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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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Noted plant health researcher to lead ICRISAT as Director General
30.04.20-
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Gender equality
Dr Jacqueline d’Arros Hughes, a well-known plant health expert and leader in international agricul…
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Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries
28.04.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY MELISSA HIDROBO, NEHA KUMAR, TIA PALERMO, AMBER PETERMAN AND SHALINI ROY The COVID-19 pandemi…
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South Asia women in agriculture during COVID-19
28.04.20-
Gender equality
While COVID-19 pandemic has affected the livelihoods of billions worldwide, the economic fallout of …
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A farewell to IFPRI Africa Director Ousmane Badiane
24.04.20-
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Gender equality
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR Over his 30 years at IFPRI, recently-retired Director for Africa Ousmane Badiane…
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India groundnut farmers’ seed business debut yields big profits
24.04.20-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
A group of Indian farmers who made their entrepreneurial debut last year increased their income…
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Why gender matters in COVID-19 responses – now and in the future
22.04.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY AGNES QUISUMBING, NEHA KUMAR, RUTH MEINZEN-DICK AND CLAUDIA RINGLER Controlling the COVID-19 p…
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Transforming food systems for women’s empowerment and equity
17.04.20-
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Gender equality
BY LAURA ZSELECZKY, HAZEL MALAPIT, RUTH MEINZEN-DICK AND AGNES QUISUMBING Shutdowns to control th…
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Global Food Policy Report 2020 launch: Building inclusive food systems
15.04.20-
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Gender equality
BY KATARLAH TAYLOR The April 7 launch of IFPRI’s flagship 2020 Global Food Policy Report—this y…
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For the poorest countries, the full danger from coronavirus is only just coming into view
14.04.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY MARI PANGESTU Three months after the outbreak began, it is easy to see the…
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Diets in a time of coronavirus: Don’t let vegetables fall off the plate
13.04.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
BY JODY HARRIS Vegetables are a key source of essential nutrition and play a crucial…
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COVID-19-measures, daily laborers and their nutrition
10.04.20-
Food security
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Gender equality
Drive along any major road connecting an African city with the hinterland early in the…
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Global Food Policy Report 2020: Inclusive food systems can help build resilience to withstand pandemics and other shocks
06.04.20-
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Gender equality
BY JOHAN SWINNEN As the world battles the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the…
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A rich harvest of not just legumes but of changed destinies and better nutrition
03.04.20-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
Charting the 12 year course of the Tropical Legumes project This compilation of real-life ‘impactâ…
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Rising market pull for dryland crops prompts move for setting up efficient seed delivery systems
03.04.20-
Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Increasing market demand for dryland crops in Kenya and Tanzania owing to IFAD-funded project interv…
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Certified seed fetches twice the market rate: Farmers hitch onto seed production
03.04.20-
Gender equality
Growing certified improved seed of millets and legumes is a profitable business enterprise for farme…
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Insecurity in Niger: reversing the gains made in land restoration
02.04.20-
Gender equality
Just two years into the implementation of the Reversing Land Degradation in Africa by Scaling-up Ev…
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Economic impact of COVID-19 on tourism and remittances: Insights from Egypt
01.04.20-
Gender equality
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Health
BY CLEMENS BREISINGER, ABLA ABDEL LATIF, MARIAM RAOUF AND MANFRED WIEBELT As COVID-19 reaches eve…
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COVID-19 lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade
31.03.20-
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Health
BY DANIELLE RESNICK Informal food markets are vital to feeding African cities, venues the poor…
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