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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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• Report of the High-Level Ministerial Conference on rice: Delivering on Commitments to Transform Africa’s Rice Industry
02.04.19-
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This document presents the report of the High-Level African Ministerial Conference on Rice held in…
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Agreement on multi-country seed-sharing reached
02.04.19-
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SIEM REAP, Cambodia (9–10 June 2017) - Two more countries have joined a regional seed…
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Ask the innovators: Which agricultural practices work best locally?
01.04.19-
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A new study by Bioversity International explores the power of ‘positive deviance’ in Tanzania. B…
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IRRI-IAARD to accelerate impact delivery with new rice research hub
01.04.19-
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01 April, 2018 – BOGOR, INDONESIA - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Direct…
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Chapatis of pearl millet for a changing climate
29.03.19-
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The people of rural India love their bajra chapatis. These flatbreads made of pearl millet flour a…
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Climate-smart technologies to build resilience in agriculture of Niger, Mali
29.03.19-
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Two projects were recently launched to adopt climate-smart agricultural technologies in Niger and Ma…
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Can DRC’s community forests lift people out of poverty?
29.03.19-
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In the quest to reduce poverty, community forestry is an attractive endeavor. So much so…
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Scaling Triple S through collaborating with Damongo Agricultural College, Ghana
28.03.19-
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In July 2018 Issahaq Suleman, CIP’s Triple S scaling champion in Ghana, paid a visit…
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Mushrooms for prosperity in Chin State
28.03.19-
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A mushroom research and training programme in Myanmar is aiming to lift farmers out of…
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Prosperity grows in arid Wonogiri
27.03.19-
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The tamanu tree [Calophyllum inophyllum] has been helping humans out since prehistoric times. Also k…
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How Ghana is harnessing technology for food security
26.03.19-
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In the past, agricultural production in Ghana has been heavily reliant on rainfall, while fertilizer…
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On the shoulders of giants, IRRI launches AGGRi Alliance
26.03.19-
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Building on its success in developing and delivering improved rice varieties in South Asia and…
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Australian-funded projects are helping Myanmar rice farmers improve their livelihood and income
25.03.19-
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MAUBIN TOWNSHIP, Myanmar—Rice farmers in Ayeyarwady and Bago Regions are reaping the benefits from…
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Rice-fish farming could help boost farmers’ income in Myanmar’s “rice bowl”
25.03.19-
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MAUBIN Township, Myanmar—Aquaculture production in rice-based cropping systems could potentially b…
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Enhancing Iloilo’s rice productivity through innovations on land leveling and rice straw management
22.03.19-
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Iloilo is one of the major rice baskets in the Philippines, and mechanization could play…
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BOOK LAUNCH: Towards low-emission landscapes in Viet Nam
21.03.19-
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For immediate release Bogor, Indonesia, 21 March 2019— A new book celebrates ten years of contr…
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Google Blog: Analyzing 3K rice genomes characterized by DeepVariant
21.03.19-
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The 3,000 Rice Genomes Project (3K RGP) is a collaborative, international research program that has…
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World Water Day 2019
19.03.19-
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Voicing water visions in river basins across the developing world. Join us in celebrating World…
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