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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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Food systems approach key to balancing biodiversity, livelihoods
26.03.21-
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A food systems approach led the extraordinary recovery of hilsa fish stocks while boosting the…
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COVID-19 and other shocks facing Papua New Guinea's food economy
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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted urban and rural households throughout Papua New Guinea (PNG). Loo…
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Building resilient aquatic food livelihoods in Myanmar
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WorldFish researchers are working alongside small-scale aquatic food producers and value chain actor…
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Over 5000 rice value chain actors in Senegal to benefit from youth-focused COVID-19 response
23.03.21-
Gender equality
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Saint Louis - Senegal, 23 March 2021 To support the government of Senegal’s efforts in…
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Investing in rural women farmers narrows the gender gap in agriculture
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The glaring inequality between men and women farmers in the African agricultural sector is alarming…
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Beyond social-ecological traps: Pathways to a sustainable future
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The artist John Olsen is known for his depictions of Australian landscapes through rich paths…
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Women hold the seeds of a stronger food system for Peru / Las mujeres alimentarán nuestro futuro
17.03.21-
Gender equality
An abbreviated version of this op-ed was first published by El Comercio in Peru on…
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Innovating Zambia’s aquaculture sector boosts food security
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Aquatic foods caught and harvested in inland waters have long been an important part of…
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Women Custodians Safeguard the Future of Our Food
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The Andean region is the center of origin of many nutritious, diverse foods, including native…
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Recognizing the Agricultural Efforts of Women
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On average, 43 percent of the agricultural labor force is made up of women, and…
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The heat never bothered me anyway: Gender-specific response of agricultural labor to climatic shocks in Tanzania
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As the magnitude, intensity, and frequency of weather extremes increases uncertainty and risks to l…
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Collective effort, irrespective of gender, need of the day for better, safer workplaces for women
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Gender parity cannot be achieved by putting the onus of it on one gender; joint…
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Special training sessions initiated for young women and hearing-impaired youth in Ghana
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To unlock the potential of youth in agriculture, we need targeted, inclusive interventions that appe…
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Low-cost technology boosts women’s livelihoods amidst pandemic in Bangladesh
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Through disruption to aquatic food value chains, the COVID-19 pandemic has jeopardized the livelihoo…
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The invisible generation holding the key to Africa’s future food security
10.03.21-
Gender equality
authored by Esther Njuguna-Mungai This op-ed was first published by AllAfrica.com on March 8, 2021.…
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To close its labor gender gap, India must address its data gap
10.03.21-
Gender equality
authored by Ranjitha Puskur This op-ed was first published by Al Jazeera on March 8,…
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New approaches to breed more inclusive crop varieties
09.03.21-
Gender equality
New crop varieties can help farmers thrive in difficult agricultural conditions, feed families and c…
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‘Bringing a change’ in women’s equitable involvement in aquaculture
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This blogpost highlights 2020 research outputs of the WorldFish gender theme as part of the…
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