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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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In the Spotlight: Marleen Schutter
31.01.22-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Marleen Schutter is a postdoctoral researcher within the Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center at the…
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WorldFish wins inaugural Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge
28.01.22-
Health
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Nutrition
WorldFish was awarded today the Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge grand prize of…
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CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health publishes 2020 annual report
23.01.22-
Food security
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Nutrition
The CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) published its 2020 annual…
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The links between food-related trade and fiscal policies and obesity rates in low- and middle-income countries
21.01.22-
Health
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Nutrition
BY KIBROM ABAY, HOSAM IBRAHIM, CLEMENS BREISINGER AND ALI ABDELHADI Global overweight and obesity ra…
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Crop breeders in eastern Africa modernize to end regional hunger
14.01.22-
Food security
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Nutrition
A quiet transformation is underway at the Kenya Agriculture & Livestock Research Organisation (…
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Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit: Leveraging Japanese knowledge to address global health and nutrition challenges
14.01.22-
Health
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Nutrition
BY SWATI MALHOTRA,FUTOSHI YAMAUCHI AND HIROYUKI TAKESHIMA As many developing countries face enormous…
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A tribute to the late Dr. Ferew Lemma
04.01.22-
Nutrition
BY LAWRENCE HADDAD, TON HAVERKORT AND NAMUKOLO COVIC Over the holiday period the nutrition community…
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Dietary diversity among men and women in rural Sri Lanka
31.12.21-
Gender equality
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Nutrition
BY DEANNA OLNEY,BESS CASWELL, RENUKA SILVA AND MALIKA FERNANDO Poor quality diets are the leading…
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In the Spotlight: Joshua Wesana
31.12.21-
Food security
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Health
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Nutrition
Joshua Wesana is a senior fellow in Fish and Food Systems Nutritional Outcomes at the…
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CGIAR Research Program for Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH) ends with a splash
22.12.21-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The CGIAR Research Program on Fisheries Agri-Food Systems (FISH) came to a successful conclusion aft…
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Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 side event discusses the role of informal markets within future food systems
20.12.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
The Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 took place on 7–8 December 2021. Ahead of the…
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Harnessing aquatic foods for sustainable healthy diets
17.12.21-
Environmental health
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Food security
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Nutrition
The recent UN Food Systems Summit and COP26 generated a consensus around the urgent need…
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Illuminating Hidden Harvests to shine a light on small-scale fisheries
16.12.21-
Nutrition
Small-scale fisheries are vital to the life and livelihoods of millions of people around the…
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Transforming Nigeria’s agrifood system for healthier diets and higher farm incomes
01.12.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
BY OLIVIER ECKER, TRACY BROWN AND KWAW S. ANDAM Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country,…
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Disparate health and nutrition impacts of income shocks across different household members: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan
30.11.21-
Health
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Nutrition
BY KATRINA KOSEC AND LUCIA CARRILLO The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting poor and vulnerable countries …
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In the Spotlight: Faridul Haque
30.11.21-
Environmental health
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Gender equality
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Nutrition
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
WorldFish researcher Faridul Haque explains how his work can lead to gender transformative change wi…
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Shifting the narrative from feeding people to nourishing populations
26.11.21-
Nutrition
In an interview hosted by UN News’ Sachin Gaur, WorldFish’s Global Lead for Nutrition and P…
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Diving into Nigeria’s fish future
26.11.21-
Food security
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Nutrition
For Nigeria’s rapidly growing population, the aquaculture sector offers new opportunities for …
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