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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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Informal food retail in Africa’s cities: governance, politics, policy issues
31.10.20-
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To mark UN World Cities Day (Oct.31), new PIM Synthesis Brief summarizes recent research on…
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Behavior change communication in conflict zones: Program leads to improved breastfeeding and water treatment practices in Yemen
27.10.20-
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BY SIKANDRA KURDI AND SARAH EDWARDS In the world’s most dangerous conflict zones, a child…
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Young people in Niger explore different forms of agriculture for a better future
23.10.20-
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Over 150 rural youth in Niger joined an entrepreneur incubation program, participating in their firs…
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Fodder chopping machines lead to a thriving livestock feed enterprise in rural Niger
23.10.20-
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Fodder chopping machines are proving to be a great help to livestock farmers in rural…
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Book launch: Agricultural extension evolves to address a rapidly changing world
20.10.20-
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BY FRANCESCA EDRALIN Through its programs that educate farmers and apply scientific research in the…
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Field Notes: Boosting small-scale aquaculture productivity in inland Myanmar
19.10.20-
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Myanmar is one of the largest fish producers in the world. The country ranks among…
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Bethany Smith – Emerging Scientist Series
19.10.20-
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Bethany Smith is a junior researcher working remotely from Australia for the WorldFish Myanmar team.…
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Resource-poor women farmers benefit by forming collectives
18.10.20-
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Collectives enhance productivity and improve livelihoods Poor and landless farmers can sustainably i…
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Youth or Young mothers? The paradox of transitions in the rural women’s lives
16.10.20-
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Year 2020 is a unique year. We have spent most of it ‘surprised’ by the…
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Resilient rural women of the drylands
15.10.20-
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Special Feature: International Day of Rural Women – October 15 Long before COVID constraints crept…
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International Day of Rural Women 2020: Building resilience and gender equity in the face of COVID-19
14.10.20-
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BY EMILY MYERS, MUZNA ALVI AND AGNES QUISUMBING “We do not want charity, we just…
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Book launch: Ethiopia’s evolving agrifood system faces new challenges
13.10.20-
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BY TIMOTHY KAROFF Over the past two decades, Ethiopia’s economy has seen wide-ranging changes. Agr…
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Rural women are key for limiting crop pests and diseases
13.10.20-
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When a community-led disease management strategy in Ethiopia failed to stave off highly destructive …
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Strong Women, Strong Nation
12.10.20-
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Innovative research in the Southeast Asian island nation of Timor-Leste has obtained data to help…
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Au revoir, Paco
09.10.20-
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ICRISAT bids an emotional farewell to Dr Paco Sereme, a member of ICRISAT’s Governing Board…
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On a mission to nurture hunger-free drylands
09.10.20-
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The 95th Governing Board meeting, held virtually, affirmed ICRISAT’s commitment to a hunger-free …
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Prof Prabhu Pingali takes the baton as Chair of ICRISAT Governing Board
09.10.20-
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Prof Prabhu Pingali, Founding Director, Tata-Cornell Institute, took charge as ICRISAT Governing Boa…
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How is One CGIAR research supporting rural women during times of crises?
07.10.20-
Gender equality
A climate emergency, the COVID-19 pandemic and a global recession are among the crises that…
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