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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
CGIAR29.05.25Photo 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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)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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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
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)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
CGIAR13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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Animal Day: Five Freedoms to care the Fauna
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)04.10.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
For about 200,000 years, since humans became the dominant species, we have made many transformations…
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A guide to better tomorrow’s brew through regenerative coffee farming
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)02.10.23-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Climate change means we must change how we grow coffee For centuries, coffee has grown…
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What We Can Learn from the South-South China-Africa Science and Technology Cooperation and Innovation for Social and Economic Benefits Symposium
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)02.10.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
In a world where global challenges such as climate change, food security, and environmental degradat…
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Women are Key to Seed Sector Success in Africa
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)28.09.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
According to World Bank statistics, the female share of labor in crop production across Ethiopia,…
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Transforming Diets and Livelihoods through Kitchen Gardening in Busia County, Kenya
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)26.09.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Small scale farming is positively impacting millions of households in Eastern and Southern Africa (E…
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Funding this pioneering project in Colombia hailed ‘a very wise decision’ for the German government
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)25.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
A project aiming to advance climate change mitigation and peacebuilding in Colombia has received pra…
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Crop Diversity: A Tasty Way for Keeping Our Options Open
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)25.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Crop diversity is often overlooked in climate discussions, yet it's crucial to adaptation: we need…
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Merging High-tech and Ancient Water Management Systems for Global Food Security
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)25.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Today, we face a myriad of water-related challenges, ranging from water scarcity and drought (due…
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Cherishing crop diversity in a sea of sugarcane: inauguration of Uganda’s newest community seed bank
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)22.09.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Smallholder farmers here are largely immigrants from the West Nile region of Uganda who came…
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Transforming with Flavor: Cacao in Colombia, an ancestral symbol of peace
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)15.09.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Cacao - which has been a symbol of abundance since pre-Columbian civilizations - has found…
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Dala Rieko: Transforming Siaya County's Agriculture Scene with Climate-Smart Agriculture Innovations
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)14.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Dala Rieko: Nurturing Resilience in the Face of Climate Change Dala Rieko was born out…
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The Region of Opportunities: Sustainable Finance in Africa
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)12.09.23By: Godefroy Grosjean Last week, more than 3,000 delegates, including several African presidents, mi…
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Plant-based food alternatives could support a shift to global sustainability
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)12.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
According to the study just published in Nature Communications, additional climate and biodiversity …
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Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) Wins Africa Food Prize 2023
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)08.09.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
PABRA was chosen from a field of 496 nominees from 47 countries by a preeminent…
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Business Acceleration for Youth Project Awards 100 Grants to Youth Entrepreneurs
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)08.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Business Acceleration for Youth project implemented by Alliance of Bioversity International and …
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Concentric by Ginkgo and CGIAR International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) announce collaboration on pathogen surveillance
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)07.09.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
BOSTON and NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA), whic…
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Empowering Kenyan Counties to Unlock Climate Finance: A Capacity Building Approach
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)06.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The ability to undertake inclusive and participatory investment planning to access climate finance f…
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A win for beans, a win for Africa
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)06.09.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
On Thursday September 7th at the 13thAGRF Africa Food Systems Summit in Dar es Salaam,…
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