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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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Will genetic engineering contribute to disease-resistant crops, and who will benefit?
03.09.19-
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Genetic engineering (GE)—the introduction or change of DNA, RNA or proteins by human manipulation …
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CGIAR at AGRF 2019
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The African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), considered to be the world’s most important forum for…
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First ever high-yielding chickpea variety developed using marker-assisted backcrossing (MABC) released in Ethiopia
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Ethiopia has become the first country in the world to release such a chickpea variety…
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First ever high-yielding chickpea variety developed using marker-assisted backcrossing (MABC) released in Ethiopia
30.08.19-
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Ethiopia has become the first country in the world to release such a chickpea variety…
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Can boosting yields slow the global palm oil expansion and ease its environmental impacts?
26.08.19-
Environmental health
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Over the past two decades, global palm oil production has increased rapidly to meet rising…
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World Water Week 2019
26.08.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Happy World Water Week! Join us this week as we discuss innovative water solutions for…
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Reuters.com: Water pollution an ‘invisible threat’ to global goals, economists warn
23.08.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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World Bank report warns of the ripple effects of water pollution on the health, economies,…
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To tackle climate change we need to rethink our food system
21.08.19-
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The way we produce, consume and discard food is no longer sustainable. That much is…
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How climate change will impact agricultural productivity in Central America and the Andean Region
19.08.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Climate change poses a significant global threat to food security and nutrition, largely through its…
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AsiaTimes.com: The developing world’s water crisis has arrived
19.08.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
A study across 15 cities in South Asia, Africa and South America shows that water…
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IndiaTimes.com: Can a single tribunal resolve water disputes between states?
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Gender equality
Shifting monsoon patterns and drying catchment areas in India’s river basins, of which there are…
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AfDB-TAAT promotes trailblazing hybrid rice technology adapted to Africa
16.08.19-
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16 August 2019, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The Rice Compact of the African Development Bank-funded …
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Using the MARPLE kit to diagnose wheat rust in Ethiopia
12.08.19-
Food security
MARPLE (Mobile and Real-time PLant disEase) Diagnostics is a revolutionary mobile lab developed by a…
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New drought monitoring system will reduce climate risks for South Asian farmers
12.08.19-
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To mitigate the food security and economic risks of South Asia’s frequent and intense droughts,…
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Training an army of giants for the biological control of Fall Armyworm
09.08.19-
Food security
Scouting for natural enemies of the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) (FAW) in both Asia and…
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Warmer night temperatures reduce wheat yields in Mexico, scientists say
08.08.19-
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As many regions worldwide baked under some of the most persistent heatwaves on record, scientists…
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Can creation of a separate Indian Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries bring fresh momentum in growth?
08.08.19-
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The creation of a separate ministerial portfolio for animal husbandry, dairying, and fisheries for t…
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‘One Nation One Ration Card’ can transform lives in India
06.08.19-
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Gender equality
On June 27, India Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan announced plans to move towards a system of…
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