Year: 2024
Protected: Accelerated Variety Turnover for Open-pollinated Crops
Innovations
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Protected: Regenerative Agriculture Program
Innovations
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Protected: Crops to End Hunger CtEH: Groundnut, Sorghum, Millet
Climate adaptation and mitigation
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Protected: Fusarium head blight (FHB) of wheat
Capacity development
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Protected: Engineering of low germination stimulant production to control witchweed infection in maize in sub-Saharan Africa
Capacity development
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Protected: Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative (ATAI) II (DFID-DF)
Climate adaptation and mitigation
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Protected: Maize Plan, Phase II
Environmental health and biodiversity
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Protected: Aflatoxins Mitigation Scaling (Campeche 5000)
Capacity development
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Market segmentation and Target Product Profiles (TPPs): developing and delivering impactful products for farming communities
Capacity development
CIMMYT is actively engaging a wide spectrum of stakeholders to define and harmonize target product profiles across Africa, with farmers at the heart.
Padma Shri for Kashi scientist Ravi Prakash Singh
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: The Times of India ()
Dr. Ravi Prakash Singh, associated with CIMMYT, is awarded the Padma Shri.
CRISPR-edited crops break new ground in Africa
Source: nature ()
CIMMYT’s use of CRISPR to enhance maize resistance against diseases represents a pivotal advancement in sustainable agriculture and global food security.
Researchers gather to reflect on and lead CIMMYT’s Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) efforts with renewed commitment and partnership
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
On the sidelines of the CGIAR Gender Research Conference 2023 in New Delhi, CIMMYT researchers working on gender and social inclusion across the Global South gathered to discuss pathways toward 2030 for making GESI efforts intentional and impactful.
Soybean rust threatens soybean production in Malawi and Zambia
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Soybean production in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to grow by over 2% per annum to meet the increasing demand. However, as production increases, significant challenges caused by diseases, pests, declining soil fertility, and other abiotic factors remain.
