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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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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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Drought-prone landscape turns green
31.07.20-
Environmental health
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Food security
Kalahandi district in Odisha, India, has suffered from repeated droughts and famines for several dec…
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Enabling Niger farmers to turn seed producers
31.07.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
An intensive training workshop for aspiring seed producers in Niger equipped them with necessary kno…
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New project aims to improve food and nutritional security for 120,000 households in West and Central Africa
31.07.20-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A recently launched project, with a focus on iron- and zinc-fortified hybrids and open-pollinated va…
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Adding value to smallholder farming in Malawi
31.07.20-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Smallholder farmers in Malawi, with support from a seed development project and government initiativ…
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Better dietary options for healthier children
23.07.20-
Health
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Nutrition
In rural Malawi, over 16,000 people, including young children, have benefited from ‘Care Groups’…
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Soil health key priority for better livelihoods of Odisha farmers
23.07.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Under an extensive soil health mapping program in Odisha state, India, over 40,200 soil samples…
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New groundnut variety with high oil, high pod yields released in central India
20.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Photo: Dr Shrikant L Sawargonkar, IGKV, observing state multilocation trials in Raipur (2019). ICRIS…
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New groundnut variety with high oil, high pod yields released in Central India
17.07.20-
Food security
A new groundnut variety, with 28% higher yields of oil and pods compared to zonal…
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Low-cost drought-proofing strategies help farmers in southern India
15.07.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Collaborative project with Power Grid Corp of India has significant scale-out potential Technologies…
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6 Ideas to transform food systems in a post-COVID-19 India
15.07.20-
Food security
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Health
The ongoing health crisis around COVID-19 has raised global concerns on food and nutrition security.…
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Farmer cooperatives across West and Central Africa help expand access to improved seeds, boosting yields
13.07.20Photo: Mr Fousseyni Mariko, seed producer, President of the Cooperative Djiguifa in Solabougouda wit…
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Legume farmer fab labs design seeds that work for family farms, women and the market.
13.07.20Photo: A Diama, ICRISAT Protein and micronutrient-packed legumes like cowpea, groundnut, beans or ch…
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Malian farmer sets an example as a successful seed producer
13.07.20Photo: Mrs. Aminata Diawara and her daughter showing samples of their sorghum produce. (ICRISAT) Far…
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New chickpea varieties on the way
13.07.20Photo: A chickpea crop in fruit at a demonstration field in Phalombe district (ICRISAT) Three…
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Taking technology to farmer collectives in India, the startup way
10.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Eight ICRISAT-incubated startups recently showcased their technologies to support farm livelihoods a…
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Farmer cooperatives across West and Central Africa help expand access to improved seeds, boosting yields
10.07.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A farmers’ cooperative in Mali has experienced a significant increase in production of quality see…
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New chickpea varieties on the way
10.07.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
Three new improved varieties of chickpea – adapted to local conditions – have been identified…
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Legume farmer fab labs design seeds that work for family farms, women and the market.
10.07.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
Protein and micronutrient-packed legumes like cowpea, groundnut, beans or chickpea are important cro…
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