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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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It’s not too late to reverse climate change, but the clock is ticking
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Recent studies find that the prevention of irreversible climate catastrophes require the world’s p…
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In climate discussions, a pause to feel the change
16.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
A Brazilian panel on fashion streamed live from Sao Paolo. The Mayor of Kyoto announcing…
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Innovating for change: Interview with Maria Andrade a sweetpotato champion
15.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Health
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Nutrition
An accomplished sweetpotato breeder and tireless advocate for improving the nutrition and wellbeing …
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Global Report on Food Crises 2019: Conflict, climate, and economic shocks keep acute hunger levels above 100 million
07.05.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
With only a slight fall in the number of people facing acute levels of hunger…
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Representatives from Eight Asian Countries Meet to Tackle Fall Armyworm
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Over 100 participants from eight South and South-East Asian countries attended today the “Regional…
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Global team cracks genetic code to develop high-yielding, climate resilient chickpea
30.04.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Research also maps the center of origin and migration route of chickpea In a major…
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Women and youth as catalysts of climate-smart agriculture in Cambodia
29.04.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
In developing countries, societal roles and economic constraints can restrict women and youth to cer…
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Reasons for low uptake of climate change technologies
25.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Factors such as lack of funding for scale-up are impeding uptake of climate change technologies.…
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Mobilizing youth for forestry development
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Youth leaders from the Asia and the Pacific discussed the crucial role of young people…
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To manage El Nino-related crop distress in eastern and southern Africa, invest in drought-tolerant seeds and better soil and water care
17.04.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
To mitigate the impact of the current drought affecting millions of farmers living in Kenya…
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An Innovative messaging tool helps South India’s groundnut farmers post impressive yields
12.04.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
An advisory tool, scalable for any number of farmers, has shown immense potential in facilitating…
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A roadmap to guide regreening in Mali
11.04.19-
Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Government, researchers and development agencies are creating a roadmap for restoration in Mali to e…
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Safeguarding the future of banana against changing climates, pests and diseases
11.04.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
KU Leuven and Bioversity International signed a landmark agreement to safeguard the future of the…
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Cyclone Idai shows why long-term disaster resilience is so crucial
10.04.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
Growing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, are…
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Breaking Ground: Tawanda Mashonganyika unites crop breeders and market experts for more impactful varieties
10.04.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
The low rate at which farmers adopt improved varieties is one of the biggest obstacles…
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New project launched to improve rural livelihoods and food security in Mali
07.04.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies (CSAT) project was recently launched in Mali. This res…
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French agricultural research and CGIAR reinforce their scientific collaboration to the benefit of agriculture, food and climate change
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Laying a strong foundation for a joint plan of action between CGIAR and France to…
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Cyclone Idai shows why long-term disaster resilience is so crucial
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Cyclone Idai struck Beira, the fourth largest city in Mozambique, in mid-March with torrential rain…
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