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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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WorldFish opens Bangladesh’s first aquatic animal disease diagnostic lab
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While aquaculture is a growing industry in Bangladesh, prevailing disease outbreaks in farmed fish a…
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Beyond social-ecological traps: Pathways to a sustainable future
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The artist John Olsen is known for his depictions of Australian landscapes through rich paths…
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Consider the seed
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The conservation of plant genetic diversity through germplasm conservation is a key component…
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Innovating Zambia’s aquaculture sector boosts food security
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Aquatic foods caught and harvested in inland waters have long been an important part of…
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Watershed interventions provide groundwater access all year through
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In the semi-arid tropics water is a precious resource that often does not trickle down…
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XRF Machines: Innovative Technology To Help Breed Nutritious Crops
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HarvestPlus and its CGIAR crop breeding partners are constantly innovating and embracing new technol…
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ICARDA's Date Palm project wins Khalifa Award 2021
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ICARDA, on behalf of our exceptional scientists and partners, is thrilled to have won the…
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Predicting economic impact from restoring forests and landscapes: lessons from Ethiopia
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In a world where the well-being of 3.2 billion people is undermined by the degradation…
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Study Shows Biofortified Maize Improves Vitamin A Content of Breast Milk
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A new study shows that eating maize biofortified with vitamin A increased the levels of this impo…
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Dinavance Kyomuhendo: A Self-Made Entrepreneur and Biofortification Champion from Uganda
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Dinavance Kyomuhendo, 43, from the Nalweyo sub-county in the Kakumiro district, Uganda, is a single…
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Africa’s processed food revolution and the double burden of malnutrition
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BY SWATI MALHOTRA AND ROB VOS In recent decades, economic growth in Africa south of…
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Low-cost technology boosts women’s livelihoods amidst pandemic in Bangladesh
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Through disruption to aquatic food value chains, the COVID-19 pandemic has jeopardized the livelihoo…
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Banking on indigenous seed: investing in a healthier future
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Vihiga, Kenya: researchers and farmers have established a community seedbank to cultivate traditiona…
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‘Bringing a change’ in women’s equitable involvement in aquaculture
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This blogpost highlights 2020 research outputs of the WorldFish gender theme as part of the…
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6 aquatic food system innovations transforming women’s livelihoods
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WorldFish’s Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health, Aquatic Food Systems, and Vice Chair of…
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Far-reaching impact of technology and innovation: Saving time, boosting income and reducing household conflict in Zimbabwe and beyond
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Simple agricultural innovations, such as soil probes to detect water and salinity levels at differen…
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African women join forces to overcome COVID-19 challenges in aquatic food systems
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Across Africa, women working in aquatic food value chains are banding together to support their…
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Model: Impact of falling remittances amid COVID-19 on Yemen’s war-torn economy
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BY DALIA ELSABBAGH, SIKANDRA KURDI AND MANFRED WIEBELT The day-to-day hardships of the COVID-19 pand…
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