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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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Why now is the moment to invest in nutrition to transform our food systems
21.06.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
One in a series of guest blog posts from leading voices in global development on achieving long-t…
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The WTO Dispute Settlement procedure is on the verge of crisis
19.06.19-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
From its formation in 1995, the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Body has served as…
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Countries make progress on carbon reduction pledges, but much work remains to be done
19.06.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
By all accounts, countries’ official pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—the nationally d…
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Special event: New IFPRI research program explores emerging problems of urban food systems
17.06.19-
Health
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Nutrition
The explosive growth of cities all over the world has led to major shifts in…
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What developing countries can learn from Europe’s experience with rural revitalization
17.06.19-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
IFPRI's 2019 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) will be the focus of a June 19 European Development…
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Food security depends on water security – and we need to act now
12.06.19-
Food security
The world is running out of clean, fresh water to feed—and nourish—a growing global population,…
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Policy seminar: The true cost of eating right – are nutritious diets becoming more accessible?
06.06.19-
Nutrition
Is healthy eating becoming more affordable on a global scale? Consumers in places like Africa…
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Employment, diversifying rural livelihoods, and youth: Lessons for Ghana from the 2019 Global Food Policy Report
05.06.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Throughout much of Africa south of the Sahara, rural households earn their incomes primarily from…
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Policy seminar: Building resilience through financial inclusion
04.06.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Disasters driven by climate change are creating new risks, shocks, and stresses for already vulnerab…
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World Environment Day: The need for strong institutions and policies to restore and protect planetary health
04.06.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As people and organizations around the globe mark World Environment Day (June 5), all signs point …
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Principles, practice, and the private sector’s role in malnutrition: Time to review red lines?
29.05.19-
Nutrition
The framing of malnutrition as a global problem that affects us all is long overdue.…
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To transform the global food system and feed the world sustainably, start at the local level
28.05.19-
Food security
In a recent meeting with a developing country policy maker, I was asked which among…
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T20: Investments in irrigation and food system links can prevent food crises in Africa south of the Sahara
24.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Food crises continue to plague the African continent, driven by conflict, climate change, and econo…
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G20 agriculture ministers agree to cooperate on promoting digital technologies for more efficient food systems
22.05.19At their May 11-12 meeting in Niigata, Japan, G20 agriculture ministers agreed to cooperate in prom…
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2019 Global Food Policy Report Mumbai launch: Building partnerships to spur rural revitalization
20.05.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
India’s report card on rural development presents a mixed picture: While a number of rural…
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Evidence from Malawi: Why agricultural and nutrition education programs should engage both women and men in households
14.05.19-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
Gender norms and inequalities are an important factor in Malawi’s ongoing food security problems. …
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How to transform food systems to feed the world and prevent mass extinctions
13.05.19-
Food security
On May 6, a global panel of scientists representing more than 130 nations released the…
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Global Report on Food Crises 2019: Conflict, climate, and economic shocks keep acute hunger levels above 100 million
07.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
With only a slight fall in the number of people facing acute levels of hunger…
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