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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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Bangladesh Government honors former IRRI Agronomist Dr. Md. M Abdul Mazid for contributions to Bangladeshi food security
16.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Dhaka, Bangladesh—25 March 2018—The government presented the “Swadhinata Padak 2018” award t…
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Canadian perspectives on the 2018 GFPR: Building women’s empowerment and food security
15.05.18-
Food security
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR “To achieve gender equality, we need to address social and economic power…
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IFAD conference: Can development really succeed if rural inequalities are rising?
14.05.18-
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Gender equality
BY HAZEL MALAPIT “Do policies to reduce rural poverty also reduce rural inequality? Should we…
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Women at the helm of change – one-on-one with the Kyanika Adult Women Group
14.05.18-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
Kyanika Adult Women Group has been a significant stakeholder in Bioversity International’s work in…
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STRASA’s innovative approach to faster adoption of modern rice varieties and technologies
13.05.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Developing new climate-resilient rice varieties and technologies is simply not enough to mitigate th…
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Transfer programs, child nutrition, and intimate partner violence
11.05.18-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
In this interview, recorded as part of our series "Why is social protection important for…
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2018 Global Report on Food Crises shows rising food insecurity, need to build resilience
11.05.18-
Food security
BY SARA GUSTAFSON In 2017, an estimated 124 million people faced crisis-level food insecurity or…
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IRRI shares Rice Crop Manager experience during the 10th ICT4D Conference
11.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Through partnership with national research partners, IRRI applies sustainable global solutions to lo…
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Planning workshop prepares researchers to scale out agricultural innovations
10.05.18-
Food security
Representatives of three teams whose proposals were successfully awarded funds from the CGIAR Resear…
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IRRI strengthens ties with DLG to boost farm mechanization in Myanmar
10.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
IRRI, through the Closing the Rice Yield Gap Project (CORIGAP-PRO) and and in partnership with…
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IndiaSpend.com: Even Without India’s Water Crisis, Doubling Farmers’ Income In 5 Years Impossible
10.05.18-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Currently a senior fellow at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Anand, Shah helm…
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Markets in Vietnam: A snapshot of transforming food systems
09.05.18-
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As part of our recent meetings in Vietnam, the A4NH team had the opportunity to…
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Clean seed systems for roots, tubers and bananas: What can Tanzania learn from the US?
08.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Kwame Ogero of the International Potato Center takes an in-depth look at the National Clean…
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Could a U.S. – China trade war lead to a new wave of land grabs?
08.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY CARIN SMALLER AND DAVID LABORDE A trade war is looming between the United States and…
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Low carbon rice in Latin America: What does it take to make this happen?
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Study explores how to cut emissions from one of the region’s most popular crops while…
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Disentangling natural resource management impacts – one evaluation at a time
04.05.18-
Environmental health
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Food security
BY DAVID J. SPIELMAN, KWAW ANDAM AND SIMRIN MAKHIJA Last week was a tough one for our…
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CORIGAP-PRO partners map out outscaling strategies for impact
04.05.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
IRRI, through the Closing Rice Yield Gaps Project (CORIGAP-PRO), has been working with partners to…
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Blockchain and the future of agricultural markets
03.05.18-
Big data
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Food security
Blockchain enthusiasts in agricultural and related industries are investigating its use in ensuring …
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