Year: 2022

News

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Local authorities praised Head of Global Wheat Improvement Ravi Singh for his contribution to the state’s agricultural development.

In the media

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Source: The Guardian (14 Apr 2022)

“We’ll never get back all the diversity we had before, but the diversity we need is out there,” says Matthew Reynolds, head of wheat physiology at CIMMYT.

News

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The new HAFIZ project will increase access to mechanization and promote conservation agriculture practices.

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Documentary features CIMMYT and Alliance scientists contributing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.

In the media

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Source: The Guardian (15 Apr 2022)

As climate breakdown and worldwide conflict continue to place the food system at risk, seed banks from the Arctic to Lebanon try to safeguard biodiversity.

Features

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The manual builds on the lessons of a decade of work on MLN management in sub-Saharan Africa by CIMMYT and its partners.

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At lectures at Cornell University, CIMMYT director general calls for quick united action to avert the unfolding food security crisis.

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Features

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More than 40% of the global agricultural labor force is made up of women, and in the least developed countries, two in three women are employed in farming.

Features

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Explore our analysis of how the Russia-Ukraine war will impact global food security.

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Study describing development of wheat with biological nitrogen inhibition ability from wild relative receives award for outstanding papers published in PNAS.

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President of India presents Padma Bhushan Award posthumously to relatives of former CIMMYT wheat program director.

In the media

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Source: The Boston Globe (28 Mar 2022)

The war in Ukraine, coupled with weather-related disruptions in the world’s major grain-producing regions, could unleash unbearable humanitarian consequences, civil unrest, and major financial losses worldwide, says Bram Govaerts.