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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
CGIAR29.05.25Photo 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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)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
CGIAR13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Ethio-Seed: A Hub to Democratize Seed Systems in Ethiopia
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)07.11.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
As part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a partnership between the Ethiopian Government,…
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Changing perspectives: Putting Participatory Video into practice in Rwanda
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)07.11.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
Participatory video is a technique that puts cameras in the hands of farmers. Researchers Melissa…
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Enhancing Farmers' Resilience to Climate Change through CSA Demonstrations in Northern Ghana
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)06.11.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As Northern Ghana faces the severe impacts of prolonged droughts exacerbated by climate change, the…
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The Alliance at COP16: Cali hosts landmark biodiversity conference
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)06.11.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Scientific collaboration and innovation informed the UN Convention on Biological Diversity Conferenc…
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Measuring livestock's methane emissions with minimal disturbance and maximum ease
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)05.11.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Methane (CH4) is a super pollutant gas that is roughly 80 times more potent than…
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Farming, Food and Empowerment: The Journey of Malawi’s 'Homes Industries'
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)04.11.24-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
In 2016, Victoria Mwafulirwa took her first steps into Malawi's small-scale agrifood processing land…
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Achieving Economic Balance with Regenerative Agriculture
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)01.11.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
In the face of climate change, soil degradation and food insecurity, regenerative agriculture has em…
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Amid Typhoon Yagi’s onslaught, the Alliance commits to boosting climate resilience research in Vietnam and Laos
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)31.10.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As Asia’s strongest storm of 2024 ravaged parts of the region’s mainland, leaving billions in…
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Celebrating Our Seeds, Food, and Culture: Nyando Community Seed bank hosts the 3rd National Indigenous Seed and Food Fair in Kenya
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)30.10.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
Indigenous seeds often passed down through generations, are uniquely adapted to local environmental …
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Lotus for Agricultural Investment & Development and the Alliance together to Drive Agri-Tech Innovation in Egypt and MENA
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)29.10.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
October 29, 2024 - Lotus for Agricultural Investment & Development and the Alliance of Bioversit…
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Strengthening Climate Resilience of Ethiopia’s Smallholder Farmers: Bundled Climate-Smart Solutions for Agricultural Commercialization Clusters (ACCs)
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)29.10.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
To boost Ethiopia's agricultural sector, the government launched the Agricultural Commercialization …
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Agriculture must evolve from a source of biodiversity loss to a driver of environmental restoration and conservation
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)29.10.24-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As much as agriculture is blamed for being one of the primary drivers of biodiversity…
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What is digital sequence information’s role in agricultural research and benefit-sharing?
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)28.10.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
On the first day of COP16, the Alliance - together with the CGIAR Genebank Initiative…
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Colombia’s "Peace with Nature" global biodiversity conference can point to successful peacebuilding collaborations with CGIAR
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)28.10.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
When a peace agreement was reached in 2016 after 62 years of Colombia’s brutal conflict…
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Bundled technologies of beans, insects and fruit trees are poised to transform Africa’s agriculture
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)25.10.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
Funded by a CAD $20 million grant from Global Affairs Canada, BRAINS focuses on integrating…
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Multi-Donor Fund Unlocks Financing for Africa's Small and Medium-Sized Agricultural Enterprises
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)24.10.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
Norway and USAID also announced that Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) – a pioneering impa…
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Scaling Optimized Fertilizer Use for Sustainable Maize Farming
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)23.10.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
The event, organized under the Ukama Ustawi Initiative in Ethiopia, showcased the benefits of SSFR…
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Empowering Women and Youth Farmers in Tanzania Through Threshing Services
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)22.10.24-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
The Multi-Crop Thresher Machines (MCTs) Initiative - funded by the United States Agency for Internat…
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