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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-
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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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Young CIMMYT scientist receives 2022 Japan Award for global research to combat wheat aphids
24.11.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
International science to save wheat — a crucial food grain for 2.5 billion of the…
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Crown-of-thorns seastar named after WorldFish scientist
23.11.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
A crown-of-thorns seastar native to the Red Sea was this week named after WorldFish’s John…
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Accelerating agronomic research through local partnerships: highlights of Africa RISING feedback and stakeholder meetings
21.11.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
By Michael Kinyua and Job Kihara The Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next…
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Strengthening land use planning and governance for improved drought response and livelihood benefits in Kenya
11.11.22-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Land access and ownership rights among pastoral communities living in arid and semi-arid areas in…
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Plant health data is critical for effective policy change
10.11.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
With rising demand for food, it is more critical than ever to address the challenge…
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Zambia officials promote sustainable maize cropping practices for small-scale farmers
08.11.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
For the first time in Zambia, a special Ministry of Agriculture committee has endorsed innovative…
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COP27 can help the world achieve blue prosperity
05.11.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
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Nutrition, health & food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The transition to a green economy may be fundamental to the survival of people and…
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CIMMYT project helps educate farmers in Zimbabwe on seed practices and improved varieties
26.10.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center is working with its partners to support farmers…
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La revolution des algues: A seaweed revolution for a new future in sustainable food systems
17.10.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Seaweed left an indelible mark during the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit and the 2021…
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CIMMYT delivers seed to Svalbard Global Seed Vault
14.10.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
The Ambassador of Mexico to Norway, Ulises Canchola Gutiérrez, delivered a deposit from the Interna…
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Podcast: Facing a new normal for agricultural extension in Bicol Region, Philippines
12.10.22-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Climate change means increasingly unpredictable and extreme weather conditions, with farmers some of…
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Is uptake of rust-resistant wheat linked to gender equality?
10.10.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
Farmers, development practitioners and scientists gathered at Tropentag 2022 between September 14-…
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Partnerships crucial for protecting plant health
06.10.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
CGIAR research centers involved in the OneCGIAR Plant Health Initiative joined forces at the Interna…
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Wild, Edible, and Nutritious! Research and recipes reveal the benefits of regional Turkish plants
06.10.22-
Biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Visit any of Türkiye’s regions and you will find diverse plants growing in uncultivated areas…
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Aquatic foods’ seat at the table
05.10.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Nutrition, health & food security
Where do aquatic foods fit in the ongoing quest to provide essential nutrition to the…
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Integrated approaches needed to address declining freshwater storage
29.09.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Much more work is needed to better understand and address our planet’s dwindling freshwater storag…
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Strengthening the voices of small-scale fishers for change
27.09.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Coastal small-scale fisheries provide food, nutrition and a way of life for millions of women…
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Weather data and crop disease simulations can power predictions of wheat blast outbreaks, new study shows
26.09.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Cutting-edge models for crops and crop diseases, boosted by high-resolution climate datasets, could …
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