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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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Big data
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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Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Latin American rice sector: Situation analysis and perspectives
20.05.21-
Nutrition
With over 2.3 million confirmed cases to date, and more than a third of the…
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The Pollination Services of Forests
20.05.21-
Biodiversity
Since they are a vital part of the reproduction process of many plants, a decline…
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From the field: climate-smart agriculture in Zimbabwe
18.05.21-
Biodiversity
Watch the video and read more about the Alliance’s ongoing work to increase farmers’ resilience…
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Working to make gender research actionable in Honduras
18.05.21-
Environmental health
Given the challenge of making gender approaches and concepts actionable, especially the concept of w…
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Supporting the Food System Dialogues for Honduras ahead of UN summit
04.05.21-
Food security
We have never had a better understanding of the need to transform food systems. The…
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El Niño can help predict cacao harvests up to 2 years in advance
29.04.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Long-term weather data is absent in many places, complicating rain predictions for crops. Researcher…
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Understanding basic gender concepts
21.04.21-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health
Gender concepts have evolved over the years. Old concepts have been refined or replaced with…
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Researchers lobby for seed banks to ensure diversity, food security
21.04.21-
Biodiversity
In Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, research found that climate change has led to increased pests…
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From vicious to virtuous cycle: How the Alliance is tackling climate change and conflict
19.04.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
By embedding climate security and peacebuilding in research projects, Alliance researchers aim to he…
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Gender mainstreaming in research – from design to measurement – made easy
13.04.21-
Biodiversity
Ever wonder how to integrate gender into your research? In this blog, Alliance gender researchers…
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Bridging the “last mile” in bringing climate-informed agro-advisories to smallholder farmers in the Mekong Delta and beyond
13.04.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
To help equip farmers with necessary tools and information to weather the worsening climate crisis,…
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Cassava program in Asia brings together stakeholders in Lao PDR for 2 days of training and the official launch of the country’s first cassava clean stem multiplication facility
12.04.21-
Food security
To combat the spread of pests and diseases in cassava, the Alliance of Bioversity International…
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COVID-19 widens gap in food and seed security for smallholders in developing countries
09.04.21-
Food security
COVID-19 has left vulnerable groups on the receiving end of social and economic impacts of…
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Gendered perceptions of livestock and agricultural production in Kenya
08.04.21-
Biodiversity
Alliance researchers in Kenya’s Kisii and Meru counties look at how men and women perceive…
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Advances in modeling and sensors can help farmers and insurers manage risk
07.04.21-
Biodiversity
When used appropriately, satellite data is rapidly expanding the potential to customize insurance fo…
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Applying the Experience Capitalization Process to Landscape Restoration in Ethiopia
05.04.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Getting a clear picture on landscape restorationOver the last 20 years, Ethiopia has sought to…
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Striking up a new tune, gender researchers re-examine their focus on men
05.04.21-
Biodiversity
In a discussion with Carol J. Pierce Colfer, a CIFOR researcher with almost 50 years…
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Modern food security necessitates global citizenship
30.03.21-
Food security
The United Kingdom’s reliance on fruits and vegetables from climate-vulnerable tropical countries …
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