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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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A CCAFS-informed public-private partnership reaches 300,000 farmers with climate information
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The Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions of Ghana continuously witness alarming poverty rates…
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Vietnam adopts pre-emptive measures in the Mekong River Delta against El Niño
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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In the Mekong River Delta (MRD), over 1.7 million hectares of land are being used…
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Unlocking the secrets of tropical trees
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Democratic Republic of the Congo - Tropical forests are magical places. Inside the bustling canopy,…
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GLF digital summit: Women generating the power to energize communities
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
BONN, Germany (Landscape News) – Women can generate the power to not only energize themselves…
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New Diet, New Destiny? Saving the Planet Takes More Than Changing What We Eat
12.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Originally published as an Op-Ed on FoodTank Can changing our diet save the planet? When…
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Dramatic rainfall changes for key crops expected even with reduced greenhouse gas emissions
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
By 2040, rainfall on wheat, soybean, rice and maize will have changed, even if Paris…
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Much to gain from reducing food loss and waste in Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania
11.03.19-
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Food security
The incredible scale of global food loss and waste – an estimated one-third of food…
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USAID and NASA Harnessing Technology for Development in the Amazon
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. National Aeronautics and…
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International Women’s Day 2019
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Innovating for change: Spotlight on a champion rice processor in Africa On the occasion of…
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How soil scientists can do a better job of making their research useful
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Soil is a vital part of the natural environment. It supports the growth of plants,…
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Growing Mounds of Waste Offer African Women Unexpected Business Opportunities in the Bioenergy Sector
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New technologies and smart business models could turn waste into a veritable gold mine of…
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Baffled scientists, boreal forest wipeout and Norway ditches dirty palm oil
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Dirty palm oil gets ditched by world’s largest pension fund Norway’s Government Pension Fund Glo…
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CIFOR and Indonesia government renew contract to protect forests
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“Forests and forest resources are crucial for Indonesia and the world fighting climate change,” …
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Africa Environment Day: CCAFS highlights efforts to bridge the agricultural gender gap in Ethiopia, Mali, Rwanda and Senegal
03.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Agricultural livelihoods are the pulse of the African continent, bolstering national economies and d…
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How smart are climate-smart villages?
01.03.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
A study was conducted to present a framework that will evaluate the Climate-Smart Village (CSV)…
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An eleven-step program: Roadmaps for measurement, reporting and verification of climate-smart agriculture
28.02.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
New country-driven assessments on national monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of climate-smart agri…
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Green Climate Fund makes first REDD+ results-based payments to Brazil
27.02.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
It’s now been over 10 years since countries around the world started to work on…
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Climate smart biofuel production offers financial benefits for local communities
27.02.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Despite its massive potential as a sustainable source of energy, bioenergy alone cannot fulfill glob…
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