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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
16.05.25-
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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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Are peaceful countries immune to climate security risks? What the experts say
28.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The world is considerably less peaceful now than it was ten years ago. Climate change contribute…
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ICARDA Scientists Study the Impact of Climate Change on Crop Production and Its Consequences on Human Health
26.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Around the world, especially in dry areas, agricultural practices are affected by climate change a…
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Country workshops to discuss the future of CGIAR research in CWANA
26.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Building on the July CWANA consultations, CGIAR led by Mr. Aly Abousabaa - Regional Director…
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Lancet Countdown 2021 report calls for urgent global action to tackle the health impacts of climate change
26.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
The health impacts of climate change are getting worse, exposing communities around the world to…
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International Day of Rural Women 2021: Overcoming pandemic and climate challenges
15.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
BY CLAUDIA RINGLER AND ELIZABETH BRYAN The International Day of Rural Women (Oct. 15) was establis…
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Global research effort sets the stage for an aquatic food future
14.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Food systems account for half of the earth’s biocapacity and are responsible for 25 percent of…
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The Future of Food is Wild
12.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Climate change is making it harder for farmers to grow enough food to feed their…
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Building climate resilience into Bangladesh's coastal communities
12.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Nutrition
Around the world, aquatic food systems provide meaningful livelihoods for 60 million people and sust…
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Heat shocks linked to lower maize yields and reduced child height: Evidence from Tanzania
05.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
BY STEVEN BLOCK,BELIYOU HAILE, LIANGZHI YOU AND DEREK HEADEY The growing threat that climate shocks…
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ICARDA and Cairo Water Week 24-28th October
05.10.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Every year ICARDA participates at Cairo Water Week (CWW), where global experts come together to…
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Using machine learning technology for sustainable coffee farming in Vietnam
01.10.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
As most of the world relies on coffee, producers, roasters, and investors are becoming more…
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Thinking fish: A prerequisite for multifunctional landscape management
30.09.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Two seminars convened by WorldFish, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Inte…
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Roots, tubers and bananas in Central Africa are well suited for climate change
30.09.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
As the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa becomes hotter and wetter, root, tuber and…
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Weakening the blows of sand and dust storms through better land management
23.09.21-
Biodiversity
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Strong winds carrying dust clouds from the world's deserts and marginal drylands - otherwise known …
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Managing soil organic carbon and nitrogen in African grazing land
22.09.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Controlled grazing and frequent use of fire are strategies to enhance sequestration and preservation…
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Integrated food, land and water systems for building faster resilience
20.09.21-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Food security
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Gender equality
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Health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
WorldFish and partners joined the 2021 World Water Week to discuss the critical importance of integ…
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Climate change major threat to food and income security in fish-dependent countries, study finds
16.09.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Billions of people in low- and middle-income countries could face heightened food, nutrition and eco…
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The deforestation risk of making livestock systems greener
16.09.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Substantial international investment is greening livestock farms with trees and shrubs to make them …
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