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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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Thinking fish: A prerequisite for multifunctional landscape management
30.09.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Two seminars convened by WorldFish, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Inte…
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Climate-smart agriculture practices influence weed density and diversity in cereal-based agri-food systems of western Indo-Gangetic plains
16.09.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA)-based management practices are evolving as a viable and sustainable …
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Increasing prosperity of small and marginal farmers calls for strong collaboration between IRRI, ICAR, and national research partners
03.09.21-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
A strong collaboration between the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and its national agr…
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IRRI and Learn.Ink launch interactive digital course on site-specific nutrient management
01.09.21-
Food security
31 August 2021, Los Banos - IRRI’s Rice Crop Manager (RCM) team launched a free…
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Agriculture scientists brainstorming session focuses on the climate-smart management of rice-based systems in India
26.08.21The Indian Council of Agricultural Research–Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR) and Inte…
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“Father of Hybrid Rice” Yuan Longping’s Legacy: An agricultural innovation that helps feed the world
24.05.21Rice is a staple food and provides 20% of the daily calorie needs of more…
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After COVID-19: Where next for Climate Resilient Agricultural Development in the Global South?
24.05.21Nafees Meah and Sheetal Sharma Global food production is required to increase between 50–70% by…
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IRRI welcomes new Board of Trustees’ Chair and Vice-Chair
20.05.21Following the successful terms of IRRI Board of Trustees (BOT) Chair Jim Godfrey and Vice-Chair…
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Vietnam’s MARD minister calls on promotion of climate-smart practices to reduce GHG emissions at COP26’s Ministerial Dialogue
10.05.2126 April 2021 - Mr. Le Minh Hoan, Leader of Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and…
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IRRI Announces New Leadership at IRRI SARC
04.01.21The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) announced last week the appointment of Dr. Sudhansh…
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Here's how to embed continuous improvement in your work
23.11.20-
Food security
Crop breeding programs are setting an example for how to examine and improve their work – while…
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Gender equality in food systems: the ‘new normal’
28.09.20-
Gender equality
CGIAR’s new platform designed to put gender equality at the forefront of global agricultural resea…
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Launch of CGIAR Gender Platform highlighted at African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF)
08.09.2007 September, Rwanda -- Women’s preferences, realities, and ambitions have rarely been at the fore…
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CGIAR launches Excellence in Agronomy 2030 to improve outcomes for smallholder farmers amidst climate change
08.09.2007 September, Rwanda -- Over 300 million smallholder farmers in developing countries bear the brunt…
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Policy Brief: Safeguarding Food Systems in Southeast Asia Amid COVID-19
16.06.20-
Food security
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Health
Since it was declared a pandemic by WHO on 11 March, COVID-19 has affected nearly…
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Special Feature: Eyes In The Sky, Farmers Rest Insured
15.06.20-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Odisha, India: Paddy farmers in Odisha look to the skies with the hope that rain…
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World Environment Day 2020 : Building biodiverse food systems for an inclusive and resilient future
05.06.20-
Biodiversity
5 June 2020 : ‘Biodiversity’ involves 8 million plant and animal species, the ecosystems…
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Policy Brief: Impact of COVID-19 on the Rice Value Chain (RVC) in Asia
01.06.20-
Food security
Lockdowns, shutdowns and other protection measures induced by the COVID-19-pandemic have disr…
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