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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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NEW STUDY: Sea Level Rise to Force 200,000 To Migrate from Bangladesh Coastal Areas
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Washington, D.C.: Increased soil salinity, due to climate change-induced rises in sea-levels, is lik…
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A closer look at gender relations in forest landscape restoration
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On this occasion of the International Day of Rural Women, Giulia Micheletti and Marlène Elias…
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Women’s hidden harvest: the AmaXhosa women and traditional culture survival practices
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On the occasion of International Day of Rural Women, Dr. Katie Tavenner takes us on…
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AfricaRice Annual Report 2017 focuses on effective targeting of research to respond to stakeholder needs
11.10.18-
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AfricaRice is pleased to announce the release of its Annual Report 2017, themed ‘More effective…
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Securing rights of indigenous peoples, local communities may curb global warming: Reaction to IPCC Report
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Implementing a coordinated global response to curb demand for energy and eliminate further deforesta…
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Erosion is eating away at African farms. Here’s why measuring the damage is so important
09.10.18-
Environmental health
With severe weather on the rise, farmers and downstream water users are being besieged by…
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Governing forests for sustainability: What works?
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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BOGOR, Indonesia (Forests News) — What can 19 reviews assessing 1,200 research articles spanning o…
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Playing a bigger role in global monitoring of SDGs
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Gender equality
UN Women’s 2018 flagship report on gender and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offers a…
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Blinding consumers to the true cost of soy?
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Environmental health
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BOGOR, Indonesia (Forests News) — Tofu, edamame, soy sauce – if this is what you…
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IFPRI Partnership on Small Scale Irrigation Research Extended Five More Years with $12.5 Million Grant
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October 5, Washington, D.C.: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced a f…
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New Papua Atlas tracks impact of plantations, roads on forests
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Environmental health
Indonesia - Thanks to its remote location and sparse population, Indonesian Papua, on the western…
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Planting trees on a stony hill: a story with pictures
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Researchers in Indonesia have produced an illustrated book to help farmers better understand researc…
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Refugees and the environment: the case of Arua
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Saving lives happens in emergencies but also over the long term. Researchers are calling for…
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Can Strengthening Women’s Influence in Land Use Decisions Lead to a Greater Adoption of Cocoa Agroforests?
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Over the last two decades in Latin America, cultural norms and laws have become more…
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Greenhouse gas emissions from dung patches in developing countries are ‘likely highly overestimated’—New report
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Cattle herding in Kenya (photo credit: CCAFS/Cecilia Schubert). A new research paper published by sc…
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IRRI and partners enhance farmer livelihood through new rice straw composting technique
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Rice straw is a natural byproduct of rice production. Each kilogram of milled rice produces…
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Can you imagine a world of waste-wise cities? Accra leads the way
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The challengeWaste is piling up in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, which is home to…
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El Salvador’s president urges U.N. support for decade of ecosystem restoration
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Environmental health
A major international effort to devote a decade to promoting the restoration and rehabilitation of…
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