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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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Big data
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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Connect Rural Areas with Digital Innovations to Unlock Climate Resilience for Hundreds of Millions of Farmers
21.09.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Research shows that digital innovations can increase small-scale farmers’ incomes, boost the adopt…
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Setting a standard: improving field trial data
15.09.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
“In Afghanistan, wheat is synonymous with food,” says Rajiv K. Sharma, formerly a senior scienti…
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Winner of BGRI Gene Stewardship Award announced
09.09.22-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Julio Huerta, wheat pathologist and recipient of the BGRI Gene Stewardship Award 2022, giving a…
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Singh recognized for wheat crop improvement
08.09.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Ravi Singh delivers a lecture during the 61st All India Wheat and Barley Research Workers’…
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Greenhouse upgrades at BWMRI for wheat blast research
08.09.22-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Md. Sayedul Islam inaugurated the greenhouse complex along with Golam Faruq and Md. Benojir Alam.…
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Excellence in Agronomy Initiative commences in Africa
01.09.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Excellence in Agronomy for Sustainable Intensification and Climate Change Adaptation Initiative …
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Cereal seed systems
29.08.22-
Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Nutrition, health & food security
For certified seed to reach a farmer’s field for cultivation, it passes through many hands…
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In Ethiopia, local challenges inform national action for climate-smart agriculture
24.08.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
A recent workshop in Ethiopia brought together researchers from the Ethiopia Institute of Agricultur…
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More than machines
15.08.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Cooperative farmers receive training on operation of a mobile seed cleaner in Oromia, Ethiopia. Phot…
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Pilot of new wheat variety improves yield for farmers in Ethiopia
15.08.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
"I am happy with this wheat variety and all the support from the project," said…
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How bad will we let the food crises get?
15.08.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
As the Russia-Ukraine war continues to degrade global food security, the Australian who leads the…
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Growing confidence in the maize business
11.08.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Maize grain aggregator invests in developing storage for coping with increased grain production. (Cr…
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Nepal Government endorses new site-specific fertilizer recommendations for rice
09.08.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Farmer applying urea with a spreader in a rice field. Photo Uttam Kunwar/ CIMMYT After…
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Earlier wheat planting will boost yields in eastern India
03.08.22-
Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
“For several years, we’ve been building dense data sets with colleagues from the Indian Agricult…
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Exploring the potential for blended wheat flours in Kenya
26.07.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
Over the years, wheat-based foods have increasingly been incorporated as part of Kenyan meals. One…
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How to shockproof staples in a looming global food crisis
20.07.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Empty shelfs in a Swiss grocery store. Photo Boris Dunand/Unsplash The conflict in Ukraine has…
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Ecological farming a boon for staple crop farmers in Africa, new study finds
20.07.22-
Environmental health & biodiversity
Elufe Chipande, a farmer at Songani in Zomba District, Malawi, is intercropping maize (background) a…
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Essential actions to mitigate the food crisis, stabilize supply and transition to greater agrifood system resilience
18.07.22-
Food security
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Nutrition, health & food security
Wheat at a CIMMYT field trial. (Photo: H. Hernandez Lira/CIMMYT) As the Russia-Ukraine war continues…
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