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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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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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Farmers, seed producers, crop breeders validate and identify suitable rice seed varieties for their farms in Mozambique
15.08.22-
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Stakeholders of the all-rice value chain gathered together to raise awareness on the newly-re…
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More sustainable solutions through global efforts on food security
15.08.22-
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The impacts of international agricultural research over the past 50 years show significant benefits …
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Strengthening the role of chicken genetics for sustainable poultry development in the tropics
12.08.22-
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The Tropical Chicken Genetics Solutions (TPGS) initiative and their partners held a two-day workshop…
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Integrated Assessment of Agricultural Livelihoods Systems
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A new ICARDA/GLDC-supported MSc course for Burkina Faso. ICARDA and the CGIAR Research Program on…
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Opportunities abound for investors in Africa's low-value species market, says WorldFish
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The organization is trying to create a climate-change resilient tilapia that can withstand higher oc…
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AfricaRice scientist wins 21st Century Hope Prize of Japan’s Niigata International Food Award
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Dr Kazuki Saito, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) Agronomist, has been named the 21st Century Hope…
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2022 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report: Repurpose agricultural subsidies to make healthy diets affordable, reduce rising hunger
02.08.22-
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2022 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report: Repurpose agricultural subsidies to…
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Farm-level cultivation of Golden Rice now at transplanting stage
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The initial farm-level cultivation of Golden Rice is now taking place on 40 hectares this…
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ASEAN AND CGIAR review research and innovation priority areas to address agriculture and food security challenges in the region
31.07.22-
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ASEAN and CGIAR stakeholders convened to build a stronger cooperation to address the various agricul…
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IRRI and CAAS jointly set up the Sanya International Rice Resource and Breeding Center in Hainan
29.07.22-
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The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and the International Rice Research Institute (I…
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The Russia-Ukraine grain agreement: What is at stake?
27.07.22-
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The Russia-Ukraine grain agreement: What is at stake? Joseph Glauber and David Laborde On July 22,…
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Securing a legacy for the IFAD Conservation Agriculture and Crop Livestock Project
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The Conservation Agriculture and Crop-livestock (CLCA) project was made possible through the financi…
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The impact of the International Rice Genebank on rice farming in Bangladesh
22.07.22-
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The findings of this study demonstrate the valuable contribution of IRG’s conservation and distrib…
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How to shockproof staples in a looming global food crisis
20.07.22-
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Empty shelfs in a Swiss grocery store. Photo Boris Dunand/Unsplash The conflict in Ukraine has…
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LAUNCHED! - F2R-CWANA Offers the World a Head Start in Climate Adaptation
20.07.22-
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The Initiative capitalizes on climate-smart innovation, biodiversity, and natural resources from a d…
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New study explores gendered barriers and opportunities in Kenya’s informal dairy sector
20.07.22-
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Informal milk trading in peri-urban Nairobi plays a key role in supporting both livelihoods and…
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Essential actions to mitigate the food crisis, stabilize supply and transition to greater agrifood system resilience
18.07.22-
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Wheat at a CIMMYT field trial. (Photo: H. Hernandez Lira/CIMMYT) As the Russia-Ukraine war continues…
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ICARDA at the International Exhibition and Forum on Afforestation Technologies
17.07.22-
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – last May, Dr. Mounir Louhaichi, ICARDA's Research Team Leader of Rangeland…
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