Year: 2016
Drought tolerant maize: Long-run science, investments, and partnerships pay off in Africa
Climate adaptation and mitigationBefore climate change became a hot topic, the U.N. Development Programme provided funding for a team of scientists in Mexico to find a better way to breed resilient maize for farmers in drought-prone tropical areas.
At 50-year mark, CIMMYT scientists strive for gender equity
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionEfforts to meet agricultural needs of women farmers to bolster global food security took shape in CIMMYT’s early days.
Participatory approaches to gender in agricultural development
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionFor gender specialist Mulunesh Tsegaye participatory approaches are the best way of ensuring agricultural development projects are responsive to gender dynamics.
Reducing the gender gap in agriculture
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionTo mark International Women’s Day 2016, CIMMYT created an infographic to highlight the importance of reducing the gender gap in agriculture.
Moving beyond agriculture’s gender status quo
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionWe have to commit to also include women and others who were largely overlooked in agriculture in the past.
A granny’s boundless resilience and strength, a pillar for women maize farmers
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionWomen play a major role in African agriculture. Purity Wanjiku, of Kenya, is a pillar for women in her village who depend on her land to grow food for their families.
Kenya gives conditional approval to grow genetically-transformed maize
Nutrition, health and food securityKALRO will conduct National Performance Trials in Kenya using genetically-transformed, insect resistant maize beginning on Feb. 9.
Q+A: Ignore preconceptions, stake claim on science, CIMMYT’s Natalia Palacios tells women, girls
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionDiscrimination in the science sector remains a significant challenge to achieving gender balance in education and professional research, said Natalia Palacios, a top maize researcher.
Q+A: How women and girls can succeed in science, according to CIMMYT’s Sarah Hearne
Gender equality, youth and social inclusionGender balance is science is imperative to obtain the best results said CIMMYT scientist Sarah Hearne on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2016.
MasAgro named a project transforming Mexico by leading university
InnovationsThe Sustainable Modernization of Traditional Agriculture (MasAgro) project was named as transforming Mexico by a leading university in the country.
Researchers race to rescue wheat sample in war-torn Syria
Nutrition, health and food securityWith Syria torn apart by civil war, a team of scientists in Mexico and Morocco are rushing to save a vital sample of wheat’s ancient and massive genetic diversity, sealed in seed collections of an international research center formerly based in Aleppo but forced to leave during 2012-13.
Amidst intense drought, investment in scientific research is key
Climate adaptation and mitigationEl Niño drought-related stress is triggering hunger and food insecurity. Investment in scientific research is key to combating such events.
NAAS fellow M.L. Jat talks climate change, sustainable agriculture
Climate adaptation and mitigationSenior Scientist M.L. Jat has received India’s National Academy of Agricultural Sciences fellowship in Natural Resource Management for his “outstanding contributions in developing and scaling” conservation agriculture-based management technologies.
Maize lethal necrosis field day demonstrates promising maize germplasm
Capacity developmentKALRO and CIMMYT invited public and private sector partners in eastern Africa to a MLN field day at the screening facility at KALRO-Naivasha.
FAO has its finger on the ‘pulse’ when it comes to food security
InnovationsPulses, an annual leguminous crop yielding from one to 12 seeds, are essential in the fight for food security due to their nutrient value and their key role in crop rotations through the ability to fix nitrogen.