Opinion: COVID-19 highlights need to boost resilience of Africa’s rural poor
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Devex (4 May 2020)
Leaders from CIMMYT, Harvest Plus and Clinton Development Initiative discuss need for smallholder farmers to be resilient against shocks — pandemics, droughts or crop infestations.
New crop varieties set to address drought, malnutrition
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: The Nation (27 Apr 2020)
CIMMYT, Clinton Development Initiative and Harvest Plus work together to make drought-tolerant and vitamin A biofortified maize available to farmers in Malawi.
CGIAR is receiving applications to join the One CGIAR Common Board
Nutrition, health and food securityThe world’s largest public research network on food systems, of which CIMMYT is a member, is looking for qualified individuals to join its new One CGIAR Common Board.
IFPRI, IRRI, CIMMYT, WorldFish make joint call for measures to avert risk to food system
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Dhaka Tribune (22 Apr 2020)
CGIAR centers recommended Bangladesh to ensure transportation of food and the flow of crucial inputs to farmers through market systems.
Coronavirus lockdown diets look the same the world over: Bread, beans, and comfort food
Environmental health and biodiversitySource: Fortune (18 Apr 2020)
Biodiversity loss poses dangers for the robustness of the environment, the safety of our food supply chain and potential exposure to pandemics.
Conservation agriculture key to better income, environment protection: Study
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: The Hindu Business Line (17 Apr 2020)
New study in India reports conservation agriculture increases crop yield and income, reduces the use of natural resources, and offers climate benefits.
Why Conserving Biodiversity Is Crucial to Prevent Future Pandemics
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: The Wire (14 Apr 2020)
Biodiversity loss creates new opportunities for pathogens to move from one species to another.
Arms Race Part 1: Ug99
Environmental health and biodiversitySource: Plantopia (9 Apr 2020)
CIMMYT senior scientist Dave Hodson discusses striking parallels between wheat rust and global human epidemics on new podcast.
In new hostile climate, drought-tolerant crops, systems needed on unprecedented scale
Climate adaptation and mitigationSource: SciDev.Net (12 Mar 2020)
Agricultural science offers solutions to deal with consequences of extreme weather.
Africa’s devastating locust outbreak exposes need for crop science on all fronts
Nutrition, health and food securitySource: Thomson Reuters Foundation (9 Mar 2020)
Effective pest management is the responsibility of farmers and scientists.
Why heirloom tortillas are an endangered species
Environmental health and biodiversitySource: Maclean's (6 Mar 2020)
Preserving ancient maize landraces in Mexico is key for biodiversity, food security and future sustainability.
With 30,000 surveys, researchers build the go-to dataset for smallholder farms
InnovationsSource: Phys.org (3 Mar 2020)
Survey tool can help farmers face challenges of climate change, food security, nutrition, farm productivity and social inclusion.Â
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.