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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-
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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Back to the future with rice-fish agroecosystems
09.11.20-
Environmental health
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Nutrition
Important research on how integrated rice-fish production can improve food security and climate resi…
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Farmers flock towards nutritious, orange maize
06.11.20-
Nutrition
At seed fair in Masvingo District, Zimbabwe, farmers browse numerous displays of maize, sorghum, mil…
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How can I optimize my breeding scheme?
04.11.20-
Food security
New series of manuals developed by EiB is a practical guide to designing crossing, evaluation…
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Paper: Conceptualizing COVID-19’s impacts on household food security
04.11.20-
Food security
The COVID-19 pandemic impacts food security in a number of ways, from disrupting food systems…
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New research in Vietnam shows holistic approach to school-based interventions required to promote healthy eating among children
04.11.20-
Health
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Nutrition
A new research study by scientists from Vietnam's National Institute of Nutrition and the CGIAR…
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IWMI receives the 2020 GEO Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Award
04.11.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
This is in recognition of the Index-Based Flood Insurance (IBFI) product developed by IWMI scientist…
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Flattening the curve on foodborne illness and its costs in Africa
04.11.20-
Food security
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Health
BY STEVEN JAFFEE AND DELIA GRACE Third of a series of blog posts on the…
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Boosting African agricultural growth and transformation: The importance of producer organizations
03.11.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY FLEUR WOUTERSE AND AMY FAYE Second in a series of blog posts on the…
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In search of effective support for agricultural mechanization in Africa
03.11.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Rising food demand and a shrinking rural labor pool have made the need for tractors…
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Farming Families Worldwide Are Increasingly Growing More Than One Biofortified Crop
02.11.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
The global nutrition community, increasingly focused on holistic approaches to improving diets, is p…
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What really counts for farmers – not just the seed, but also where and how to source it
02.11.20-
Food security
Understanding farmers’ preferences and priorities when it comes to selecting seed is critical to e…
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One Health in action: Research by ILRI and partners improves the health of people, animals and the environment
01.11.20-
Health
The current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has brought into sharp focus the interconnectedn…
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Aflatoxin rapid detection technology wins Big Data Inspire Challenge 2020
30.10.20-
Health
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Nutrition
A little box that can predict the amount of harmful aflatoxin contained in a handful…
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In search of effective support for agricultural mechanization in Africa
30.10.20-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY HIROYUKI TAKESHIMA, XINSHEN DIAO AND PATRICK OHENE ABOAGYE First of a series of blog…
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How to ensure access to healthy diets for all: a clarion call for One CGIAR
30.10.20-
Nutrition
Guest blog by Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) At …
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Growing cities, growing food insecurity: How to protect the poor during rapid urbanization
29.10.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY MARIE RUEL The 2020 State of Food and Nutrition Security in the World (SOFI) estimates that…
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Behavior change communication in conflict zones: Program leads to improved breastfeeding and water treatment practices in Yemen
27.10.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
BY SIKANDRA KURDI AND SARAH EDWARDS In the world’s most dangerous conflict zones, a child…
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Can citizen science help to fill hydrology data gaps in Ethiopia?
27.10.20-
Food security
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Nutrition
IWMI conducted a qualitative study to investigate the possibilities of embedding a citizen science a…
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