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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 data offers insights into rural poverty and undernutrition in Papua New Guinea
11.04.19-
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The dinghy ride up the Ramu River takes nine long hours, but my excitement mounted…
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IRRI, WorldFish, and IWMI commit to a food systems transformation in South and Southeast Asia
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The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), WorldFish, and the International Water Management …
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How countries around the world are leveraging agriculture to improve nutrition
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At times, engaging the agriculture sector to improve nutrition seems like an uphill battle. In…
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2019 Global Food Policy Report launch: Rural revitalization is key to ending hunger, improving livelihoods worldwide
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As the world faced a difficult 2018—with ongoing conflicts, climate-driven disasters, and politica…
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Kenyan agriculturist Su Kahumbu on the need for ‘pro-smallholder’ and ‘pro-soil’ policies
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Su Kahumbu with John Njure, a small-scale Kenyan dairy farmer (photo credit: iCow). TED Fellow…
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Improve soya bean yield
08.04.19-
Nutrition
SOYA bean has a high potential for income generation particularly for smallholder farmers who can…
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French agricultural research and CGIAR reinforce their scientific collaboration to the benefit of agriculture, food and climate change
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Laying a strong foundation for a joint plan of action between CGIAR and France to…
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Cobs & Spikes podcast: Striving for higher quality, more nutritious maize
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According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, over 800 million people are consi…
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Fighting hidden hunger with agricultural innovation
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Maize provides 15-16 percent of total calorie intake in Asia, Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa,…
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The ‘smart food’ women of Kenya sing a nutritious tune
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How do you switch back to more nutritious and climate smart food? Making it fun…
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• Report of the High-Level Ministerial Conference on rice: Delivering on Commitments to Transform Africa’s Rice Industry
02.04.19-
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This document presents the report of the High-Level African Ministerial Conference on Rice held in…
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Chapatis of pearl millet for a changing climate
29.03.19-
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The people of rural India love their bajra chapatis. These flatbreads made of pearl millet flour a…
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Diet diversification program aims to improve health of 13,000 tribal people in South India
29.03.19-
Nutrition
Energy-dense foods made from millets, sorghum and pulses are being provided to tribal communities in…
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New publications: Biofortification of maize with provitamin A can reduce aflatoxin load
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Aflatoxins are harmful compounds that are produced by the fungus Aspergillus flavus, which can be f…
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From food security to nutrition security in India: A food systems perspective
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To understand the causes of malnutrition, we need to look at people’s diets, where they…
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Who sits at the table? Policy, people, and potatoes in Kenya
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Although it might seem surprising, many Kenyan farmers, entrepreneurs, and investors are intensely i…
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Tracing high-iron beans to the genebank
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A Genebank Platform Impact Fellow looks at the journey of beans from the genebank to…
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International Women’s Day 2019
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Innovating for change: Spotlight on a champion rice processor in Africa On the occasion of…
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