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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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No Stones, No Grit! A game-changing technology to process small grain introduced in Zimbabwe
12.03.24-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
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Social inclusion
In Zimbabwe, the traditional, laborious, and time-consuming small grain processing may soon b…
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How Kenya’s plant breeding stations are investing in women in science
04.03.24-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Also published in Farmers Review Africa, Smart Farmer Kenya, and included in Peoples' Daily, "Challe…
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Women farmers turn the tide on soybean production
04.03.24-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
From the rich plateau landscapes of Angonia district in the Tete province of Mozambique…
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Farmers Empowered: Accra Workshop Tackles Climate Challenges with Crop-Climate Modeling
29.02.24-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
In a week-long intensive workshop, researchers, agricultural stakeholders, and early-career scientis…
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Product Design Teams (PDTs): A client-oriented approach to defining market segments and target product profiles
29.02.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Seed product market segmentation (SPMS) and target product profiles (TPPs) are the backbone f…
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Reaching farmers in Zambia
16.02.24-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
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Social inclusion
It is challenging to disseminate information across far-flung areas of rural Zambia as extension off…
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Preservation of agrobiodiversity in Colombia: CGIAR’s Nature-Positive Solutions Initiative trains smallholder farmers in the conservation of Colombian native maize seeds
15.02.24-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health & biodiversity
By Sylvanus Odjo and Jessica González Regalado, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Co…
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Heat tolerant maize hybrids: a pursuit to strengthen food security in South Asia
02.02.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
After a decade of rigorous effort, CIMMYT, along with public-sector maize research institutes and pr…
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Wheat blast spread globally under climate change modeled for the first time
01.02.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Climate change poses a threat to yields and food security worldwide, with plant diseases…
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Soybean rust threatens soybean production in Malawi and Zambia
25.01.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Soybeans are a significant source of oil and protein, and soybean demand has been…
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Tackling fall armyworm with sustainable control practices
25.01.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Typically looking like a small caterpillar growing up to 5 cms in length, the…
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Examining how insects spread toxic fungi
23.01.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 10% of the global population suffers from food…
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CIMMYT scientists recognized for significant research impact
18.01.24-
Social inclusion
CIMMYT applies high quality science to develop more resilient agrifood systems. This year three scie…
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Afriseed: How improved legume seed can help transform Zambia’s agrifood systems
17.01.24-
Nutrition, health & food security
In Zambia, smallholder farmers obtain their seed from a variety of sources. Over 75…
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Every drop of water matters: Leading global research institutes ally to aid farmers in dry and saline ecosystems
10.01.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
An award-winning not-for-profit agricultural research center recognized for its work on susta…
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Transforming rural agriculture with improved seed and mechanization
09.01.24-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
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Social inclusion
More than 1,300 smallholder farmers, across the Mwenezi and Masvingo districts of Zimbabwe, braved t…
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Combatting maize lethal necrosis in Zimbabwe
08.01.24-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Maize is a staple crop in Zimbabwe, playing a vital role in the country’s agricultural…
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Sowing seeds of change: CIMMYT leads crop diversification efforts in South Asia
04.01.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Rapid urbanization, globalization, economic development, technological advancement, and changing agr…
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