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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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The pandemic, labour migration and the roles of small-scale farming in rural Vietnam
17.12.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The impacts of COVID-19 have been various and multi-fold, reaching into every sector of our…
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Policy seminar: Prospects for reforming agricultural support as WTO MC12 approaches
16.12.21-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY SWATI MALHOTRA The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted trade of food and farm products, and…
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Aspirations and women's empowerment: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
09.12.21-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY KATRINA KOSEC AND LUCIA CARRILLO Do ambitious women tend to be more empowered in…
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ICT2Scale demonstrates the vital importance of ICT tools for dryland farmers
02.12.21-
Big data
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
To fill gaps in essential data informing decisions at the farm level, the ICT2Scale…
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In the Spotlight: Faridul Haque
30.11.21-
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WorldFish researcher Faridul Haque explains how his work can lead to gender transformative change wi…
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ICARDA’s livestock-based innovation success story gets an award
24.11.21-
Food security
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Gender equality
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ICARDA’s work on Community-Based Breeding Programs in Ethiopia is carried out as part of t…
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The future of potatoes in Georgia is youthful business
22.11.21-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Giorgi Khitarishvili started potato farming with his parents when he was five years old, living…
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World Toilet Day 2021: An interview with Olufunke Cofie
19.11.21-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Leadership and governance systems must provide an enabling environment for the scaling of improved s…
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Book launch: The road towards WTO MC12 for Latin America and the Caribbean
14.11.21-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY THOMAS WHAMOND With the approach of the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference (WTO MC12) Nov.…
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Better market intelligence to drive the future of genetic innovation in crops
08.11.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
While the technology for breeding better crop varieties has enabled veritable leaps and bounds ove…
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Rice-potato rotations increase profitability and food production
03.11.21-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Adding a winter crop of potatoes to rice cultivation can increase farm profitability and food…
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The power of partnership: Working with NARS to increase impact
27.10.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
At the International Potato Center (CIP), our work is conducted through partnerships with the publ…
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Country workshops to discuss the future of CGIAR research in CWANA
26.10.21-
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Building on the July CWANA consultations, CGIAR led by Mr. Aly Abousabaa - Regional Director…
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Using the new IMF Special Drawing Rights for larger purposes: Guaranteeing ‘pandemic recovery bonds’
22.10.21-
Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY EUGENIO DÍAZ-BONILLA International Monetary Fund (IMF) members and staff must be congratulated f…
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Tools and training to increase farmer access to quality seed
21.10.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Sweetpotato is a highly productive crop and orange-fleshed varieties are an excellent source of vita…
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Economic workshop: Fostering China’s integrated urban-rural development
19.10.21-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
BY QIYUN HUANG China faces ongoing challenges integrating the economies of its rural and urban…
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Perfecting the potato, with help from Peru’s farmers
16.10.21-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
This World Food Day, the International Potato Center (CIP) announced a new disease-resistant potato …
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Rural women revolutionize the fight against malnutrition in Odisha, India
15.10.21-
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Linking locally-sourced aquatic foods with food and nutrition policies in the coastal state of …
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