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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-
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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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New methods in implementing an irrigation scheme bring notable impact
16.11.18-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Efficient water use, higher crop yields and improved farmer incomes Impacts of huge investments in…
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New methods in implementing an irrigation scheme bring notable impact
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Efficient water use, higher crop yields and improved farmer incomes Impacts of huge investments in…
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Significant progress in pearl millet pre-breeding to develop drought- and blast-resistant varieties
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Environmental health
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Efforts to develop pearl millet with improved resistance to drought and blast disease recently got…
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Jakunbe: New sorghum variety making a difference in lives of Burkina Faso farmers
16.11.18-
Food security
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Nutrition
An improved, early-maturing sorghum variety is helping farmers in Burkina Faso attain nutritional an…
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Key to a healthy, sustainable world: Partnership and collaboration in agriculture
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Is the world prepared to feed nearly 10 billion people by 2050? What role do…
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Boosting confidence in farm innovations – Simulating impact with systems modelling tools
09.11.18-
Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Can farm earnings be estimated before doing anything on the ground? A new tool promises…
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New ways to engage farmers through social entrepreneurs
09.11.18-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A new initiative has begun to better support value chains where farmers’ welfare is one…
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How we work to ensure pest-free exchange of plant genetic resources
09.11.18-
Food security
Phytosanitation – prevention of introduction of plant pests into new areas – is critical to…
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A framework to identify suitable on-farm approaches to combat climate change
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Environmental health
Comparing ‘climate smart’ agricultural strategies just became easier. A framework that can lead …
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Digital disruption in agriculture
07.11.18-
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Agriculture in India contributes to about 17% of GDP but employs nearly 55% of the…
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Moving away from silos, working towards ‘synthesis’ of learnings
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Biodiversity
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A special ‘Synthesis’ issue that collates research outputs from participating CGIAR centers was …
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Nigerian Agriculture Minister endorses groundnut thresher
26.10.18-
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Nutrition
A motorized groundnut thresher is reducing drudgery for women farmers in rural Nigeria. Introduced i…
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Committed to Alleviating Malnutrition, India Declares Minimum Levels for Iron and Zinc in Pearl Millet
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The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has established minimum levels of iron and zinc…
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The future of land restoration is community-led, says WLE/ICRISAT at Tropentag
21.09.18-
Environmental health
Advancing the agenda of land restoration in Africa’s Sahel region, let alone globally, is no…
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New Chair for ICRISAT Governing Board
14.09.18-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Dr Paco Sereme, the Chair of ICRISAT Board’s Program Committee, will take over as the…
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Global endorsement of CGIAR work: IITA wins Africa Food Prize
14.09.18-
Environmental health
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The Africa Food Prize has been awarded to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IIT…
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ICRISAT awarded Microsoft’s AI for Earth grant to promote environmental sustainability
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
As part of its worldwide AI for Earth program, Microsoft has recently announced grants to…
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Digital Tools Paving the Way for a Better Future
04.09.18-
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
One of CGIAR’s largest, long-term funders and knowledge partners is the United States Agency for…
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