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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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How over 500 women in south India built sustainable livelihoods in face of drought
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POWERGRID-ICRISAT project in Karnataka empowers through integrated watershed management Farm-depende…
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A blueprint for South-South cooperation in agriculture
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India’s strides in agricultural science innovations can greatly benefit African nations, enhancing…
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High demand for climate info in farm planning
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Climate-specific guidance is critical to crop planning ahead of monsoon this year for farmers of…
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Farmers in Tanzania urged to embrace drought tolerant crops
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Against the backdrop of changing climatic conditions in Africa, scientists, administrators and seed …
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Strengthening ties to secure farm livelihoods in Niger
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Niger is among the youngest nations in the world with two-thirds of its population under…
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India’s first ‘high oleic’ groundnut varieties ready to go commercial
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Will serve up healthier oil with longer shelf life After eight years of collaborative work,…
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Niger Minister meets India’s senior agriculture officials
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
To strengthen ties between Niger and India in areas of agriculture, Mr Ibrahima Guimba-Saïdou, Mini…
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From ‘ABC’ to the ‘Ds’ of agriculture – Digital, Disruption and Dissemination
17.05.19Experts at the 11th ICT4D Conference called for global cooperation in digital agriculture Informatio…
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Representatives from Eight Asian Countries Meet to Tackle Fall Armyworm
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Over 100 participants from eight South and South-East Asian countries attended today the “Regional…
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Global team cracks genetic code to develop high-yielding, climate resilient chickpea
30.04.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Research also maps the center of origin and migration route of chickpea In a major…
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The stories of ‘sorghum’ Agatha and ‘seed’ Mary
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Why linking with the private sector is important for the AVISA project Passion can be…
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Giving youth roots and wings for a better agricultural future in Kenya
12.04.19-
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Programs provide income-generation opportunities for young Kenyan farmers From equipping young women…
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An Innovative messaging tool helps South India’s groundnut farmers post impressive yields
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An advisory tool, scalable for any number of farmers, has shown immense potential in facilitating…
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Seed companies in West Africa eye pearl millet hybrid with 70% higher yield potential
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Biodiversity
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A newly developed pearl millet hybrid, with 70% yield-gain potential and high disease resistance, ha…
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The ‘smart food’ women of Kenya sing a nutritious tune
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Nutrition
How do you switch back to more nutritious and climate smart food? Making it fun…
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Breaking barriers for climate-smart crop adoption in Kenya
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Paving the way for development of a reliable seed distribution model, a nationwide program has…
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Chapatis of pearl millet for a changing climate
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The people of rural India love their bajra chapatis. These flatbreads made of pearl millet flour a…
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Climate-smart technologies to build resilience in agriculture of Niger, Mali
29.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Two projects were recently launched to adopt climate-smart agricultural technologies in Niger and Ma…
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