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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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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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The recipe for better food systems
12.06.19-
Nutrition
How food is produced, consumed, and how much is lost or wasted shapes the health…
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Top shelf: Who has access to the healthiest processed foods?
11.06.19-
Health
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Nutrition
In 2013, Mexico had the fourth highest sales of ultra-processed products worldwide. This is indicati…
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System uses plants to lure fall armyworm away from maize fields
04.06.19-
Food security
Climate conditions in Nepal are suitable for the establishment of fall armyworm, which could cause…
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A burning issue: How sustainable agriculture is helping mitigate air pollution in South Asia
04.06.19-
Environmental health
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Food security
Pollution has become a part of our daily life: particulate matter in the air we…
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Slow-release nitrogen fertilizers measure up
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Maize, rice and wheat are the major staple crops in Nepal, but they are produced…
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Fodder for thought
31.05.19A recent study shows the slow adoption of conservation agriculture practices in sub-Saharan Africa,…
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Shifting to a demand-led maize improvement agenda
29.05.19Partners of the Stress Tolerant Maize for Africa (STMA) project held their annual meeting May…
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Breaking Ground: Mechanization expert Jelle Van Loon goes as far as creativity allows
29.05.19“First and foremost I’m an agricultural engineer; I just happen to have a high affinity…
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Rebuttal letter sets the record straight on crop breeding for climate change resilience
28.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
In early 2019, an article published by European climate researchers in the Proceedings of the Nat…
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SRFSI: The West Bengal story
27.05.19In India’s state of West Bengal, the success of men and women farmers and agri-entrepreneurs…
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Tracing maize landraces, 50 years later
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Biodiversity
The fascinating diversity of maize in Mexico is rooted in its cultural and biological legacy…
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Policy outreach to mainstream SIMLESA learning: Q&A with Paswel Marenya
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Environmental health
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Food security
The Sustainable Intensification of Maize-Legume Systems for Food Security in Eastern and Southern Af…
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New study identifies best agronomic practices to reduce fall armyworm damage
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Environmental health
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Food security
The fall armyworm, an invasive insect-pest native to the Americas, has caused significant damage to…
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Research busts common myths about agricultural labor in Africa, suggests a shift in mechanization policy
25.04.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
New farm-level research into agricultural labor in eastern and southern Africa found that a lack…
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CIMMYT and Clinton Foundation launch partnership to improve access to climate-resilient maize seed in eastern and southern Africa
22.04.19-
Food security
Working together to improve access to and availability of climate-resilient maize varieties in easte…
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To manage El Nino-related crop distress in eastern and southern Africa, invest in drought-tolerant seeds and better soil and water care
17.04.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
To mitigate the impact of the current drought affecting millions of farmers living in Kenya…
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Breaking Ground: Tawanda Mashonganyika unites crop breeders and market experts for more impactful varieties
10.04.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The low rate at which farmers adopt improved varieties is one of the biggest obstacles…
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Cobs & Spikes podcast: Striving for higher quality, more nutritious maize
05.04.19-
Health
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Nutrition
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, over 800 million people are consi…
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