CIMMYT

CIMMYT
In the media

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

Source: The New Yorker (6 Dec 2021)

A new article in the New Yorker praises the cutting-edge technology CIMMYT, CGIAR and other scientists are developing to produce a second Green Revolution that doesn’t repeat the mistakes of the first, putting the experiences and challenges of farmers at the heart of it.

In the media

tag icon Nutrition, health and food security

Source: The Washington Post (22 Nov 2021)

Harvard Professor Gabriela Soto Laveaga stresses the importance of tackling hunger as more than a technical problem to be addressed through scientific advancement alone, praising CGIAR for its community-centered approach to food systems amid the climate crisis.

In the media

tag icon Capacity development

Source: New Age (21 Nov 2021)

CIMMYT-Bangladesh country representative Timothy J. Krupnik was the guest of honor at a workshop organized by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute on fall armyworm management.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: Daily Times (21 Nov 2021)

At COP26, Special Assistant to Pakistan’s Prime Minister on Climate Change said that a transboundary dialogue on mitigating air pollution was imperative to resolve Lahore’s smog.

News

tag icon Capacity development

Researchers listed among world’s most influential scholars, based on citations.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: The Times of India (13 Nov 2021)

ML Jat speaks with The Times of India about the work of CIMMYT and its partners on diversification and carbon credits—two futuristic ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in India.

In the media

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

Source: World Grain (11 Nov 2021)

Ravi Singh, head of global wheat improvement at CIMMYT, received the 2021 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award.

Features

tag icon Innovations

Service providers offering mechanized services in Masvingo District, southern Zimbabwe realize quick gains in early months of the pilot.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: The Citizen (8 Nov 2021)

ML Jat points out some advantages of the bewar system, a climate-resilient alternative to plantation agriculture in India.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: The Land (1 Nov 2021)

In an interview with The Land, Alison Bentley emphasized the importance of developing drought-tolerant wheat varieties to see better yields in tough seasons.

News

tag icon Innovations

Representatives of the Carlos Slim Foundation and Mexico’s National Agriculture Council (CNA) agree on the importance of collaboration between the public and private sectors, civil society and research organizations like CIMMYT.

News

tag icon Environmental health and biodiversity

Renowned CIMMYT plant breeder recognized for elite wheat varieties that reduced the risk of a global pandemic and now feed hundreds of millions of people around the world.

In the media

tag icon Climate adaptation and mitigation

Source: Grain Central (13 Oct 2021)

Alison Bentley spoke with Grain Central about CIMMYT’s breeding strategy and the use of CIMMYT germplasm in the Australian wheat-growing industry.

News

tag icon Innovations

CIMMYT is offering a new set of improved maize hybrids to partners, to scale up production for farmers in the region.