Blogs
Breaking Ground: Brendan Brown brings research to small-scale farmers
Nutrition, health and food security
Brown’s studies allowed him to develop novel mixed methods and participatory impact pathways to promote new farming practices, such as conservation agriculture, to smallholder farmers in Africa.
‘Merry-go-round’ groups spin Kenyan women farmers to success
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Cobs & Spikes podcast: Blue maize opportunities for Mexican farmers
Nutrition, health and food security
Find out how CIMMYT researchers are helping Mexican farmers tap into emerging markets for blue maize.
Reflections on the global impact of biofortification
Nutrition, health and food security
There are now 290 new varieties of 12 biofortified crops – including maize, wheat and potatoes – being grown in 60 countries, reaching an estimated 10 million farming households.
2018 World Food Prize recognizes action to improve child nutrition
Nutrition, health and food security
With this award, food and agriculture leaders highlight the importance of linking food production and nutrition.
Experts at Asian Maize Conference express concern over growing incidence of fall armyworm
Nutrition, health and food security
The Asian Maize Conference and expert consultation on “Maize for Food, Feed, Nutrition, and Environmental Security” was held in Ludhiana, Punjab, last week.
New publications: Reducing agricultural risk is key to poverty eradication
Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
Better together: Partnership around zinc maize improves nutrition in Guatemala
Nutrition, health and food security
CIMMYT, HarvestPlus and Semilla Nueva are working together to reduce the country’s levels of malnutrition, through the development and deployment of the world’s first biofortified zinc-enriched maize.
Fighting hidden hunger from the ground up: the powerful link between soils and nutritious food
Environmental health and biodiversity
CIMMYT has key role to address global nutrition challenges, says maize quality specialist
Nutrition, health and food security
New publications: Exploring the gendered rules shaping agricultural innovation
Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
Cobs & Spikes podcast: Matthew Rouse discusses research on wheat diseases
Nutrition, health and food security
We talk to the recipient of the World Food Prize 2018 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application. Rouse is being recognized for his work on Ug99.