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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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Experts discuss the impact of climate change on tick-borne pathogens in western, central and eastern Africa
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Africa is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, impacting the emergence, re-emergence …
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Championing equitable aquatic food systems at the 2022 One Ocean Summit
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The 2022 One Ocean Summit convened global policymakers to discuss translating commitments into tangi…
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Improved forages empower smallholder women livestock keepers in Kenya and Ethiopia
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Climate change is a global challenge that burdens all humanity, but not equally. The rural…
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Mazingira Centre – a role model for environmental research infrastructure in Africa
09.03.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Climate change threatens the livelihoods of millions of people in Africa. The rise in global…
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Aquatic foods offer a sea of opportunities to combat climate change
03.03.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
WorldFish’s research and innovation in climate-resilient and sustainably managed aquatic food syst…
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WorldFish spotlights resilient aquatic food systems at the Healthy Oceans Tech and Finance Forum
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At last month’s Healthy Oceans Tech and Finance Forum hosted by the Asian Development Bank,…
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In the Spotlight: Marleen Schutter
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Marleen Schutter is a postdoctoral researcher within the Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center at the…
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To protect the world’s vital wetlands, we must invest in science
31.01.22-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
As the world prepares to celebrate World Wetlands Day, IWMI reflects on the transformative power…
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Feed the microbes
28.01.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
BY JABOURY GHAZOUL At the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow in 2021, 26 countries pledged to int…
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Potatoes in rice paddies?
20.01.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Sustainable intensification yields multiple benefits in China With approximately 19% of the global p…
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Climate change slows wheat breeding progress for yield and wide adaptation, new study finds
18.01.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Nearly four decades of repeated crossing and selection for heat and drought tolerance have greatly…
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Climate Smart Agriculture in South Asia: Promoting sustainable and resilient agriculture intensification through regional cooperation
06.01.22-
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BY ANISHA MOHAN South Asia is one of the regions of the world most vulnerable…
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The year in review: Reflecting on a busy and productive 2021
29.12.21-
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Environmental health
A major highlight for IWMI in 2021 was our robust participation in the COP26 climate…
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Scaling up sustainable and inclusive solar irrigation in India
27.12.21-
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An evaluation of CGIAR's work on 'solar power as a remunerative crop' finds that it…
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CGIAR Research Program for Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH) ends with a splash
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The CGIAR Research Program on Fisheries Agri-Food Systems (FISH) came to a successful conclusion aft…
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Using drones to select drought-tolerant sweetpotatoes
21.12.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Droughts have long posed a threat to farmers in southern Africa, and models predict they w…
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Researchers map Ethiopia’s irrigated areas at a previously unavailable resolution
20.12.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Remote sensing data enables IWMI researchers to identify irrigated areas at a resolution of 30…
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Clarifying some of the confusion about climate finance in COP26
13.12.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
BY EUGENIO DÍAZ-BONILLA Article 2 of the Paris Climate Agreement sets out the principal goals of …
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