Year: 2016
New high-yielding maize aids smallholder farmers, helps hungry in drought-hit Africa
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Bigger and healthier maize is helping counter the effects of severe drought caused by the warming effects of an El Nino weather system.
New generation of hunger fighters needed, says Julie Borlaug at CIMMYT 50th anniversary
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Encourage youth willing to become “hunger fighters” to take up the challenges of farming despite erratic weather caused by climate change, drought, dwindling water supplies and nutrient-depleted soil.
Celebrating 50 years of collaboration: CIMMYT in the Mexican senate
Nutrition, health and food security
CIMMYT museum highlights cultural aspects of maize and wheat
Capacity development
A new museum in Mexico provides historical background and context for scientific research into maize and wheat, emphasizing agricultural achievements in the developing world.
A Chat With: DuPont Pioneer president points to technology to boost yields
Capacity development
Data and predictive analytics can help seeds reach their full yield by providing farmers with information and management advice, said DuPont Pioneer President Peter Shickler.
CIMMYT celebrates 50 in eastern and central Africa
Nutrition, health and food security
CIMMYT celebrates 50 in eastern and central Africa 50th anniversary celebrations on 9 – 10 September, 2016.
New Publications: Will we be able to do enough to mitigate agriculture’s impact on global warming?
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Agricultural mitigation strategies likely to fall short of recommended temperature caps for global warming.
Heat-tolerant maize offers new opportunities to rice farmers in South India
Capacity development
Maize has emerged as a preferred choice for farmers in Karnataka, India.
European Space Agency selects CIMMYT to pilot new remote sensing project
Innovations
CIMMYT has been selected by the European Space Agency to have access to the pilot version of the Sen2-Agri processing system and receive training on its use.
Young African scientists gain inspiration from experienced maize researchers
Capacity development
CIMMYT’s Global Maize Program (GMP) team in Africa attended the AfPBA training program held June 2016 at the World Agroforestry Center.
Push row planters manufactured and distributed locally among smallholder maize farmers in Pakistan
Capacity development
CIMMYT collaborates with the Cereal Crops Research Institute and Petal Seed, a local seed company in Pakistan to produce new planters.
A Chat With: IPNI Director Shamie Zingore — boosting smallholder agriculture in Africa
Nutrition, health and food security
Effective partnerships between research, public and private sector institutions are the key to unlock the potential of smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa says IPNI director.
Are cows the next development boom for smallholder farmers?
Capacity development
Smallholder livestock farmers in Zimbabwe are rapidly increasing profits thanks to a pivot to new sustainable agriculture initiatives.
NuME: a key actor in agricultural innovation systems in Ethiopia
Nutrition, health and food security
A CIMMYT project was selected as a key actor in agricultural and rural innovation in Ethiopia by CDAIS.
CIMMYT Maize hybrids ranked first and third in nation-wide trials in India
Nutrition, health and food security
Two hybrids from CIMMYT developed under the Heat Tolerant Maize for Asia (HTMA) project were ranked first and third during the 2015 All-India Coordinated Maize Program trials.
