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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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IRRI, BASF develop herbicide-tolerant rice
26.01.18Two farmers are inspecting crops with the Provisia gene planted to a field in Italy.…
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FTA and IUFRO highlight cooperation at Global Landscapes Forum
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Photo by Nanang Sujana/CIFOR The CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) and…
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Livestock production for food security and nutrition
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Food security
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Nutrition
Jan 20, 2018 Press Statement Livestock production for food security and nutrition Statement by Sheng…
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Farm Size and Productivity - Lessons from Recent Literature
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Food security
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Nutrition
Farm size is at the heart of current policy debates over issues such as land…
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FTA scientists feature in innovative series of talks on landscapes
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Photo by Pilar Valbuena/GLF Landscapes Talks, which piqued the interest of audiences at the recent…
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IITA/AfDB to launch a bold plan to revolutionize African agriculture
21.01.18Scientists, development specialists, agricultural experts, representatives from national agricultura…
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Climate Change to Impact Agriculture Production in China (China Science Daily)
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Jan 17, 2018 In the News Climate Change to Impact Agriculture Production in China…
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Deadly Sweet Sugar (Caijing)
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Nutrition
Jan 16, 2018 In the News Deadly Sweet Sugar (Caijing) IFPRI's Kevin Chen proposes sugar…
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Good investments in agriculture and forestry can benefit smallholders and landscapes
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Photo by Pilar Valbuena/GLF With companies increasingly being seen as key partners in scaling-up eff…
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Orphan crops for improving diets
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Biodiversity
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Photo by K. Kehlenbeck/ICRAF Orphan crops, so-called because they are considered neglected and under…
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Africa RISING –NAFAKA partnership benefits over 50k households in Tanzania, exceeding targets
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Food security
The partnership between two projects funded by USAID, Africa RISING, and NAFAKA, and whose goal…
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Philippine Department of Agriculture staff learn about laser leveling technology to improve farm outputs
05.01.18Orientation on basic tractor operation and pre-maintenance check as part of the hands-on exercises.I…
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Myanmar farmers gain knowledge on laser leveling operation and its benefits
05.01.18IRRI postharvest engineer Yan Lin Aung being interviewed by Myanmar local channel, DVB TV, during…
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Book Release: Pulses for Nutrition in India: Changing Pattern from Farm to Fork
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Nutrition
Dec 27, 2017 Press Release Book Release: Pulses for Nutrition in India: Changing Pattern from…
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John Schiller, former IRRI agronomist in Laos, passes away
19.12.17By Gene HettelDr. John M. Schiller, 72, passed away in Brisbane, Australia, on Monday (18…
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Rice value chain stakeholders from India develop change pathways to improve mechanization and postharvest
18.12.17A two-day workshop on educating stakeholders about ways to reduce losses in harvesting and postharve…
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Boosting rice production in the face of climate change
18.12.17The International Food Policy Research Institute forecasts that by 2050, rice prices will increase b…
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IRRI Bangladesh joined South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in celebrating its 33rd charter day
18.12.17Last 10 December 2017, IRRI Bangladesh joined the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (…
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