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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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Achieving global biodiversity targets requires shifting food and land use system trajectories
22.10.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
The Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-use and Energy (FABLE) consortium brings countries togethe…
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Empowering Counties: Building Capacity for GHG Reporting in Kenya’s Crop Production
22.10.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Kenya's crop subsector plays a crucial role in the country's economy, but it is also…
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Colombia se suma al Tratado Internacional de Semillas para fortalecer su agricultura
22.10.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
En un mundo en constante transformación por factores naturales, económicos y sociales, la diversid…
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Sino-African synergies: An alliance for sustainable food systems
22.10.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
On August 26, 2024, in Dakar, Senegal, a historic meeting marked a turning point in…
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A Next-Generation Catalog of Cultivated Bananas
22.10.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
We are living in an incredible time of advances in genomics. Technology is revolutionizing how…
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Rural Women Empowerment in Eastern DRC Through the Beans Value Chain
21.10.24-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Rural women are the backbone of agricultural activities in Africa, playing critical roles not only…
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Celebrating Open Knowledge: the Alliance at International Open Access Week 2024
21.10.24-
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Since its inception in 2007, International Open Access Week has grown significantly, inspiring event…
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Announcement: 3rd International Agrobiodiversity Congress to be held in China
21.10.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
At the same time, it will: provide a platform for exchange and cooperation among policymakers,…
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Enhancing Sustainability of Community Seed Banks through Value Addition
21.10.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Community seed banks (CSBs) play a crucial role in conserving agricultural biodiversity, particularl…
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Peeling back the Layers: A groundbreaking study on how nutritious bananas could help fight vitamin A deficiency in Uganda
21.10.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
Vitamin A deficiency is a major health issue in Uganda, especially affecting young children and…
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Farmers as Guardians: Conserving Ghana's Minor Crops
21.10.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Ghana's rich agrobiodiversity is increasingly threatened by the decreasing use of traditional minor …
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The CSAIP: A stepping stone towards resilient agriculture in Senegal
18.10.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Senegal is transforming its agriculture in response to climate change with the Climate Smart Agricul…
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Burkina Faso: When science and politics unite for resilient agriculture
17.10.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Nestled in the heart of the Sahel, Burkina Faso is currently experiencing an unprecedented climate…
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Empowering Young Women: Cultivating the next generation of bean entrepreneurs in North Kivu, DRC
17.10.24-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Under the modest shelter of her mother's shed at Birere market in Goma, Deborah sells…
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Strengthening Agricultural Research: The Alliance and CCARDESA Sign an MoU
17.10.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and CCARDESA signed an MoU on October 10, 2024,…
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Living Fences Fortify Laotian Livestock farms
16.10.24-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Nestled in the tranquil Laotian Houayno village, three bulls bask in the morning quiet amid…
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Scaling up Neglected and Underutilized Crops across Africa: a multi-stakeholder platform drives collaboration
16.10.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
In July 2024, the SUSTLIVES project organized a regional workshop at Joseph KI-ZERBO University in…
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Tree tech: Growing a More Resilient Future
15.10.24-
Big data
Lucy Anyango Okumu is a farmer in Kenya’s western County of Siaya. She surveys a…
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