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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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Experimental Auctions of Sweetpotato vines in the Great Lake Region: the use of a tool to contribute to understanding farmers demand for seed
01.12.23-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
On 1-2 November 2023, the International Potato Center (CIP), through the OneCGIAR’s Seed Equal Ini…
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ASEAN-CGIAR workshop reviews use of Vietnam's biodiversity to promote resilience
30.11.23-
Biodiversity
A workshop to promote the use of agrobiodiversity in transforming Vietnam’s food systems towards m…
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Exciting news for potato lovers in Vietnam: Introducing HCIP210 a result of a successful public-private partnership between CIP and HZPC
15.11.23-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Are you a fan of potatoes? Well, we’ve got some fantastic news for you! Vietnam…
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IPRaDA: Transforming potato value chain in Ethiopia
16.10.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Ethiopia is on the cusp of a transformative shift in potato farming that promises sustainable…
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Unlocking prosperity: The National Potato Strategy for Nigeria
13.10.23-
Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
October 2023 (Jos Plateau, Nigeria) The National Potato Strategy for Nigeria was launched to usher…
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The Rwanda National Seed Congress paves the way for sustainable seed industry growth
18.09.23-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The inaugural Rwanda National Seed Congress, which took place from 31st July to 1st August…
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CGIAR Research and Innovation on Root and Tuber Crops: Key in Africa’s Solutions to Agrifood Systems Transformation
14.09.23The post CGIAR Research and Innovation on Root and Tuber Crops: Key in Africa’s Solutions…
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Digitizing the gender: transformative and integrated Agriculture-Nutrition-Marketing interventions for efficient extension and communication services in Northern Ghana
11.09.23-
Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
In the ever-evolving landscape of rural extension and community development, adopting digital data c…
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Combating malnutrition with a nutrient-packed breakthrough
28.08.23In a world where nutritious food is often out of reach for many, a ray…
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Uganda: Refugee, host communities find relief and stability in Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato
20.08.23The post Uganda: Refugee, host communities find relief and stability in Orange-fleshed Sweetpotato a…
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Reaching humanitarian and neglected places with the nutritious and resilient sweetpotato: The case of the Cyclone Idai in Manica and Sofala Provinces, Mozambique
19.08.23The post Reaching humanitarian and neglected places with the nutritious and resilient sweetpotato: T…
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Madagascar: Anti-malnutrition initiative targeting drought-affected populations exceeds expectations in 18 months
19.08.23After a four-year drought and repeated cycles of food crises that left hundreds of thousands…
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Relief group travels hundreds of kilometers to feed school children in Cameroon, braving roadblocks to grow orange-fleshed sweetpotato in conflict-affected areas
17.08.23-
Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
Two humanitarian staff recount their two-day road trip in the Northwest conflict-stricken region of …
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Haiti: Improving the sweetpotato seed system in a challenging humanitarian environment
17.08.23-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Sweetpotato, a hardy and nutritious crop, holds immense potential in addressing food security and nu…
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IITA and CIP provide Eastern DRC relief efforts with RTB planting materials
16.08.23-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Access to quality planting materials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of…
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Discovering hope: Potato and sweetpotato technology transforming lives in drought and conflict-affected Ethiopia
16.08.23The post Discovering hope: Potato and sweetpotato technology transforming lives in drought and confl…
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Kenya leads Eastern Africa with release of climate-adaptive and nutritious purple-fleshed sweetpotato variety
31.07.23The post Kenya leads Eastern Africa with release of climate-adaptive and nutritious purple-fleshed s…
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CIP contributes to policy discourse on accelerating economic growth and development for arid and semi-arid counties in Kenya
13.07.23-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The International Potato Center (CIP) participated in the 6th Kenya Institute for Public Policy Rese…
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