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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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How CGIAR harnesses genetic innovations for resilient African food systems: Highlights from APBA 2023
03.11.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
How can Africa leverage genetic innovations to support resilient food systems in the wake of…
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CIMMYT researcher receives Heroes Award
02.11.23-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
Maria Itria Ibba, a scientist at CIMMYT, received the inaugural Heroes Award from the…
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Diversified rice farms with vegetable plots and flower strips are associated with fewer pesticide applications in the Philippines
02.11.23-
Food security
The high use of chemical pesticides at large scales and the co-dependence of technologies, such…
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Scaling nutrient-enriched staple crops with the HarvestPlus program: Reaching 100 million people in 20 years
01.11.23-
Nutrition
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the HarvestPlus program, which is leading a global…
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Participatory workshops review and refine co-designed training materials and guidebooks for nutrition-sensitive agri-food systems in Vietnam's Mekong Delta
01.11.23-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Under the Zero Hunger National Action Program of Vietnam coordinated by the Department of Cooperativ…
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Seedling propagators shift to sowing trays to improve yields
01.11.23-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The system has shorter growing seasons and survival rate, improved crop uniformity, and more accurat…
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CGIAR Accelerate for Impact Platform and LVenture Group Forge a Strategic Partnership to Support the Next Generation of Agri-Food- and Climate-Tech Startups
31.10.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
The global agricultural sector and food systems face numerous challenges due to the rapidly changing…
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Sustainable Cocoa Innovation Challenge Winners: Forging a sustainable future for Colombia's cocoa industry
31.10.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Launched in August 2023, the Sustainable Cocoa Innovation Challenge aimed to empower entrepreneu…
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IWMI part of global, five-year program to build sustainable food systems
31.10.23-
Food security
IWMI will implement the Innovation Lab for Irrigation & Mechanization Systems, funded by …
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The Ethiopian food-based dietary guidelines: Gamechanger for food system transformation? New project note from SHiFT
30.10.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Despite making significant progress over the last two decades, Ethiopia still experiences high rates…
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ILRI deputy director general Iain Wright reappointed to UN Panel of Experts on Food Security
29.10.23-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Iain Wright, deputy director of general research and development–Integrated Sciences at the Intern…
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Generando capacidades sobre instrumentos de Análisis de Políticas en Colombia #NPSinitiative
28.10.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Also available in English En el marco de la iniciativa de políticas y estrategias nacionales…
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Harnessing Plant Genetic Resources for Sustainable and Diverse Food Production towards Zero Hunger
27.10.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Within the framework of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources, an international group …
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Nexus solutions for water productivity and food security
26.10.23-
Food security
On 16 October, scientists, politicians and world leaders gathered from around the world to celebrate…
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ICRISAT Boosts Food Security in Niger and Chad During Ukraine-Russian Conflict
26.10.23-
Food security
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Nutrition
Amid the ongoing Ukraine-Russian conflict, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-A…
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Transformation of rice value chains in Bangladesh and Nepal: Status, Challenges, and Vision
26.10.23-
Food security
Bangladesh and Nepal are two important rice economies of South Asia with large rice consuming…
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From Asia to Africa: Building Africa’s Green Revolution on sustainable agricultural technology and practices developed in Asia
26.10.23-
Food security
Manila, Philippines (23 October 2023) — The success of the Green Revolution technologies that tran…
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Can phone surveys help measure poverty? New IFPRI blog looks at the evidence
25.10.23-
Nutrition, health & food security
Surveys are a key way that social scientists gather data on living standards. Before the…
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