Year: 2019
Mexico’s heirloom corn is dying out–but this designer has a plan to stop it
Innovations
Source: Fast Company (7 Jun 2019)
Designer Fernando Laposse collaborated with CIMMYT to find seeds and resuscitate six species of native Mexican corn.
Six investments to help family farmers thrive in the next decade
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit (6 Jun 2019)
CIMMYT DG Martin Kropff and CABI CEO Trevor Nicholls propose six key actions to support family farmers.
Six investments to help family farmers thrive in the next decade
Nutrition, health and food security
CIMMYT’s director general and CABI’s CEO propose six ways to support family farmers.
System uses plants to lure fall armyworm away from maize fields
Innovations
Scientists in Nepal are evaluating push-pull cropping systems as a pest control method.
A burning issue
Climate adaptation and mitigation
How sustainable agriculture is helping mitigate air pollution in South Asia.
Sustainable tradition
Nutrition, health and food security
Transition to sustainable farming using concepts from ancestral food production systems leads to healthier soils and diets in Mexico.
Slow-release nitrogen fertilizers measure up
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Briquetted urea and polymer-coated urea more efficient as maize fertilizers than regular urea, researchers in Nepal find.
Biofortified maize and wheat can improve diets and health, new study shows
Nutrition, health and food security
New varieties deliver essential micronutrients to those who lack diverse diets.
Fodder for thought
Nutrition, health and food security
How green manure and conservation agriculture are transforming the lives of farmers in eastern Zimbabwe.
Bangladesh increases efforts to fight fall armyworm
Nutrition, health and food security
Experts discussed the status of the outbreak, the role of research and applicable measures.
The fall armyworm, explained
Nutrition, health and food security
A series of infographics shows farmers in Bangladesh the threat of fall armyworm, how to identify it in the fields and what to do in case of damage.