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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-
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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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IRRI and AGRA strengthen partnership to address Africa's food security
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27 June 2022, Nairobi - International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Director General Dr. Jean Bali…
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How livestock can empower women farmers
04.07.22-
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In the Global South, livestock has strong empowerment potential for millions of women by providing…
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Change agents and better seeds lead to sweetpotato success in Tanzania
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In any field, change needs leaders – even in agriculture. Mary Samson may appear like…
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Designing a community referral system to increase financial access among women and refugees in refugee hosting areas in Ethiopia
15.06.22-
Gender equality
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In the Somali region of Ethiopia, host to several refugee camps, less than 8% of…
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Nyota Iron Bean is Kenya's "Shining Star" for Better Nutrition
09.06.22-
Gender equality
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Beans are a widely consumed staple crop in Kenya. They provide a ready source of…
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Launching workshop of new research initiative to address challenges facing Mali’s small ruminant value chain
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Livestock farming is practiced by at least 80% of the rural population and plays a…
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Apply for the Carlotta Award - by June 15th, 2022
02.06.22-
Gender equality
The “Carlotta Award 2022” second edition is promoted by ENEA, the Academy of Sciences…
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Gender and variety trait preferences in Uganda, Tanzania, and Mozambique
27.04.22-
Gender equality
To ensure better adoption of vitamin-A rich sweetpotato, it is paramount to develop varieties that…
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Feminization and gender roles in agriculture in post-soviet Uzbekistan
21.04.22-
Gender equality
After its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Uzbekistan underwent transformative socio-econ…
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Gender-Responsive Extension During the COVID-19 Pandemic
14.04.22-
Gender equality
This research was funded by the CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Policies Institutions and…
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Empowering women through couples' business development training
14.04.22-
Gender equality
Attending the business development training as a couple helped widen the perspectives of both husban…
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From bad to worse: How Russia-Ukraine war-related export restrictions exacerbate global food insecurity
13.04.22-
Food security
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BY JOSEPH GLAUBER,DAVID LABORDE AND ABDULLAH MAMUN Global turmoil and supply shocks can increase a…
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Meet the Zambian women changing the frontiers of aquaculture
09.04.22-
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While aquaculture in Zambia is still in its infancy, it is gradually transforming the economic…
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Diversity is the fundamental principle to use
06.04.22-
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Aquatic foods and food systems have long lived in the shadow in agricultural research. Last…
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Gender-inclusive innovations for aquatic food systems transformation
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Gender equality
Growing evidence points to gender equality playing a key role in aquatic food systems’ contributio…
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A Green Light for Desert Farming Collaboration
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At a High Level KIADPAI/CGIAR side-event during the 7th International Date Palm Conference in Abu…
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WorldFish pilots last-mile feed business models to boost aquaculture in Zambia
31.03.22-
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Smallholder fish farmers in Zambia face a myriad of challenges, but one of their biggest…
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Inspiring Stories: Daw Lae Lae Soe
29.03.22-
Gender equality
Like many women involved in fisheries, Daw Lae Lae Soe faces a world of gender…
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