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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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The right time for the right place
30.09.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Wheat is a strategically important crop for Afghanistan because as a major source of nutrition…
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No end in sight yet for the global food price crisis
27.09.22-
Food security
No end in sight yet for the global food price crisis by Joseph Glauber, Manuel Hernández, David…
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Integrated initiative launches in Nepal, India and Bangladesh
21.09.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
CGIAR, in collaboration with government agencies and other relevant stakeholders, held country launc…
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How to make rice production more sustainable in Bangladesh?
20.09.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Researchers identified sustainable crop production models and technologies that farmers and research…
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SpeedBreed: A crop breeding center built for speed
19.09.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
The time it takes to develop new varieties of economically important crops like rice, wheat…
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ASEAN-CGIAR regional program being submitted to the 44th AMAF meet
14.09.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
After being successfully presented at the Special Senior Officials Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on…
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From Green Super Rice to green agriculture: Reaping the promise of functional genomics research
13.09.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
To enhance crop production in a sustainable manner, Green Super Rice (GSR) was proposed as…
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Experts call for cross-sectoral collaboration to tackle disease risks in changing food systems
12.09.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
The rapid transformation of food systems is creating unintentional infectious disease risks that wil…
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Game-changing digital tool galvanizes smallholder rice farming in Mali
07.09.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Climate change has made risks in agriculture more complex, but decision-support tools empower farmer…
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Exploring measures to curb the spread of African swine fever in northeast India
05.09.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Experts in India met at a recent regional workshop held on 8 July 2022 in…
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The response to the global food crisis must address the needs of women and girls
31.08.22-
Food security
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Gender equality
The response to the global food crisis must address the needs of women and girls…
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Reviewed: How do quality seed systems impact food and nutrition security?
30.08.22-
Food security
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Nutrition
In food system and nutrition research, only a handful of studies fully document how seed…
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Nepal releases seven new and improved rice varieties to increase domestic rice production
30.08.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The National Seed Board of Nepal has approved the release of seven new rice varieties…
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Hybrid extension approach promotes adoption of high-quality forages in Uganda
26.08.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
According to the Uganda Dairy Development Authority, annual milk production in the country increased…
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USAID-AfricaRice project sets the stage for a resilient, vibrant seed industry in Senegal
23.08.22-
Food security
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Gender equality
An innovative public-private partnership-based project, led by the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) w…
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Combatting the fertilizer crisis – an ICARDA Q&A
23.08.22-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Urea, phosphates, potash, nitrates, ammonia…while fertilizers might not be recognized by all, they…
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A glimpse into the gendered impacts of COVID-19 in rural Kenya
16.08.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
If you look at traffic in Nairobi or go to a market in many parts…
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IRRI commends Indonesia for strong efforts to achieve rice self-sufficiency
16.08.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
To acknowledge the efforts that Indonesia put into achieving rice self-sufficiency, the Internationa…
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