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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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Building seed business hubs around women and youth in Tanzania
26.03.21-
Gender equality
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Health
Working with private seed companies, ICRISAT is helping integrate more women and youth into seed…
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UK Minister Lord Ahmad visits ICRISAT, discusses climate action
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Food security
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Lord Tariq Ahmad, Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth in the UK…
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The European Commission hopes for greater collaboration to improve food and nutrition security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Delegates from the European Commission to Mali expressed interest in exploring new opportunities for…
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Watershed interventions provide groundwater access all year through
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Environmental health
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Water conservation structures in Anantapuramu: A check dam (L) constructed in Kondampalle village, A…
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Investing in rural women farmers narrows the gender gap in agriculture
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The glaring inequality between men and women farmers in the African agricultural sector is alarming…
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Collective effort, irrespective of gender, need of the day for better, safer workplaces for women
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Environmental health
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Gender equality
Gender parity cannot be achieved by putting the onus of it on one gender; joint…
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Special training sessions initiated for young women and hearing-impaired youth in Ghana
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
To unlock the potential of youth in agriculture, we need targeted, inclusive interventions that appe…
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Creating a team of young scientists equipped with tech tools to fight pests and diseases
12.03.21-
Big data
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
A recent workshop on pest and disease modeling for crops was conducted for young scientists…
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Revival of groundnut production continues to change lives of smallholder farmers in Northern Nigeria
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Environmental health
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Gender equality
In a remarkable turnaround, farmers in Northern Nigeria organized themselves into innovation platfor…
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Far-reaching impact of technology and innovation: Saving time, boosting income and reducing household conflict in Zimbabwe and beyond
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Food security
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Gender equality
Simple agricultural innovations, such as soil probes to detect water and salinity levels at differen…
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Mali Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries keen on stronger research partnerships to benefit farmers nationwide
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
This is something we needed to know about, support, promote and make better known at…
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New study fills critical gap in understanding pandemic impact on food value chains and offers solutions
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Food security
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Health
In a new paper in the journal Sustainability, ICRISAT researchers analyzed the double burden of…
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Legumes: a climate-smart option to address Africa’s dependence on costly food imports
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Biodiversity
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The economics of hunger and agriculture in Africa. According to the United Nations, the Covid-19…
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Build trust, build lives…
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Health
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“Farmers thought we were coming to steal their money!” Microfinance specialist Lamine Sountoura …
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Rejuvenation in Bundelkhand: How an upland watershed got its groundwater back
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
The world of water management is replete with stories about traditional systems that break down,…
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Celebrating a fruitful partnership that spurred a millet movement in India
15.02.21If millets are regaining their lost place in Indian menus, considered as top contenders for…
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Climate-smart pigeonpea sparks phenomenal expansion across Malawi
15.02.21A whopping 49% increase in cropping area, 153 % increase in production and 68 %…
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African project highlights importance of legume crops on World Pulses Day
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Food security
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Nutrition
Could legumes be the key to food production sustainability and climate change resilience? They consu…
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