What will be the new face of European agriculture in the coming years?
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: EuroNews (2 Mar 2020)
Rising temperatures pose risk for agriculture in Europe — but adaptation is under way with the help of climate data.
Biofortified Crop Project Reaches Refugees in Zambia
Capacity developmentSource: Inter Press Service (27 Feb 2020)
Refugees receive technical assistance, nutrition education and training on growing biofortified maize.
Advancing Nutritious Food Crops: The Role of the Public Sector
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Outlook India (25 Feb 2020)
Harvest Plus supports cross-sector alliances to advance biofortified crops in India.
Global climate frameworks miss the ‘big picture’ on food
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: Thomson Reuters (18 Feb 2020)
Schemes may fall short of ambitions by dealing separately with food production, supply and consumption.
Foresight and ex-ante
Ensuring that research and new technologies are both directed and deployed in the most impactful and beneficial way for farmers.
New mobile app helping Latin American farmers increase crop yields by 12%
InnovationsSource: Real Wire (11 Feb 2020)
Mexican farmers in Yaqui Valley use smartphone app with satellite data to make decisions about irrigation and crop management.
Another Green Revolution needed for wheat, says report
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: Dawn (9 Feb 2020)
Climate change threatens wheat yields in South Asia.
Growers issued yellow rust warning
Environmental health and biodiversitySource: Dawn (6 Feb 2020)
CIMMYT warns wheat-growing farmers in Pakistan to watch for yellow rust disease.
Include small indigenous production systems to improve rural livelihoods
Nutrition, health and food securityNew research recommends targeted assistance and engagement with small farmers in rural Guatemala to improve livelihoods and reduce migration pressures.
All weather maize seed will reach farmers shortly: Dr Prasanna
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Times of India (31 Jan 2020)
New seed will withstand drought conditions and natural calamities.
Mexico wants to remain the maize nation
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Excelsior (26 Jan 2020)
CIMMYT germplasm bank samples are the basis for development of new maize seeds used in the MasAgro Program.
Vast Locust Swarm Casts Shadow Over East African Food Security
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Bloomberg (25 Jan 2020)
CIMMYT agricultural economist Hugo De Groote notes need to monitor locusts to ensure swarms don’t threaten crops.
The Future of Food – Food Substitute Pills
InnovationsSource: Vice (21 Jan 2020)
Seed banks, like the one at CIMMYT’s headquarters in Mexico, are part of planning for the future of food.
World’s largest corn cob measures 39.5cm in Jala, Nayarit
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Mexico News Daily (15 Jan 2020)
Winner acknowledges the work of INIFAP, CIMMYT and the Mexico Corn Tortilla Foundation to recuperate native maize species.
Working in a method to harness the soil
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: El Universal (12 Jan 2020)
Research shows that conservation agriculture under irrigation conditions increases yields and soil organic carbon, even in poor quality soil.