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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food SystemsÂ
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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Earth Day 2021: Restoring agriculture to transform food systems
22.04.21-
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BY CLAUDIA RINGLER COVID-19 may have forced the 50th anniversary of Earth Day to be commemorated o…
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How the CGIAR FOCUS on Climate Security helps to Restore our Earth:Â
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Interview with Peter Laderach by Nina de Ayala Parker For the 51st Earth Day 2021 I…
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Restoring agriculture to transform food systems
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COVID-19 may have forced the 50th anniversary of Earth Day to be commemorated online last year,…
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COVID-19 pandemic offers rare chance for food systems transformation
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Gender equality
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions of social interactions, affecting both th…
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The Agricultural Goldmines of Deserts
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Covering about one-third of global land surface, deserts are characterized by little to no rainfall,…
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From vicious to virtuous cycle: How the Alliance is tackling climate change and conflict
19.04.21-
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By embedding climate security and peacebuilding in research projects, Alliance researchers aim to he…
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Using Wild Relatives to Toughen up Staple Crops
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Crop wild relatives (CWR) are the ancient ancestors of our domesticated crops. Because they have…
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Charting new ‘sustainable agricultural pathways’ in Brazil
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Originally published as a blog in CoSAI news. Brazil is a large country spanning several…
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Little millet that are big on nutrition and yield identified at ICRISAT
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Food security
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Nutrition
A team of researchers has zeroed in on little millet germplasm with high nutrients, high…
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Teaming up for more impactful breeding
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Food security
Breeders, economists, gender specialists, and food technologists gathered to advance new approaches …
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Why subseasonal weather forecasts are key to avoiding crop losses from droughts and floods
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As experts meet online for the Future Directions of Subseasonal to Seasonal Predication over South …
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Tana Lala-Pritchard awarded 2020 Distinguished Alumna by Alpha Chi National Honor Society
14.04.21-
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WorldFish executive director of Strategy, Innovation, and Communications, Tana Lala-Pritchard, is…
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New ‘Wheat Rust Genomics’ website connects researchers
13.04.21-
Food security
A new website has been launched as a hub of genomic data and resources for…
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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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Guidelines support COVID-safe fish transporting
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Approximately 200 metric tons of live fish are transported to markets every day in Bangladesh.…
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What is the role of food systems for peace and security in a climate crisis?
09.04.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security has led an article on the importance of food systems for peace and…
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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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World Health Day 2021
07.04.21-
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Nutrition
Health has certainly been in the spotlight over the past year. And how could it…
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