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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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Young Malian researchers gear up for grand challenges with crop modeling
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UE-APSAN Mali project trains next generation of modeling experts Budding agricultural researchers ar…
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Policy seminar: Prospects for the African Continental Free Trade Area
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BY TIMOTHY KAROFF On Jan. 1, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) formally took…
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Policy seminar: The hidden world of informal African trade
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BY TIMOTHY KAROFF Millions of people in Africa rely on informal trade for their livelihoods.…
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Encouraging entrepreneurship with mobile grinders and seed cleaning machines
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ICARDA and its national partners in Tunisia are promoting entrepreneurship and rural businesses thro…
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Market Sheds in Ethiopian Livestock Markets boost Farmers’ Participation and Income
22.12.20-
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A new study conducted in the central Ethiopian highlands reveals that introducing animal sheds in…
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Transformative engagements – a new way to discuss gender relations in agriculture
21.12.20-
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For years now, gender equality has been a central objective in international development agendas. Th…
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Does response fatigue bias our understanding of rural livelihoods against women and youth?
18.12.20-
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BY KATE AMBLER, SYLVAN HERSKOWITZ AND MYWISH MAREDIA A recent policy focus on work opportunities…
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New guidelines ease the way for fish-friendly irrigation systems
16.12.20-
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A new set of guidelines provides practical guidance on the integration of irrigation systems with…
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Mobile app connects fish farmers with aquaculture information despite COVID-19 in Myanmar
16.12.20-
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A new mobile application is delivering crucial aquaculture information to small-scale fish farmers w…
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New book on value chain development seeks to translate ideas into practice – for impact at scale
12.12.20-
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Interview with the editors of the new book “Value Chain Development and The Poor: Promise, delive…
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How to support students and the learning process during India’s COVID-19 school closures
09.12.20-
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The long-term social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are unknown, but many worry…
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Using coffee ceremonies to address intimate partner violence in Ethiopia: Evidence from Unite for a Better Life
08.12.20-
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BY VANDANA SHARMA, NEGUSSIE DEYESSA, JESSICA LEIGHT AND TIMOTHY KAROFF Intimate partner violence (IP…
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests country case study author: Sergio Macedo Gomes de Mattos
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH): The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable develop…
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Waves of disease, waves of poverty: New evidence on the economic impacts of COVID-19 in Myanmar
01.12.20-
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BY DEREK HEADEY, THAN ZAW OO, KRISTI MAHRT, XINSHEN DIAO, SOPHIE GOUDET AND ISABEL LAMBRECHT…
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Generic catchphrase or global commitment: What is women’s empowerment?
01.12.20-
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Empowering all women and girls is among the global goals guiding international development efforts t…
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Gender dynamics in seed systems development: Emerging research of critical importance
30.11.20-
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New PIM Synthesis Brief provides analysis of current issues and an outlook for future research…
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2020 CAER-IFPRI Annual Conference: Boosting China's urban-rural integrated development
30.11.20-
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By Donghe Li China’s rapid economic growth has been driven by urbanization, and vice versa.…
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Voices from the Field: Young women farmers anchor CGIAR session at Cultivate Africa
30.11.20-
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Women must be included to successfully build inclusive and sustainable food systems in Africa. Yet,…
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