africa’s food future
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Nairobi, 27 June 2025 (IITA) - As it marks its first anniversary, the Regional Hub…
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Raising productivity and profits, How AgWise is Closing Yield Gaps through AI
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Nairobi, 20 June 2025 (IITA) - Across Africa smallholder farmers battle working with degraded soils,…
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Safeguarding Africa’s Crops: Natural Solutions for Healthier Harvests
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Nairobi, 9 June 2025 (IITA) - Hidden toxins are poisoning Africa’s staple crops and climate…
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ICRISAT celebrates World IP Day, forging new partnership with BITS Pilani
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In the lead-up to World Intellectual Property Day (26 April), the International Crops Research Ins…
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Strengthening wastewater management to improve the environment and public health in Africa
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Innovative wastewater management, an often-overlooked aspect of public and environmental health, cou…
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World Wetland Day: IRRI’s role in preserving Bangladesh’s Haor wetland ecosystem
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by Rehana Noor In the Haor wetlands of Bangladesh, rice is a key source of…
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Empowering Community Rangeland Health Workers: A Novel Path to Sustainable Ecosystem Management in Ethiopia
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From 30 September to 5 October 2024, twelve Community Rangeland Health Workers (CRHWs) from Ethiopia…
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How much carbon can Kenyan grasslands store in their soils? Insights from the CarboGrass Project
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In Kenya, a team of researchers is working to assess the impact of grassland management…
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Revealing hidden food loss and waste data can fast-track emission reduction
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By: Georgina Smith When food is wasted, the emissions used to produce it are wasted…
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The power of incentives and digital innovation restoring land and biodiversity
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At the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) pavilion, alongside partners l…
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CGIAR at CBD COP 16: Advancing science, partnerships, and global solutions for environmental health and biodiversity
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I am honoured to represent the CGIAR Impact Platform on Environmental Health and Biodiversity here…
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Agriculture must evolve from a source of biodiversity loss to a driver of environmental restoration and conservation
29.10.24-
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As much as agriculture is blamed for being one of the primary drivers of biodiversity…
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Colombia ratifies International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
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On 23 October 2024, Colombia officially ratified the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources…
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From commitments to actions: Making Agroecosystem Living Labs work for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
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At the CBD COP16, a significant side event on 22 October 2024 co-organized by Agriculture…
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New Discovery in Rapid Soil Testing for Smallholder Farms Using Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy
10.09.24-
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A recent study by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, in collaboration with the In…
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New open-access database enhances sustainable development in Africa's energy and water management
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The International Water Management Institute (IWMI), through the CGIAR Foresight Initiative, offers…
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ICRISAT Unveils Groundbreaking Study on Geospatial Mapping for Sustainable Agriculture in South Asia
05.09.24-
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Scientists at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) recentl…
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