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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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From Struggle to Strength: Beatrice Alban Msafiri’s Journey of Resilience and Impact
26.09.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Beatrice Alban Msafiri - a single mother and Managing Director of BIVAC (T) Ltd in…
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New Laboratory Enhances Agricultural Resilience through Partnerships in Tanzania
25.09.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
A cutting-edge laboratory in Arusha, Tanzania, co-managed by the Tanzanian Agricultural Research Ins…
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Incorporación del enfoque de género en la investigación agropecuaria: taller y herramientas para la inclusión
24.09.24-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
En este contexto, se presentó la Caja de Herramientas para la incorporación del enfoque de…
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Organic Waste Recycling for a Sustainable Future in Kenya
24.09.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
With a rapidly growing urban population, many cities across the world are struggling to manage…
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Alternativas productivas sostenibles para la conservación de ecosistemas boscosos en Mesoamérica
24.09.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Mesoamérica tiene cinco grandes bosques: ecosistemas cruciales para la conservación y el tránsito…
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How Many Types of Vegetables Are There? A Complete Guide
23.09.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Vegetables are essential to a balanced diet, offering a wide range of essential nutrients including…
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Sustainability Policy for Smallholder Farmers: The Challenge
23.09.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
While intergovernmental organizations such as the European Union develop policies to curb deforestat…
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Leveraging CSA Multi-Stakeholder Platforms for Sustainable Investment and Action: Lessons from Eastern and Southern Africa
23.09.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Participants included representatives from government ministries, private sector organizations, and …
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Food Systems Transformation: from buzzword to political endeavor
23.09.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
Science is like the news media: it is attracted by trendy concepts, and it loves…
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Why are Kenyan farmers embracing nature and biodiversity?
20.09.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
LYANAGINGA VILLAGE OF VIGULU, Kenya – First-time visitors to this small community in Vihiga County…
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Feeding Senegal: Challenges and innovations in agri-nutrition
20.09.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
Food and nutrition insecurity pose major challenges in Senegal, particularly in rural areas where ad…
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Growing the Future: A Hands-On Teacher’s Guide to Reviving Forgotten Crops through Intergenerational Learning
20.09.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
Raising children's awareness of local food crops - particularly neglected and underutilized species …
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Emissions Reduction in the Colombian Amazon: The Case of Caquetá
18.09.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Colombia has been a pioneer in adopting ambitious policies that seek to meet its climate…
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Meet the women harnessing bean power to fight climate extremes
16.09.24-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
When Christella Ndayishimiye started weaning her baby, she could not find a flour that met…
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Enhancing Climate Resilience through Early Warning Systems in East Africa
11.09.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As the region braces for the October-December 2024 rainfall season, which is expected to be…
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Unpacking the ‘Food Systems’ Buzzword
11.09.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
Food systems come in many forms: from traditional to industrial, local to global, regenerative to…
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Himalayan Agroecology Initiative: Pioneering Sustainable Food Systems in the Himalayas
11.09.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
This multi-stakeholder initiative - backed by the global think tank 'World Future Council' and 'IFOA…
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Understanding Soil Biodiversity
04.09.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
What is soil biodiversity? Soil biodiversity is the variety of life forms found in the…
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