CIMMYT
New CIMMYT maize hybrids available from Latin America Breeding Program
Innovations
CIMMYT is offering a new improved maize hybrid to partners, to scale up production for farmers in the region.
From seed to feed
Capacity development
CIMMYT experts share latest updates in efforts to achieve feed self-sufficiency and more sustainable agrifood systems in Nepal.
Nestlé Mexico and CIMMYT expand their collaboration for responsible sourcing through Plan Maíz
Climate adaptation and mitigation
The results of the Plan Maíz initiative were presented and, looking ahead, one of the goals is to ensure that 20% of the maize and wheat from this project is sourced through regenerative agriculture practices by 2025 and 50% by 2030.
The right time for the right place
Nutrition, health and food security
Zone-specific recommendations provide Afghan farmers with the best practices in wheat production for their region.
Special issue on gender research in agriculture highlights CIMMYT’s work on gender inclusivity
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
New issue spotlights importance of gender inclusive approach to agricultural research for development.
Connect rural areas with digital innovations to unlock climate resilience for hundreds of millions of farmers
Innovations
Jawoo Koo, IFPRI, and Andrea Gardeazabal, CIMMYT, explain how smallholders in Africa, Asia and Latin America will benefit from the CGIAR Initiative for Digital Innovation.
Setting a standard: improving field trial data
Capacity development
New manual helps standardize field trial data collection across Afghanistan.
Galvanizing food systems transformation in South Asia
Nutrition, health and food security
New Initiative builds on CGIAR’s collective strengths and brings together stakeholders to address key regional development challenges.
Greenhouse upgrades at BWMRI for wheat blast research
Capacity development
The developments will create capacity for national and international research and improve processes for disease screening in wheat.
New CIMMYT maize hybrid available from South Asian Tropical Breeding Program
Innovations
CIMMYT is offering a new improved maize hybrid to partners, to scale up production for farmers in the region.
More than machines
Innovations
In collaboration with GIZ, CIMMYT’s Scaling Scan is helping Green Innovation Centers in Africa address the sustainability problem.
How bad will we let the food crises get?
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Dr Alison Bentley leads the Global Wheat Program at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and will be addressing the Crawford Fund’s international conference Celebrating Agriculture for Development – Outcomes, Impacts and the Way Ahead this week in Parliament House, Canberra.
Addressing the Global Food Crisis: CIMMYT Experts Weigh In
Nutrition, health and food security
Source: Wilson Center (29 Jul 2022)
On the episode, ECSP Director Lauren Risi and ECSP Advisor Sharon Burke speak with Bram Govaerts, Director General of CIMMYT and his colleague Kai Sonder, head of CIMMYT’s Geographic Information System Unit, about how to address the unfolding food crisis as we simultaneously build food system resilience in the medium and long term.
Worsening food insecurity calls for stress-tolerant seeds
Climate adaptation and mitigation
Source: The Kathmandu Post (6 Aug 2022)
Climate-resilient seeds can help sustain Nepal’s agricultural productivity and crop development, experts say.
Earlier wheat planting will boost yields in eastern India
Innovations
Adjusting the sowing dates for wheat in eastern India will increase untapped potential production by 69%, new research shows, helping to ensure food security and farm profitability as the planet warms.