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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 countries from Asia and the Pacific join Seeds Without Borders Initiative
28.11.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
(Thimphu, Bhutan, 23 November 2022) – During the two-day workshop on “Seeds Without Borders,” …
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USAID highlights Bayer-IRRI DSR collab at COP27
16.11.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On 11 November, USAID Administrator Samantha Power reaffirmed USAID’s commitment to the Agricultur…
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Yield advantage and economic performance of rice–maize, rice–soybean, and maize–soybean intercropping in rainfed areas of Western Indonesia with a wet climate
14.11.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The goals of smallholders in rainfed areas are generally to reduce risks, generate income, and…
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AMAF endorses ASEAN-CGIAR agri-food systems regional program
14.11.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
(Vientiane, LAOS) – As part of the efforts to help make ASEAN agri-food systems more…
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Potential of underutilized crops to introduce the nutritional diversity and achieve zero hunger
08.11.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
Most underutilized crops are meagrely cultivated in hunger-prone regions and have the potential to a…
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Asian Mega-Deltas Initiative builds learning alliance to address climate change issues in the Mekong Delta
08.11.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
To form a learning alliance that has an interest to address climate-related issues in the…
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Adoption trend of climate-resilient rice varieties in Bangladesh
25.10.22-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The adoption of stress-tolerant versions of popular rice cultivars can enable farming communities to…
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International crop science conference tackled how to innovate to offer solutions for food security under climate change impact
18.10.22-
Food security
(SEOUL, South Korea, 18 October 2022) – Innovation in crop science research became front and…
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How does colonial heritage segment food markets? Evidence from rice consumers in Mauritania
04.10.22-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A key contribution of this study is the evaluation of consumer rice preferences—segments whose pre…
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Evaluation of in vitro digestion methods and starch structure components as determinants for predicting the glycemic index of rice
03.10.22-
Nutrition
Shift in dietary practices and lower energy expenditure brought about by various socio-economic deve…
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Cluster-based Farmer Field School in the polders of the coastal zone of Bangladesh: improving effectiveness of extension approach
30.09.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
By Manoranjan Kumar Mondal, Mary Ann Batas, Muhammad Humayoun Kabir, and Sudhir Yadav Bangladesh has…
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Vietnam’s first ‘AGRITECHNICA ASIA Live’: An International Success
22.09.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
CAN THO, Vietnam, September 1, 2022) - Almost 4,000 attendees; 80 companies with machinery demonstra…
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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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The importance of market signals in crop varietal development: Lessons from Komboka rice variety
19.09.22-
Nutrition, health & food security
In Kenya, Komboka can enhance food and nutrition security by increasing local rice production which…
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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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IRRI joins the United Nations Global Compact Initiative
12.09.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
IRRI is committed to the UN Global Compact initiative’s pursuit of a sustainable future. The…
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