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Concerns about the sustainability of palm oil have prompted widespread demand from consumers and governments across the globe for enhanced transparency and traceability. In Indonesia, which is the world’s largest...

This Bulletin provides an overview of the climate situation and impacts on agriculture and food security from October to December 2023 as well as the climate outlook from February to April 2024. The bulletin was...

This Bulletin provides an overview of the climate situation and impacts on agriculture and food security from July to September 2023 as well as the climate outlook from December 2023 to January 2024. The bulletin...

Highlights: Oil palm is increasingly promoted to address food insecurity and poverty in the tropics. Food security and diets implications of oil palm adoption in smallholders are...

Understanding concurrent drought events in global main croplands is crucially important for food security, effective adaptation to climate change and human well-being. Yet, there is a lack...

Since 2000, the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) has been promoting vegetable grafting technologies to manage soil-borne diseases (e.g., bacterial wilt) and abiotic stresses (e.g...

RATIONALE - Because it is effective, flexible and environmentally friendly, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) against the coffee berry borer (CBB) is a method that tends to fit...

The brief focuses on the achievements of the following three global biodiversity targets from the CBD post-2020 framework (CBD/WG2020/3/3), by 2030 and 2050: Enhance the integrity of all ecosystems, “with an...

If smallholder farming households in Papua New Guinea achieve higher crop productivity levels, progress will be made along several dimensions of the development...

Efforts to promote the development and agricultural value chains are a common element of strategies to stimulate economic growth in low-income countries. Since the world food price crisis in 2007-2008...